Talking Texts

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Talking Texts: Mohamed Shafeeq K’s The Gulf Migrant Archives in Kerala

Written by Ishore AdminMay 23, 2025

Join us on 23rd May at 7 pm IST for an exciting discussion on Mohamed Shafeeq K’s book “The Gulf Migrant Archives in Kerala: Reading Borders and Belonging (Oxford, 2024)”, as part of our Talking Texts series.

Dr Nadeen Dakkak (Lecturer in World and Postcolonial Literatures, University of Exeter, UK) and Dr Nisha Mathew (Associate Professor, at Mahindra University, Hyderabad) will join the author in conversation.

The session will be chaired and moderated by Dr Abhilash Malayil (Assistant Professor, Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit, Kalady.)

Register here to participate:

https://forms.gle/udzyMnHy5CLfamz38

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Talking Texts: KP Girija’s Mapping the History of Ayurveda:

Written by Ishore AdminApril 13, 2025

We’re excited to host a discussion on Mapping the History of Ayurveda: Culture, Hegemony and the Rhetoric of Diversity (Routledge, 2022) by the author KP Girija (consultant and Coordinator of the Narayana Guru Digital Research Resource Platform) on Wednesday, 23 April 2025, at 7 pm IST.

Our expert panel will bring diverse perspectives to the conversation:

Panelists:

Dr. Aparna Eswaran, Assistant Professor in the School of International Relations and Politics, MG University, Kottayam

Dr. Sreenath Nair, Fellow, Higher Education Academy, UK

The session will be skillfully moderated by Dr. Fathima E V, Visiting Faculty, Thunchathu Ezhuthachan Malayalam University, Thirur

To participate, please register here: https://forms.gle/Ysy89DPyPs5s3L3T8

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Talking Texts: Ashokan Nambiar’s Print and the Novel in 19th Century Kerala

Written by Ishore AdminMarch 23, 2025

This Thursday(27 March) at 7 pm IST, we are hosting the next session of our Talking Texts series on Dr. Ashokan Nambiar’s book, “Print and Novel in 19th Century Kerala: Reconsidering Colonial Modernity”(Bloomsbury).

Prof. Udaya Kumar (Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi) and Dr. Rochelle Pinto (Azim Premji University, Bangalore) will join as discussants, with Dr. Rekha Raj, (Institute of Social Studies Trust, New Delhi) moderating the session.

To participate, please register here: https://forms.gle/oDxQjTaz6V1uxYQL8

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Rated A: Soft-Porn Cinema and Mediations of Desire in India

Written by Ishore AdminFebruary 10, 2025

Join us on 12 February at 7 PM IST for an exciting discussion on Darshana Sreedhar Mini’s book “Rated A: Soft-Porn Cinema and Mediations of Desire in India” (University of California Press, 2024), as part of our Talking Texts series.

Prof. Gayatri Devi (Savannah College of Art and Design) and Prof. Bindu Menon (Azim Premji University) will join the author in conversation. Dr. V. Abdul Lathief (Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit) will chair and moderate the session.

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Caste, Knowledge, and Power: Ways of Knowing in Twentieth-Century Malabar

Written by Ishore AdminFebruary 1, 2025

On the 30th December 2024 at 7:00 PM IST, we are delighted to host the third session of our Talking Texts series. In this edition, we will discuss Dr. K.N. Sunandan’s Caste, Knowledge, and Power: Ways of Knowing in Twentieth-Century Malabar (Cambridge University Press, 2022).

Prof. Rajesh Komath (Mahatma Gandhi University) and Deepti Sreeram (Ashoka University) will join as discussants, with Dr. Divya Kannan (Shiv Nadar University) moderating the session.

Please join us by registering at ishorekerala@gmail.com.

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Written by Ishore AdminDecember 6, 2022

We are delighted to announce our first event of this year: two eminent historians discuss two latest books on South Indian history.

Gopinath Ravindran (Vice Chancellor, Kannur University) would discuss Abhilash Malayil’s “Ryotwari: Company State and Political Economy” and N.J. Francis (Professor, Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit) would discuss Lennart Bes’s “The Heirs of Vijayanagara: Court Politics in Early Modern South India”. Both authors would respond to the questions and comments.

Noted academic and activist, Dr. Rekha Raj would chair and moderate the session.

This event is our first offline event and will be held in Cochin in collaboration with the Aazhi Archives.

Please join us at Mattancheri on Friday at 6 pm!