Contemporary South Asian Studies Programme, University of Oxford

15/03/2022

CSASP/OSGA seek two Departmental Lecturers in South Asian Studies. Details at:

27/01/2022

Ali Kazim: Suspended in Time opens Monday 7 February. Join us to explore the work of Ali Kazim, one of the most exciting artists working in Pakistan today. ⁠
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This exhibition is informed by the time Ali Kazim spent in the Ashmolean. During a residency in 2019, Kazim spent days browsing through the Museum’s South Asian collection, examining several objects up close. His engagement with the material and visual traditions – for example, how a small clay sculpture or a fingerprint can connect us, directly and viscerally, to the people who originally made and used them – encourages us in turn to reflect on how the past informs and influences the present.⁠
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Curated by Dr Mallica Kumbera Landrus, Keeper of the Department of Eastern Art and Senior Curator of Indian, Himalayan and Southeast Asian Art, in collaboration with the artist, the exhibition will feature Ashmolean objects alongside paintings, sculptures and installations by Kazim. The exhibition coincides with the 75th anniversary of Pakistan’s creation.⁠
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See the exhibition for free from 7 February in Gallery 8: https://www.ashmolean.org/event/ali-kazim
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📷Ali Kazim, Untitled (Man of Faith Series) (detail), 2019, watercolour pigment on paper, 114 x 80cm © Ali Kazim, courtesy Jhaveri Contemporary

11/01/2022

The first four weeks of seminars this term will focus on "Researching South Asia", looking specifically at Kashmir (week 1), Bureaucracy (week 2), Animals (week 3) and Climate Change (week 4).

Seminars held on Tuesday afternoons 2.00-3.45pm (UK time) online via Zoom. Please see our website for further details and registration links.

27/10/2021

We are delighted to be hosting author Saumya Roy for a discussion about her brilliant new book that centres on Mumbai’s Deonar dumping ground - and the community of waste pickers who live and work there.

The event takes place online on 29 October at 15:30 UK time
Register: https://bit.ly/Mountain_Tales

Find out more about the book and read an extract: https://profilebooks.com/work/mountain-tales/

27/10/2021

Education.SouthAsia Inaugural Lecture this coming Thursday (28th October)... Online via Zoom. Register in advance via: https://forms.gle/3yBaxYDymLaVHhdn9

*Education South Asia Seminar Series*

We are very pleased to invite you to the Inaugural Lecture of Education South Asia Seminar Series by Professor Suresh Canagarajah. The lecture is titled "Revisiting Local Language and Education Practices: From a Decolonial Lens." The programme is on 28 October 2021, at 5 pm (BST). Please register your interest here and we will send you the Zoom link closer to the date: https://forms.gle/3yBaxYDymLaVHhdn9

Professor Suresh Canagarajah is the Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of English, Applied Linguistics, and Asian Studies at Pennsylvania State University. He teaches World Englishes, Multilingual Writing, and Postcolonial Studies in the departments of English and Applied Linguistics. Suresh comes from the Tamil-speaking northern region of Sri Lanka. He has taught before at the University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka, and the City University of New York. His recent publication Translingual Practice: Global Englishes and Cosmopolitan Relations (Routledge, 2013) won the best book award from the professional organizations American Association of Applied Linguistics, British Association of Applied Linguistics, and the Modern Language Association of America. He was formerly the editor of the TESOL Quarterly and President of the American Association of Applied Linguistics.

See you there!

23/07/2021

Fascinating CSASP/OSGA conference taking place today and tomorrow. Also being livestreamed on YouTube...

Announcing the first roundtable panel at the "Education in Crisis" Conference 2021.

Academic research in the field of education has taken unconventional turns due to the global COVID-19 pandemic. As a result, scholars have not been able to conduct fieldwork 'on location'. What are the new areas of research that the pandemic has opened up in the context of South Asia? What are the new methodological approaches to the study of education arising from this situation? The panel of esteemed academics from Nepal, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh come together to discuss their experiences.

Register here: https://educationsouthasia.web.ox.ac.uk/conference-2021



Click here for Programme Schedule: https://bit.ly/3z7mKTA

28/04/2021

Three Oxford University student societies have joined forces in this fundraiser to help provide relief in the face of the worsening COVID situation in India. If you are able to, please help them reach their goal of raising £10,000 in 10 days.

The international community recognises the oxygen shortage and health… Sushrut Royyuru needs your support for Oxford Student Action for COVID Relief in India