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The SOAS South Asia Institute (SSAI) is the forum for South Asian-related research activities at SOAS, University of London.
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SOAS South Asia Institute launches the Ambedkar–Kalaignar Visiting Fellowship for scholars working on social justice and federalism.

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SOAS South Asia Institute launches new Fellowship to support social justice
SOAS University will launch the Ambedkar–Kalaignar Visiting Fellowship, through the SOAS South Asia Institute.
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December 8, 2025 at 9:32 AM
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Film Screening: "1984, When The Sun Didn't Rise"

🗓️ 10 Dec 2025 | 🕔 5:15 PM
📍 Khalili Lecture Theatre, SOAS

Register: www.soas.ac.uk/about/event/...
December 3, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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Nature and Dynamics of Politics in Post-Uprising Bangladesh

Join us for a talk on Bangladesh’s shifting political landscape.

🗓 4 Dec 2025 | 🕔 5PM
📍 SOAS, P G3 (Main Building)

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Nature and Dynamics of Politics in Post-Uprising Bangladesh
Join us to explore Bangladesh's political evolution since the July Uprising, analysing the changing electoral landscape, the rise of youth politics, and the potential for a transformative democratic f...
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December 1, 2025 at 10:14 AM
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(Video) The Backstage of Democracy: India's Election Campaigns and the People Who Manage Them

Watch the full talk exploring how political consultants, data & professional campaigns are reshaping Indian democracy.

Talk by Amogh Dhar Sharma

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The Backstage of Democracy: India's Election Campaigns and the People Who Manage Them
YouTube video by SOAS University of London
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November 27, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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'Caste: A Global Story' with Suraj Yengde

🗓 26 Nov | 🕔 5:15 PM
📍Wolfson Lecture Theatre, SOAS

Registration www.soas.ac.uk/about/event/...
November 19, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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How do performance traditions embody constitutional ideals? Don't miss this discussion (not concert) w/ Sambhaji Bhagat on music, lyrics & #Constitution of #India.

📆 Fri, 21 Nov
🕔 5pm🇬🇧
📍 LSE, Houghton St, WC2
Reg 🆓 [email protected] (for venue details)

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November 17, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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Join us for the launch of 'Double Truths' with Mustahid Husain!

A novel exploring postcolonial identity, global belonging, and the impacts of development aid.

🗓️ 12 Nov 2025 | 🕔 5:00 PM
📍 Wolfson Lecture Theatre, SOAS

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Double Truths
Mustahid Husain's debut novel, Double Truths, examines postcolonial identity and reconstruction
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November 6, 2025 at 10:10 AM
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Join us for "Special Intensive Revision and the Future of Universal Adult Franchise in India" with speaker Yogendra Yadav!

🗓️ 05 Nov 2025 | 🕔 5PM
📍 R301, Main Building, SOAS University of London
November 3, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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Event Update:

"The Backstage of Democracy: India's Election Campaigns" has been rescheduled to 21 Oct 2025, 5:00pm at Room S312, Paul Webley Wing, SOAS.

All registrants have been notified via email. Your registration remains valid. We apologise for any inconvenience.
October 17, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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Join us for webinar on "Ways of Remembering: Law, Cinema and Collective Memory in the New India"

🗓️ 30 October 2025
🕧 12:30 PM
📍 Online via Zoom

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Ways of Remembering: Law, Cinema and Collective Memory in the New India
Join us for a discussion of Oishik Sircar's "Ways of Remembering," exploring how law and cinema shape memory of the 2002 Gujarat pogrom. Featuring conversation with Manisha Sethi and Shohini Ghosh.
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October 17, 2025 at 8:50 AM
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From Communities to Collections: The Modern Endangered Archives Program in South Asia and Beyond

📅 14 Oct 2025, 5:00 PM
📍 MB C 325, SOAS

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From Communities to Collections: The Modern Endangered Archives Program in South Asia and Beyond
This presentation introduces UCLA Library's Modern Endangered Archives Program (MEAP), detailing its community-driven framework for preserving endangered cultural heritage, with a focus on South Asian...
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October 7, 2025 at 8:42 AM
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What is the reality of caste in Canada?

Join us for a panel discussion with the Chetna Association & UBC's "Caste in Canada" project that documents the history and experience of caste in Canada.

🗓️ 6 Oct 2025
🕔 5:00 PM
📍 Room B202, SOAS

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The recognition of caste and the “Caste in Canada” project
This panel examines the experience and address of caste in Canada, featuring the Chetna Association and UBC's "Caste in Canada" project.
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October 3, 2025 at 9:06 AM
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"Parting Gifts of Empire" reveals the story of South Asians & Arab intellectuals forging new horizons against imperial legacies.

