Theorizing ethnographically: No shares without acknowledgement In the face of massive inequalities, sharing resonates as a popular demand.
‘The girl in red flowers stilettos’ - Sexualised extortion in North India This paper investigates acts of extortion ethnographically.
PhD panel In this seminar we present four rapid presentations from our new PhD graduates who will discuss ethnographic insights from their recent theses.
Political imaginaries and the moral grammars of work: Demands on the state in an age of surplus populations This paper examines the ways in which popular economic and political demands on the state are shaped by social imaginaries around wage labour.
The Arhat painting at Kōmyōji Temple: Iconography, style, and the worship of Buddha in East Asia Arhats are some of the most popular deities in Buddhism. In Medieval Japan, where arhat worship flourished, many paintings and sculptures of arhats were created.
Dual ordination in post-Mao China: Rediscovering tradition and navigating modernity The bhikṣuṇī ordination process known as “dual ordination” (erbuseng jie 二部僧戒), outlined within the Vinaya texts, remained largely disregarded in China for over a millennium.
Planet unplugged – Land and environmental defenders Join us for an inspiring evening with Phyllis Omido, a dedicated Environmental Rights defender.
Book Launch: East of Delhi by Francesca Orsini Join us for the launch of Francesca Orsini's (Professor Emerita of Hindi and South Asian Literature) recent book, East of Delhi: Multilingual Literary Culture and World Literature.
Hong Kong pays the price of dissent – was it worth it? As the Hong Kong protests approach their fifth anniversary, Stephen Vines he reflects on the situation in the former colony and how it came to pass.