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At #ECSAS2025, the roundtable “Researching South Asia in a Polarised World: Academic Freedom and Strategies across Borders” brought together scholars to reflect on the increasing pressures and threats faced by researchers around the world.
November 25, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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SAI invites you to attend the following events next week.

You can find programs and more information about the events in sai.uni-heidelberg.de

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November 21, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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Prateek Pankaj granted a Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes for his doctorate studies

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November 20, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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SAI is pleased to announce that Dr. Deepra Dandekar has been awarded a DFG Eigene Stelle Postdoctoral Fellowship for three years for her project “Hamid Dalwai: Democratic Socialism and Muslim Politics in India, 1947-1977".

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November 19, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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Ways of Seeing: Revising Colonial Perceptions of the Himalaya 
by Amish Raj Mulmi

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November 18, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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SAI invites you to attend the following events next week.

You can find programs and more information about the events in sai.uni-heidelberg.de

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November 14, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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Knowing About Places and Cases in the Era of Big Data: The Role of Comparative Area Studies in Interdisciplinary Global Knowledge Production
by Prof. Rudra Sil

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November 13, 2025 at 8:54 AM
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Deep Histories: Goddess Temples, Communities, and Memory in Kanchipuram
By Dr. Emma Natalya Stein

The talk was part of “Sacred Spaces, Living Traditions: Visual and Oral Cultures of South Indian Temples”.

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November 12, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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SAI welcomes Prof. Nasir Uddin as a Visiting Professor for Winter Term 2025/26, funded by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.
November 11, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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SAI invites you to attend the following events next week.

Please note that the event "Ambivalent and Intimate Enemies" requires registration at ambivalent-enmity@hcts.uni-heidelberg.de

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November 7, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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Surabhi Pudasaini joins us for three months as the inaugural fellow of the joint South Asia Institute-Max Weber Forum fellowship program.

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November 7, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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Plenary Session, “Rethinking Constitutionalism and Democracy in India and Pakistan” held during #ECSAS2025, Maryam Khan, Ornit Shani and Rohit De engaged in a rich discussion on the public life of Constitution-making in the two countries. The session was moderated by Imran Ahmed.
November 7, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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When Viṣṇu Became Śiva: The Tirumēṟṟaḷīśvara Temple and the Multimodal Transmission of Temple Legends in Kanchipuram
By Dr. Jonas Buchholz

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November 5, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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One month since #ECSAS2025 — and we’re still grateful!
Hosting over 800 participants across four days was both an honour and a joy.

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November 4, 2025 at 10:31 AM
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SAI invites you to attend the following events next week.

You can find programs and more information about the events in sai.uni-heidelberg.de

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October 31, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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Slow Listening: A Workshop with Dr. Moushumi Bhowmik

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October 30, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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SAI invites you to attend the following events next week.

Please note that the event "Slow Listening: A Workshop with Dr. Moushumi Bhowmik" requires registration via e-mail.

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October 24, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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The Student Fachshaft at SAI organised a Diwali evening of celebration, music, dance, food and festive vibes!

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October 24, 2025 at 8:35 AM
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SAI is pleased to announce that Mr. Ashwani Sharma has been awarded a Visiting Scholar position at Yale University, where he will conduct his full-time research under the supervision of Dr. Jane Lynch.

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October 21, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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Tibetan Archives from Mustang:
Reconstructing the Lives of “People without History”
Lecture By: Prof. Dr. Charles Ramble,

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October 20, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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SAI invites you to attend the following events next week.

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October 17, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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🎉 Samosas, chai, and good vibes only! ☕ Come join SAI as we kick off the Winter 2025 Semester in style! 💫

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October 16, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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NEW LANGUAGES – NEW WORLDS
BEGINNER COURSES STARTING IN THE WINTER SEMESTER 25/26
 
Bengali, Hindi, Nepali, Pali, Sanskrit, Sinhalese, Tamil, Urdu

For registration: heico.uni-heidelberg.de/heiCO/ee/ui/...

More info: nsp-sekretariat@sai.uni-heidelberg.de

Registration deadline: 20/10/2025
October 14, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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❄️ Sharpen your pencils and your wits, the Winter 2025 Semester is here to chill and thrill!

Image credits @Kankan

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October 13, 2025 at 6:53 AM
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October 10, 2025 at 2:42 PM