Centre for South Asian Studies (CSAS) Seminar Series
The Centre for Asian Studies (CSAS) is the central academic unit at the University of Edinburgh dedicated to the study of South Asia.
CSAS brings together a group of highly reputable academic colleagues from across the University’s subjects and schools, including Social Anthropology, Edinburgh College of Art; Engineering; Geography; History; Literatures, Languages and Cultures; Law; Politics and International Relations; Religious Studies; Sociology; and the Vet School to provide a vibrant core of academics that have a keen interest and expertise on South Asia.
The CSAS Seminar Series for Semester 2 will start on the 6th February 2024, with an exciting programme of events listed below.
Talks begin at 12.30pm in the Violet Laidlaw Room, Chrystal Macmillan Building, 15a George Square. Please bring your lunches, supplies for DIY hot drinks will be provided.
Upcoming seminars
| Date | Talk | Speaker | Chair |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20th Feb | Inventing Tradition in Bhaktapur, Nepal: Trajectories of lime in heritage reconstruction. | Dr. Vanicka Arora, Lecturer in Heritage, University of Stirling | Dr Ana Bonet Miro, Lecturer in Architectural Design and Architectural Technology, UoE |
| 5th March | Linking production to consumption: Is poultry the magic bullet to South Asia’s malnutrition problem? | Dr. Mehroosh Tak, Lecturer in Agribusiness, Royal Veterinary College | Prof. Geraldine McNeill, Visiting Professor of Global Nutrition and Health, UoE |
| 19th March | The 'neighbourhood school' in southern Rajasthan: mapping how accountability relations shape children’s learning in rural government schools. | Prof. Caroline Dyer, Prof of Education & International Development, University of Leeds | Dr William Smith, Senior Lecturer in Education & International Development, UoE |
| 2nd April | Therefore, the, Fluvial Self, I am not: Climate Change in the Chars (river-islands) on the Brahmaputra River | Dr. Saad Quasem, Lecturer in Anthropology, SOAS | Dr Sophie Haines, Lecturer in Anthropology of Development, UoE |