Fall 2024
- Sultan Mehmood | The 1970 Bhola Cyclone and the Birth of Bangladesh(link is external) (Oct 2, 2024)
- Partha Pratim Shil | The Cast(e) of the Colonial Police: Police Constables and Village Watchmen in Bengal, c. 1861-1902(link is external) (Oct 3, 2024)
- Sidra Kamran | Between Status and Stigma: Femininity, Class, and Labor in Pakistan’s Service Economy(link is external) (The S. S. Pirzada Lecture on Pakistan) (Nov 21, 2024)
Spring 2024
- Aditya Balasubramanian | Toward a Free Economy: Swatantra and Opposition Politics in Democratic India(link is external) (Feb 1, 2024)
- [On Zoom] Yamini Narayanan | 'Save Cow, Save India’: Interspecific Vulnerabilities in India’s Cow Protection Politics(link is external) (Feb 21, 2024)
- Bradley Gardner | Two Years After Sri Lanka’s Historic Default: Lessons Learned and What Comes Next(link is external) (Apr 9, 2024)
- Zahra Hayat & Shozab Raza | The S. S. Pirzada Lectures on Pakistan(link is external) (Apr 11, 2024)
- Mohammad Tareq Hasan | Moral Jeopardies and Exorcisms in the Global Production Network: Auditing, CSR, and ‘New’ Dispossession in a Bangladeshi Garment Factory(link is external) (May 2, 2024)
Fall 2023
- Anush Kapadia | A Political Theory of Money(link is external) (Oct 12, 2023)
- The Political Economy of Contemporary South Asia: A Workshop (PDF file) (Oct 13-14, 2023)
- Manoj Mitta | Caste Pride: Battles for Equality in Hindu India(link is external) (Nov 7, 2023)
- Prathama Banerjee | The “Economy Question” in Contemporary Politics: Historical Reflections from India(link is external) (Nov 7, 2023)