Weekly Lecture Series
Fall 2026 Schedule
Check back here soon to see more of our upcoming Fall 2026 Lecture Series schedule. To see past Lecture Series talk information and recordings, click the archive links below.
September 17, 2026, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm CT
Mitra Sharafi
Fear of the False: Forensic Science and the Law of Crime in Colonial South Asia
206 Ingraham Hall
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October 1, 2026, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm CT
Madhavi Murty
Sonic India: Composing the ‘People’ in Popular Culture and Political Rhetoric
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October 8, 2026, 12:00 pm- 1:00 pm CT
Aparna Dharwadker
Indian Modernisms in a Global Frame: Language, Theory, Practice
206 Ingraham Hall
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October 15, 2026, 12:00 pm- 1:00 pm CT
Taymour Soomro
“The Calcutta Affair”, a short story
206 Ingraham Hall
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November 12, 2026, 12:00 pm- 1:00 pm CT
Anirban Baishya
From Sovereignty to Solidarity: Theorizing the Selfie as Political Utterance in Contemporary India
206 Ingraham Hall
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November 19, 2026, 12:00 pm- 1:00 pm CT
James Jaffe
The Tortured Life and Mysterious Death of Trial by Jury in India
206 Ingraham Hall
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