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The UCL Centre for the Study of South Asia and the Indian Ocean World (CSSA) forms an important part of UCL’s Institute of Advanced Studies, and promotes research and teaching related to the geographical region of South Asia.

Drawing History27 May 2026. 5:30 pm to 7:30 pmSenate House, Malet Street, London Including the Indian graphic novelist S...
20/05/2026

Drawing History
27 May 2026. 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm
Senate House, Malet Street, London
Including the Indian graphic novelist Sarnath Banerjee and copies of Jadavpur University Press’s amazing 'Famine Tales' will be on sale afterwards.

In this free public event, organised by the IES and the IHR,  two artist-educators discuss their experience of both doing historical research and collaborating with historians through their creative practice. It complements the IHR’s earlier event on Doing History with Poetry and the upcoming Lon...

Out Laws follows three q***r activists, from Namibia, Sri Lanka and Barbados, as they fight to overturn the colonial-era...
08/05/2026

Out Laws follows three q***r activists, from Namibia, Sri Lanka and Barbados, as they fight to overturn the colonial-era laws that still criminalise their lives.

Please join us for a film screening and discussion of the documentary Out Laws (2025, Lexi Powner & James Lewis) with director James Lewis, Professor Bob Mills (UCL) and activist Friedel Dausab.

The politics of the ungovernable: Bengali translocalism in London14 May 2026, 12:00 – 13:00Based on multi-sited fieldwor...
01/05/2026

The politics of the ungovernable: Bengali translocalism in London
14 May 2026, 12:00 – 13:00
Based on multi-sited fieldwork in Tower Hamlets and Bangladesh, Ashraf Hoque examines how British Bengalis practice what postcolonial theorists term “political society".

Based on multi-sited fieldwork in Tower Hamlets and Bangladesh, Ashraf Hoque examines how British Bengalis practice what postcolonial theorists term “political society".

Call for Papers: ECR Workshop on South Asia and the Indian Ocean WorldDeadline for submissions: 15 April 2026Workshop: 1...
13/03/2026

Call for Papers: ECR Workshop on South Asia and the Indian Ocean World
Deadline for submissions: 15 April 2026
Workshop: 15 June 2026, at UCL
This Early Career Researcher's Workshop provides an interdisciplinary forum for doctoral and postdoctoral scholars from across the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences to present their research and to participate in debate constructive toward the completion of their projects.

This Early Career Researcher's Workshop provides an interdisciplinary forum for doctoral and postdoctoral scholars from across the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences to present their research and to participate in debate constructive toward the completion of their projects.

Learning to belong to a nation that denies you: Myanmar curriculum & education for Rohingya refugees19 Mar 2026, 14:00 –...
06/03/2026

Learning to belong to a nation that denies you: Myanmar curriculum & education for Rohingya refugees
19 Mar 2026, 14:00 – 15:30
Join this event to hear Dr Vanessa Ozawa and Dr Tejendra Pherali discuss contradictions between national discourses and children’s lived realities.

Join this event to hear Dr Vanessa Ozawa and Dr Tejendra Pherali discuss contradictions between national discourses and children’s lived realities.

Call for Papers: ECR Workshop on South Asia and the Indian Ocean WorldDeadline for submissions: 15 April 2026Workshop: 1...
03/03/2026

Call for Papers: ECR Workshop on South Asia and the Indian Ocean World
Deadline for submissions: 15 April 2026
Workshop: 15 June 2026, at UCL

This Early Career Researcher's Workshop provides an interdisciplinary forum for doctoral and postdoctoral scholars from across the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences to present their research and to participate in debate constructive toward the completion of their projects.

This Early Career Researcher's Workshop provides an interdisciplinary forum for doctoral and postdoctoral scholars from across the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences to present their research and to participate in debate constructive toward the completion of their projects.

CRUNCH: Depth and Belonging9 Mar 2026, 18:30 – 20:00Ijlal Muzaffar examines how depth reveals invisible connections betw...
25/02/2026

CRUNCH: Depth and Belonging
9 Mar 2026, 18:30 – 20:00
Ijlal Muzaffar examines how depth reveals invisible connections between land and belonging, traced through silt, dust and bodies in colonial Sindh.

Ijlal Muzaffar examines how depth reveals invisible connections between land and belonging, traced through silt, dust and bodies in colonial Sindh.

UCL Institute of Advanced Studies is being closed.
23/02/2026

UCL Institute of Advanced Studies is being closed.

It is with great sadness that we are sharing the news that the UCL Faculties of Social & Historical Sciences and Arts & Humanities have decided to close the IAS on 31 July 2026.

CRUNCH: The Architecture of Imminence23 Feb 2026, 18:30 – 20:00Swati Chattopadhyay draws on Bengal's flood-prone riverin...
19/02/2026

CRUNCH: The Architecture of Imminence
23 Feb 2026, 18:30 – 20:00
Swati Chattopadhyay draws on Bengal's flood-prone riverine landscape to propose ways of reimagining architecture beyond permanence, challenging how we design in the face of global warming.

Swati Chattopadhyay draws on Bengal's flood-prone riverine landscape to propose ways of reimagining architecture beyond permanence, challenging how we design in the face of global warming.

Visualizing Design and its Values in Postcolonial IndiaNov 26 from 3pm to 5pm GMTThe Queen's College, OxfordA seminar on...
19/11/2025

Visualizing Design and its Values in Postcolonial India
Nov 26 from 3pm to 5pm GMT
The Queen's College, Oxford
A seminar on postcolonial Indian design by Dr Vishal Khandelwal (Assistant Professor of History of Art and Architecture, Harvard University)

A seminar on postcolonial Indian design by Dr Vishal Khandelwal (Assistant Professor of History of Art and Architecture, Harvard University)

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