UCL South Asia
LightNews LightNews
banner
ucl-cssa.bsky.social
UCL South Asia
@ucl-cssa.bsky.social
57 followers 16 following 16 posts
CSSA promotes research and teaching related to the geographical region of South Asia and its intersections with the wider world, including the South Asian diaspora. www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of-advanced-studies/centre-study-south-asia-and-indian-ocean-world
Posts Replies Media Videos
Reposted by UCL South Asia
uclgeography.bsky.social
How public art shapes community and identity in Delhi’s Lodhi Art District.

📅 25 November | ⏰ 1 PM – 2 PM |
Free and open to all!

Find out more: tinyurl.com/ucl-lodhi

#UCLGeography #PublicArt #UrbanIdentity #CityLife #CreativePlacemaking @ucl.ac.uk @ucl-ias.bsky.social
Beyond Creative Placemaking
This talk explores how public art in Delhi’s Lodhi Art District shapes encounters, access and belonging, showing how placemaking becomes a contested arena for community, identity and power.
tinyurl.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:59 AM
ucl-cssa.bsky.social
Visualizing Design and its Values in Postcolonial India
Nov 26 3-5pm GMT
The Queen's College, Oxford
A seminar on postcolonial Indian design by Dr Vishal Khandelwal (Assistant Professor of History of Art and Architecture, Harvard University)
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/visualizin...
Visualizing Design and its Values in Postcolonial India
A seminar on postcolonial Indian design by Dr Vishal Khandelwal (Assistant Professor of History of Art and Architecture, Harvard University)
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 19, 2025 at 10:52 AM
ucl-cssa.bsky.social
Prof Tirthankar Roy – Building a state in late-18th century India: Revisiting the Permanent Settlement debate
9th Oct 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm BST
Royal Asiatic Society, London
The talk will suggest how we should read institutional reforms in early-colonial India.
royalasiaticsociety.org/event/prof-t...
Prof Tirthankar Roy – Building a state in late-18th century India: Revisiting the Permanent Settlement debate – Royal Asiatic Society
Date: 9 October 2025 (Thursday)
royalasiaticsociety.org
October 6, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Reposted by UCL South Asia
ucllibraries.bsky.social
In celebration of South Asian Heritage Month, students and staff have shared their book recommendations with us. Read through the list here: www.ucl.ac.uk/library/news...
August 18, 2025 at 9:32 AM
ucl-cssa.bsky.social
india & me: engage. reflect. act.
27 Sept –12 Oct with @ioe.bsky.social
A participatory, cross-disciplinary, and innovative decolonial educational programme on intersectional justice in India.
www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/events/2...
india & me: engage. reflect. act.
A participatory, cross-disciplinary, and innovative decolonial educational programme on intersectional justice in India.
www.ucl.ac.uk
September 12, 2025 at 9:18 AM
ucl-cssa.bsky.social
Masculinity & Madness in Western India 1871-1940
25 September 2025, 1pm-2pm
Join us at Wellcome Collection for our Historical Health & The Body Reading Group for PhD, ECR & interested historical researchers.
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
Masculinity & Madness in Western India 1871-1940
Join us at Wellcome Collection for our Historical Health & The Body Reading Group for PhD, ECR & interested historical researchers.
www.ucl.ac.uk
September 5, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Reposted by UCL South Asia
ecoomasaru.bsky.social
I am beyond thrilled to announce I have been awarded a Mid-Career Fellowship from @paulmelloncentr.bsky.social and a Visiting Fellowship at @ucl-ias.bsky.social to write a book on ‘Queer Ecologies and Abundant Aesthetics in Sri Lankan Art, 1926-2024’. Pictured: Chathuri Nissansala, ‘Saudade’, 2024.
July 30, 2025 at 11:00 AM
ucl-cssa.bsky.social
Trace the Forgotten History of South Asian Seafarers
15 July 2025–16 July 2025, 11am-5pm
Join scholars and artists to uncover South Asian seafarer histories through talks and a sound-scaped walking tour in East London.
