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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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Getting on the Grid: A Field Experiment on Bottom-Up Political Pressure and Access to Essential Public Services

CASI seminar series in partnership with the South Asia Center, PDRI-DevLab & Political Science Dept
Nikhar Gaikwad, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Columbia University
Feb 25, 2025 at - | Center for the Advanced Study of India Ronald O. Perelman Center for Political Science & Economics 133 South 36th Street, Blank Forum (2nd Floor) Philadelphia PA 19104-6215



"The Thrice Born": Global Academic Networks and the Rise of Indian Anthropology ca. 1930-1970

A SAST Colloquium, co-sponsored by SAC, CASI, Africana Studies, and Cinema and Media Studies
Jesús F. Cháirez-Garza, University of Manchester
Feb 26, 2025 at - | Cohen Hall 402, 249. South 36th Street



Dushkal Temporalities: Reframing Time in Planning for the Climate Crisis

CASI seminar series in partnership with the South Asia Center & Dept of Anthropology
Lalitha Kamath, Professor, Centre for Urban Policy & Governance, School of Habitat Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai; CASI Spring 2025 Visiting Scholar
Feb 27, 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