Talk by Esmat Elhalaby at
@SOAS

📅 9 Oct 2025
🕔 5:00 PM

Register: www.soas.ac.uk/about/event/...
Parting Gifts of Empire: Palestine and India at the Dawn of Decolonization
Come join us for a discussion on Parting Gifts of Empire, a book by Esmat Elhalaby that explores how Arab and South Asian thinkers forged new solidarities and ideas in the fight against colonial legac...
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September 23, 2025 at 8:12 AM
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How is democracy really won?

Behind India's elections: a hidden world of strategists, data gurus, and spin doctors.

Join us on 22 Oct 2025, 5pm for: "Backstage Democracy: India’s Election Campaigns and the People Who Manage Them"

Register 👇

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The Backstage of Democracy: India's Election Campaigns and the People Who Manage Them
Over the past decade, Indian election campaigns have been reshaped by data-driven strategists and political consultants, moving beyond mere technological change. This talk explores how this hidden wor...
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September 19, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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Susan Banki’s book explores the Bhutanese refugee crisis and diaspora activism. It highlights how proximity to the homeland strengthened advocacy but also exposed activists to greater risks - a dynamic of both power and precarity.

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The Ecosystem of Exile Politics: The importance of physical location in diaspora mobilisation
YouTube video by SOAS University of London
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September 17, 2025 at 9:09 AM
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Indian development at a crossroads
– part 2
📅 3 October 2025

Join @ids.ac.uk for this in-person and online event that explores how top-down modes of development are challenged from below.
www.ids.ac.uk/events/india...
September 9, 2025 at 7:59 AM
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Opportunity for Pakistani Scholars

The Charles Wallace Pakistan Trust offers a 3-month fellowship at SOAS (Jan-May 2026) for PhD researchers in Pakistan Studies.

Deadline: 22 September 2025

Eligibility and application procedure 👇

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SOAS Charles Wallace Pakistan Fellowship
Awarded annually by the Charles Wallace Pakistan Trust to a Pakistani scholar whose research and career would particularly benefit from the opportunity of spending three months at SOAS
www.soas.ac.uk
September 17, 2025 at 6:52 AM
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From Pastures to Cities: Skills and Youth Social Mobility in Urban Gujarat

📅 15 Sept 2025
🕔 5:00 PM
📍 Room MB C429, SOAS, Univ. of London

Registration www.soas.ac.uk/about/event/...
From Pastures to Cities: Skills and Youth Social Mobility in Urban Gujarat
This seminar examines how young Rabari pastoralists in urban Gujarat leverage caste and community networks to build new livelihoods beyond traditional herding. It explores their innovative, communitar...
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September 2, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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Subir Sinha explains why BJP's communal playbook struggles in Bihar

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An Unconquerable State | Outlook India
Why has the Bharatiya Janata Party not been able to come to power in Bihar on its own?
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July 24, 2025 at 6:42 AM
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The Engine of History: Writing Calcutta & Bangladesh into the Novel

Authors Ruchir Joshi & Manzu Islam will discuss their novels The Great Eastern Hotel & Godzilla and the Songbird

📅 14 July 2025 | ⏰ 6:00 PM
📍Room B103, SOAS

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July 9, 2025 at 8:20 AM
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We are proud to announce a new joint PhD with BRAC University, Bangladesh, aimed at nurturing a new generation of scholars dedicated to transformative global development.

Pic: SOAS Vice-Chancellor Adam Habib with Chairperson of BRAC University's Board of Trustees Tamara Abed.

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June 16, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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📸 PHOTO EXHIBITION: Authoritarianism, Law & the Remaking of Society

📍 Wolfson Gallery, SOAS Library
🗓 4 June - Sept 2025
June 10, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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Opportunity for Pakistani Scholars

The Charles Wallace Pakistan Trust offers a 3-month fellowship at
@SOAS
(Jan-May 2026) for PhD researchers in Pakistan Studies.

Deadline: 22 September 2025

Eligibility and application procedure 👇

www.soas.ac.uk/study/studen...
SOAS Charles Wallace Pakistan Fellowship
Awarded annually by the Charles Wallace Pakistan Trust to a Pakistani scholar whose research and career would particularly benefit from the opportunity of spending three months at SOAS
www.soas.ac.uk
June 5, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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We invite you to join us for SOAS South Asia Institute Annual Lecture 2025: 'Ruin Aesthetics and the (Post)colonial State: Reading a South Asian Palimpsest'

📅 18 June, 5pm (BST)
📍 Alumni Lecture Theatre, SOAS University of London

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Ruin aesthetics and the (post)colonial state: Reading a South Asian palimpsest
Join us for the SSAI Annual Lecture 2025 by Sadia Abbas.
www.soas.ac.uk
May 30, 2025 at 8:21 AM
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📣 USF International Fellowships 2025 - apply now!

This fully-funded program offers 3-9 month sabbatical research visits for urban scholars from the Global South.

Read more & apply here: urbanstudiesfoundation.org/funding/inte...

Deadline 16th July 2025
USF International Fellowships 2025 - deadline 16th July 2025
April 15, 2025 at 11:42 AM