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
Trace the Forgotten History of South Asian Seafarers
Join scholars and artists to uncover South Asian seafarer histories through talks and a soundscaped walking tour in East London.
www.ucl.ac.uk
July 11, 2025 at 12:18 PM
ucl-cssa.bsky.social
Bringing together South Asian film researchers & industry specialists from India, @uclselcs.bsky.social aim to open up new perspectives on colour’s distinctive role in Bombay film culture.
The Bombay Film Colour Symposium
June 23 · 10am - 6pm GMT+1
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-bombay...
The Bombay Film Colour Symposium
The Bombay Film Colour Symposium
www.eventbrite.co.uk
June 20, 2025 at 10:19 AM
ucl-cssa.bsky.social
Crowdsourcing the Past: Memory Projects in South Asia
Online via Zoom with @ihr.bsky.social and Mallika Leuzinger (@ghilondon.bsky.social)
24 July 2025, 1-1:30PM
www.history.ac.uk/events/crowd...
Crowdsourcing the Past: Memory Projects in South Asia (HAP Summer Seminar)
www.history.ac.uk
June 11, 2025 at 1:11 PM
ucl-cssa.bsky.social
The Bombay Film Colour Symposium
23 June 10am-6pm @uclselcs.bsky.social
Inviting researchers from South Asian film studies, global colour film history & India's industry specialists, to open new perspectives on colour’s distinctive role in Bombay film culture
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-bombay...
The Bombay Film Colour Symposium
The Bombay Film Colour Symposium
www.eventbrite.co.uk
May 23, 2025 at 2:13 PM
ucl-cssa.bsky.social
Buddhism in Asia: Anthropology & Everyday Life
5 June 9am–6pm
This workshop & exhibition explore Buddhist-influences material culture, embodied practices & everyday experiences across Asia through conversations with scholars, spiritual teachers & Buddhist practitioners
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
Buddhism in Asia: Anthropology & Everyday Life
This workshop and exhibition explore Buddhist-influences material culture, embodied practices and everyday experiences across Asia through conversations with scholars, spiritual teachers and Buddhist ...
www.ucl.ac.uk
May 16, 2025 at 1:50 PM
ucl-cssa.bsky.social
How Data-Driven Science Transforms Lives: Spotlight on Water Security
13 May 6–8:30 pm, UCL
Join @uclrdr.bsky.social for an inspiring talk on how Prof Shams’ research evolved, focusing on his data-driven research in groundwater science, particularly in Bangladesh.
www.ucl.ac.uk/risk-disaste...
Inaugural Lecture: Professor Mohammad Shamsudduha
RDR Monthly Event: Join us as Dr Mohammad Shamsudduha (Shams), Professor of Water Crisis and Risk Reduction, delivers his inaugural lecture at UCL.
www.ucl.ac.uk
April 4, 2025 at 12:07 PM
ucl-cssa.bsky.social
Anti-colonialism in the ‘post-colonial’ state
7 April 2025, 5pm–7pm
- Mahvish Ahmad, “A Colony in a Colony: Balochistan and the Unfinished Project of Decolonisation.”*
- Sara Salem, “Faded Dreams – On Encountering Traces of Anticolonial Pasts.”
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
Anti-colonialism in the ‘post-colonial’ state
The political independence of (certain) nation-states in the Global South during the twentieth century was not the end of anticolonialism. The geographical borders and social projects of these new sta...
