Past Events

Temple Tracks: Labour, Piety and Railway Construction in Asia

In collaboration with The Southeast Asia Working Group (SEAG), the South Asia Studies Department (SAST), and the Center for East Asian Studies (CEAS)

Vineeta Sinha, National University of Singapore.

Architecture, Material Culture and the Fate of Buddhism in Eastern India

In collaboration with the South Asia Studies Department (SAST)

Dr. Richard Eaton, University of Arizona and Penn Visiting Scholar

Stories of Climate Action: Framing and Fabricating Futures in Mumbai

In collaboration with the Center for the Advanced Study of India (CASI) and Penn Global

Cultures of Datafication in and Across South Asia Workshop

Bankrolling Empire: Family Fortunes and Political Transformation in Mughal India

In collaboration with Penn Historians

Sudev Sheth

Climate Change, Indigenous People, and Environmental Justice: Investigating and Telling Stories of Impact

In collaboration with the Pulitzer Center

Sushmita, award winning independent journalist and Pulitzer Center grantee.

Accelerating India’s Development: A State-Led Roadmap for Effective Governance

A CASI Book Talk in partnership with Penn Economics and the South Asia Center

Karthik Muralidharan is the Tata Chancellor’s Professor of Economics at the University of California San Diego, and the co-founder and scientific director of the Centre for Effective Governance of Indian States, a non-profit organization

Ramadan Iftar Event

In collaboration with the Penn Muslim Student Association and Radian

Nawruz Celebration

Nawruz Mubarak!

The next monsoon: Climate change and contemporary cultural production in South Asia