CSAS South Asian Studies in Edinburgh

📢Reminder CSAS Seminar - Obligation at the Tail-End: Inhabiting Abandonment and Knowing with the Earth in Sindh Tuesday 17 March, 12.30pm – 2pm, Violet Laidlaw Room Registration not required.

Event announcement From Strike to Silence: Translation, Retranslation, and the Afterlife of Labour in Bombay Part of the Translation Studies Research Seminar Series, co-badged by CSAS 18 March, 4.10-6pm, G.04, 50 George Square Registration not required

Event announcement Obligation at the Tail-End: Inhabiting Abandonment and Knowing with the Earth in Sindh, with Ayesha Siddiqi, University of Cambridge. 17 March, 12.30-2pm, Violet Laidlaw Room. Registration not required. edin.ac/3Zz8CSq

Join us tomorrow for: Living with Toxic Development: Shipbreaking and Greenwashing in Bangladesh with Dr Camelia Dewan, Uppsala University. 12.30pm - 2pm, Violet Laidlaw Room Registration not required. Full info: edin.ac/4q0l9ZN

Join us on 3 February for: Living with Toxic Development: Shipbreaking and Greenwashing in Bangladesh with Dr Camelia Dewan, Uppsala University Registration not required. Full info: edin.ac/4q0l9ZN

Join us TODAY for our first seminar of 2026. The Seed and the Well: Ecologies of Risk in Rural India, with Dr Tanya Matthan, LSE. 20 Jan, 12.30 - 2pm, Violet Laidlaw Room, Chrystal Macmillan Building. No registration necessary. edin.ac/4jEkWKz

Join us for our first seminar of 2026. The Seed and the Well: Ecologies of Risk in Rural India, with Dr Tanya Matthan, LSE. 20 Jan, 12.30 - 2pm, Violet Laidlaw Room, Chrystal Macmillan Building. No registration necessary. edin.ac/4jEkWKz

There is still time to register! Join us on 2 Dec for the Ambedkar Lecture - Life, Labour, and Death: A Cartography of Caste under Racial Capitalism, with Dr Srilata Sircar (King's India Institute). Register here: edin.ac/43OI0zi

ICYMI! Join us on 2 Dec for the Ambedkar Lecture - Life, Labour, and Death: A Cartography of Caste under Racial Capitalism, with Dr Srilata Sircar (King's India Institute). Register here: edin.ac/43OI0zi

Such an enriching experience of learning of indigenous knowledge and sustainable food systems. @CSASedinburgh @ChitrangadaC

On the blog! Read Rukmini Sen’s reflections on GENDER.ED Director Radhika Govinda’s new book Feminist Politics, Intersectionality and Knowledge Cultivation. From a book forum co-hosted by GENDER.ED, @CRITIQUE_CENTRE and @CSASedinburgh earlier this year. edin.ac/4gSUNpU

Ambedkar Lecture: Life, Labour, and Death: A Cartography of Caste under Racial Capitalism with Dr Srilata Sircar Tues 2 December, 5pm-6.30pm, Old College Register here: edin.ac/43OI0zi

Event Announcement! Legends of South Asian Heritage in Scotland A photography exhibition, documentary screening and discussion led by @nkshealthltd, supported by CSAS and the Edinburgh South Asian Association. More info and registration: edin.ac/43cQUXd

ICYMI! CSAS Seminar: Authoritarian Populism and Bovine Political Economy in Modi’s India, with Dr Kenneth Bo Nielsen (University of Oslo). Tuesday 4 November, 12:30-14:00, Chrystal Macmillan Building Registration not required. csas.ed.ac.uk/news-events/ev…

We hope you can join us for next week's CSAS Seminar: Authoritarian Populism and Bovine Political Economy in Modi’s India, with Dr Kenneth Bo Nielsen (University of Oslo). Tuesday 4 November, 12:30-14:00, Chrystal Macmillan Building Registration not required.

ICYMI CSAS Seminar Forms of the Left for the 21st Century: Contemporary Art, Digital Media, and Repressive Politics in Bangladesh With Lotte Hoek, UoE. Tue 21 Oct, 12.30pm - 2pm, Violet Laidlaw Room, Chrystal Macmillan Building Registration not required.

Join us for the CHITrA Reading group: “John-Ghatak-Tarkovsky” Wednesday 8 October, 1pm - 2pm, 3.15, Chrystal Macmillan Building csas.ed.ac.uk/news-events/ev…

Writing the Woman Question' in Science: Feminist Challenges, Reflections and Musings, with Dr Gita Chadha. Mon 6 Oct, 12pm, Chrystal Macmillan Building Organised by @UoE_GENDER_ED, co-badged with CSAS and STIS. Visit: edin.ac/4grlzFw

In case you missed it: 'The Fabrication of Homeland Security: authoritarianisms and policing across India and Palestine/Israel', with Dr Rhys Machold (University of Glasgow). 🗓️Tue 7 Oct, 12.30-2pm 📍Violet Laidlaw Room, Chrystal Macmillan Building No need to register.

Join us on 7 Oct 'The Fabrication of Homeland Security: authoritarianisms and policing across India and Palestine/Israel', with Dr Rhys Machold (University of Glasgow). Tue 7 Oct, 12.30-2pm Violet Laidlaw Room, Chrystal Macmillan Building No need to register.