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Penn's South Asia Center, in conjunction with the Center for the Advanced Study of India and the Department of South Asia Studies, has kept the University of Pennsylvania at the leading edge of scholarship relating to South Asia.

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The Birth of Indian Liberalism

CASI seminar series in partnership with the South Asia Center & Andrea Mitchell Center for the Study of Democracy
Rahul Sagar, Global Network Associate Professor of Political Science, New York University Abu Dhabi
Feb 13, 2025 at - | Center for the Advanced Study of India Ronald O. Perelman Center for Political Science & Economics 133 South 36th Street, Suite 230 Philadelphia PA 19104-6215



Rated A: Soft-Porn Cinema and Mediations of Desire in India

A SAST Colloquium, co-sponsored by SAC, CASI, Africana Studies, and Cinema and Media Studies
Darshana Sreedhar Mini, University of Wisonsin-Madison
Feb 19, 2025 at - | 330 Fisher Bennet Hall, 3340 Walnut Street



Retreat or Remain? Understanding Notions of Risk, a “Full Life” and a “Slow Death” from the Sundarbans Coastlines

CASI seminar series in partnership with the South Asia Center, South Asia Studies Dept, EnviroLab & Environmental Innovations Initiative
Megnaa Mehtta, Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Social Anthropology, Institute of Risk and Disaster Reduction, University College London
Feb 20, 2025 at - | Center for the Advanced Study of India Ronald O. Perelman Center for Political Science & Economics 133 South 36th Street, Suite 230 Philadelphia PA 19104-6215