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South Asian Studies
Interviews with scholars of South Asia about their new books.
October 8, 2026
Immoral Traffic An Ethnography of Law, NGOs, and the Governance of Prostitution in India
Immoral Traffic: An Ethnography of Law, NGOs, and the Governance of Prostitution in India (Cambridge UP, 2025) delves into the complex intersection of…
October 8, 2026
The Steppe and Its Empires
Winston Churchill famously called Russia "a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma." But what if the riddle is partly of our own making—the pr…
October 3, 2026
Lives, Land, and Labour
The "Thombos" are a rather unique collection of eighteenth-century land and population registers detailing the lives lived, lands held, and labour pro…
October 3, 2026
The Colombo Plan
Conceived in 1950, the Colombo Plan for Co-operative Development in South and Southeast Asia was a unique experiment in foreign relations. Meeting ann…
October 2, 2026
India, China, and Climate Change Governance
Can we expect leadership and responsibility from the Asian Global South in climate change governance? India, China, and Climate Change Governance: Lea…
October 1, 2026
The Range of the River
Six great Asian river systems have their origins in the Tibetan glacial region: the Brahmaputra, the Irrawaddy, the Salween, the Mekong, the Red and t…
September 26, 2026
Spies and Other Pigeons
Across Pakistan's rooftops, pigeon flyers devote enormous care and labor to birds that soar the skies, take part in competitions, and knit together co…
September 26, 2026
Weaponizing Civilian Protection
Thomas Gregory is Associate Professor in Politics and International Relations at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. His new book, Weaponizing C…
September 24, 2026
The New Geography of Innovation
Increasingly, it seems like the corporate names that dominate headlines are much more diverse than they used to be. Samsung, TSMC, and SK Hynix. Aliba…
September 24, 2026
Living with Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi was an anticolonial activist, lawyer, and politician. Less famously, but no less importantly, he was also a back-to-the-land farmer, a …
September 19, 2026
Sociology of Gender in India
Sociology of Gender in India brings together feminist and queer scholarship to chart the changing landscape of gender debates in Indian sociology. Spa…
September 16, 2026
Sober State
What happens when a democratic state—still in the process of formation—commits to banning a substance, especially one as controversial as alcohol? Sob…
September 14, 2026
Domesticating Brown
This episode features a conversation with Dr. Christopher B. Patterson, Professor of the Social Justice Institute at the University of British Columbi…
September 10, 2026
Brahmins of the Himalaya
Uses the everyday histories of Brahmin clans, communities, and families in a prominent small town in the Indian Himalaya to challenge the assumption t…
September 9, 2026
Reinventing Caste
Reinventing Caste: Islam and Hierarchy in Late Colonial India (Stanford UP, 2026) reveals that caste, usually assumed to be a feature of Hindu society…
September 7, 2026
Enclosing Caste
This episode features a conversation with historian Rupa Viswanath and anthropologist Joel Lee. We covered the remarkable transformations of the late …
September 6, 2026
Under the Gaze of Global Mental Health
What went wrong with global mental health? Under the Gaze of Global Mental Health: A Critical Reflection (Palgrave Macmillan, 2025) critically examine…
August 28, 2026
The Political Outsider
Defying the dire predictions that attended its birth as an independent nation-state in 1947, the Indian republic is more than seventy-five years old. …
August 27, 2026
Protecting Workers?
In our recent conversation about Protecting Workers? Crisis, COVID-19 and South Asia (Helsinki UP, 2026), the editors Kanchana N. Ruwanpura and Wilfri…
August 25, 2026
Occupying the Everyday
Our recent conversation about Occupying the Everyday: Militarisation and Gendered Politics of Living in Kashmir (Oxford UP, 2026), with author Niharik…