www.ucl.ac.uk
March 7, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Reposted by UCL South Asia
ucl.ac.uk
Ramadan Mubarak to all observing in our UCL community and beyond 🌙✨
February 28, 2025 at 3:28 PM
ucl-cssa.bsky.social
Book Launch: Lahore in Motion: Infrastructure, History and Belonging in Urban Pakistan
5 March 2025, 6pm-7:30pm
Please join us for a night of conversation, readings and refreshments to celebrate the publication of 'Lahore in Motion'
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
Book Launch: Lahore in Motion
Please join us for a night of conversation, readings and refreshments to celebrate the publication of 'Lahore in Motion: Infrastructure, History and Belonging in Urban Pakistan'
www.ucl.ac.uk
February 28, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Reposted by UCL South Asia
ucl-ias.bsky.social
📢 Calling all UCL SHAPE ECRs (arts, humanities or social sciences)
Want some advice on Getting Published? 📑📚
Join our interactive workshop on 5th March, 2-4pm at the IAS, UCL
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
IAS Early Career Network Workshop: Getting Published
This interactive workshop will cover all aspects of building a strong publication record as an ECR.
www.ucl.ac.uk
February 28, 2025 at 3:12 PM
ucl-cssa.bsky.social
Book Launch: Lahore in Motion, Infrastructure, History and Belonging in Urban Pakistan
5 March 2025, 6pm-7:30pm
Please join us for a night of conversation, readings and refreshments to celebrate the publication of 'Lahore in Motion'
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
February 19, 2025 at 11:31 AM
ucl-cssa.bsky.social
Book Launch: Lahore in Motion
5 March 2025, 6–7:30 pm
Please join us for a night of conversation, readings and refreshments to celebrate the publication of 'Lahore in Motion: Infrastructure, History and Belonging in Urban Pakistan'
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
Book Launch: Lahore in Motion
Please join us for a night of conversation, readings and refreshments to celebrate the publication of 'Lahore in Motion: Infrastructure, History and Belonging in Urban Pakistan'
www.ucl.ac.uk
February 10, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Reposted by UCL South Asia
ucl-ias.bsky.social
📢Calling all UCL ECRs & PhDs in A&H and SHS 📢
(if you are not in A&H or SHS you just need to find a suitable collaborator who is!)
The IAS Octagon Grant is open for applications 🎉🙌🏽
Apply by 24 Feb - get writing!
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
IAS Octagon Fund open for applications
The Octagon Small Grants Fund supports UCL-based early-career researchers, including research students, from Arts & Humanities and Social & Historical Sciences. Apply by 24th February.
www.ucl.ac.uk
January 31, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Reposted by UCL South Asia
ucl-ias.bsky.social
Provincialising the Anthropocene Research Labs Grants
Closing 23 February 2025
We are offering up to 5 grants of £2-3K to support teams of researchers in a virtual Research Lab to work on cross-disciplinary themes/ topics related to 'Provincialising the Anthropocene'
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
Provincialising the Anthropocene Research Labs Grants
The IAS and UCL Anthropocene are offering up to five grants of £2,000-£3,000 to support teams of researchers to come together in a virtual Research Lab to work on cross-disciplinary themes or topics r...
www.ucl.ac.uk
January 17, 2025 at 1:51 PM
ucl-cssa.bsky.social
Panel discussion: The Great Mughals at the V&A
3 February 2025, 5-7pm
We are delighted to welcome V&A curators Susan Stronge and Emily Hannam to take part in this panel discussion.
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
Panel discussion: The Great Mughals at the V&A
The Centre for the Study of South Asia and the Indian Ocean World is delighted to welcome V&A curators Susan Stronge and Emily Hannam to take part in this panel discussion.
www.ucl.ac.uk
January 9, 2025 at 2:40 PM
ucl-cssa.bsky.social
Tour of ‘The Imaginary Institution of India, 1975-1998’
10 Dec 4:30pm Barbican Centre
An exhibition exploring how artists metabolised social upheaval, economic collapse & rapid urbanisation from Indira Gandhi’s 1975 state of emergency to 1998 Pokhran nuclear tests
www.ucl.ac.uk/art-history/...
Tour of the exhibition: ‘The Imaginary Institution of India, 1975-1998’
www.ucl.ac.uk
December 3, 2024 at 1:03 PM