Saxena Center for Contemporary South Asia
@southasiabrown.bsky.social
Saxena Center promotes research, teaching and interdisciplinary engagement on key issues of modern South Asia in a historically and culturally grounded manner. https://saxena.watson.brown.edu/
Book Adda with Louise Tillin: Making India Work: The Development of Welfare in a Multi-Level Democracy
Oct 28, 2025 | 5:30–7:30 PM
Joukowsky Forum, Watson School of International and Public Affairs, 111 Thayer St
Oct 28, 2025 | 5:30–7:30 PM
Joukowsky Forum, Watson School of International and Public Affairs, 111 Thayer St
October 27, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Book Adda with Louise Tillin: Making India Work: The Development of Welfare in a Multi-Level Democracy
Oct 28, 2025 | 5:30–7:30 PM
Joukowsky Forum, Watson School of International and Public Affairs, 111 Thayer St
Oct 28, 2025 | 5:30–7:30 PM
Joukowsky Forum, Watson School of International and Public Affairs, 111 Thayer St
O.P. Jindal Distinguished Lecture with Niraja Gopal Jayal “Academic Freedom and its Discontents in India”
Oct 27 | 12–2 PM | Watson School of International and Public Affairs, 111 Thayer Street, Joukowsky Forum
Oct 27 | 12–2 PM | Watson School of International and Public Affairs, 111 Thayer Street, Joukowsky Forum
October 24, 2025 at 2:49 PM
O.P. Jindal Distinguished Lecture with Niraja Gopal Jayal “Academic Freedom and its Discontents in India”
Oct 27 | 12–2 PM | Watson School of International and Public Affairs, 111 Thayer Street, Joukowsky Forum
Oct 27 | 12–2 PM | Watson School of International and Public Affairs, 111 Thayer Street, Joukowsky Forum
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New Trending Globally #podcast: Inequality and democracy in India, the US, and beyond — Poulami Roychowdhury and @pheller.bsky.social discuss the global rise of democratic erosion and what it reveals about democracy’s strengths and limits.
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October 24, 2025 at 2:10 PM
New Trending Globally #podcast: Inequality and democracy in India, the US, and beyond — Poulami Roychowdhury and @pheller.bsky.social discuss the global rise of democratic erosion and what it reveals about democracy’s strengths and limits.
Join us for a talk by Navyug Gill, Associate Professor of History, William Paterson University
Oct 24, 2025 | 2–4 PM EDT
Joukowsky Forum, Watson School of International and Public Affairs, 111 Thayer Street
Reception to follow
Oct 24, 2025 | 2–4 PM EDT
Joukowsky Forum, Watson School of International and Public Affairs, 111 Thayer Street
Reception to follow
October 20, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Join us for a talk by Navyug Gill, Associate Professor of History, William Paterson University
Oct 24, 2025 | 2–4 PM EDT
Joukowsky Forum, Watson School of International and Public Affairs, 111 Thayer Street
Reception to follow
Oct 24, 2025 | 2–4 PM EDT
Joukowsky Forum, Watson School of International and Public Affairs, 111 Thayer Street
Reception to follow
Join us Oct 17, 2–4 PM EDT at for:
Vishnu Venugopalan – Industrial Policy in Practice: Insights from Tamil Nadu, India
Vishnu Venugopalan – Industrial Policy in Practice: Insights from Tamil Nadu, India
October 14, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Join us Oct 17, 2–4 PM EDT at for:
Vishnu Venugopalan – Industrial Policy in Practice: Insights from Tamil Nadu, India
Vishnu Venugopalan – Industrial Policy in Practice: Insights from Tamil Nadu, India
Oct 9 | 4PM EDT
“Beyond the National Frame: Scenes from the Indo-Pak Border”
Talk & screening by Prof. Natasha Raheja (Cornell)
📍 Watson Institute, Joukowsky Forum, 111 Thayer St
Free & open to all | Reception follows
“Beyond the National Frame: Scenes from the Indo-Pak Border”
Talk & screening by Prof. Natasha Raheja (Cornell)
📍 Watson Institute, Joukowsky Forum, 111 Thayer St
Free & open to all | Reception follows
October 7, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Oct 9 | 4PM EDT
“Beyond the National Frame: Scenes from the Indo-Pak Border”
Talk & screening by Prof. Natasha Raheja (Cornell)
📍 Watson Institute, Joukowsky Forum, 111 Thayer St
Free & open to all | Reception follows
“Beyond the National Frame: Scenes from the Indo-Pak Border”
Talk & screening by Prof. Natasha Raheja (Cornell)
📍 Watson Institute, Joukowsky Forum, 111 Thayer St
Free & open to all | Reception follows
Reposted by Saxena Center for Contemporary South Asia
Prerna Singh awarded prestigious Max Planck-Humboldt Research Award for research on vaccine hesitancy — Political scientist Prerna Singh awarded one of Germany's highest scientific honors for her ongoing research on vaccine hesitancy in India and China.
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October 6, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Prerna Singh awarded prestigious Max Planck-Humboldt Research Award for research on vaccine hesitancy — Political scientist Prerna Singh awarded one of Germany's highest scientific honors for her ongoing research on vaccine hesitancy in India and China.
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Join us for a Book Adda with Gyanendra Pandey: Men at Home
Friday, October 3, 2025
2:00 – 4:00 PM EDT
Watson School of International and Public Affairs, 111 Thayer Street, Joukowsky Forum
Friday, October 3, 2025
2:00 – 4:00 PM EDT
Watson School of International and Public Affairs, 111 Thayer Street, Joukowsky Forum
October 1, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Join us for a Book Adda with Gyanendra Pandey: Men at Home
Friday, October 3, 2025
2:00 – 4:00 PM EDT
Watson School of International and Public Affairs, 111 Thayer Street, Joukowsky Forum
Friday, October 3, 2025
2:00 – 4:00 PM EDT
Watson School of International and Public Affairs, 111 Thayer Street, Joukowsky Forum
Join us for a Joint Seminar on South Asian Politics: India–Pakistan Military Conflict: The Latest Phase
Friday, September 26, 2025
3:00–5:00 PM
True North, Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs, Brown University, 111 Thayer Street
Reception to follow
Friday, September 26, 2025
3:00–5:00 PM
True North, Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs, Brown University, 111 Thayer Street
Reception to follow
September 23, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Join us for a Joint Seminar on South Asian Politics: India–Pakistan Military Conflict: The Latest Phase
Friday, September 26, 2025
3:00–5:00 PM
True North, Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs, Brown University, 111 Thayer Street
Reception to follow
Friday, September 26, 2025
3:00–5:00 PM
True North, Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs, Brown University, 111 Thayer Street
Reception to follow
Join us for a talk by Sonalde Desai who is the PI of the India Health and Development Survey and well known for her work on population in India will be the speaker in PSTC
Thursday, September 11
Mencoff Hall, PSTC (68 Waterman St, Providence)
12:00 PM
Thursday, September 11
Mencoff Hall, PSTC (68 Waterman St, Providence)
12:00 PM
September 3, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Join us for a talk by Sonalde Desai who is the PI of the India Health and Development Survey and well known for her work on population in India will be the speaker in PSTC
Thursday, September 11
Mencoff Hall, PSTC (68 Waterman St, Providence)
12:00 PM
Thursday, September 11
Mencoff Hall, PSTC (68 Waterman St, Providence)
12:00 PM