Past Event

We were very excited that prominent economist Prof. M. Kunhaman (Nelson Mandela Chair, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala) had delivered our 7th lecture. Dr. Rekha Raj (Mahatma Gandhi University) was the discussant. Dr. V.J. Varghese (University of Hyderabad) chaired and moderated the session.

In our webinar series, we are very happy that Patrick Heller (Lyn Crost Professor of Social Sciences, Brown University, USA) delivered the sixth lecture on Tuesday 31 August 2021.

Dr. T.M. Thomas Isaac was the discussant. Dr. A.K. Abdul Hakkim (Curriculum Steering Committee, Kerala) chaired the session and Dr. Divya Kannan (Shiv Nadar University, Delhi NCR) moderated the event.

We were extremely delighted that in our webinar series Sekhar Bandyopadhyay (Emeritus Professor of History, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand) delivered the fifth lecture on The Question of Caste In The Long History Of Partition In Bengal.

Dr. Annu Jalais (National University of Singapore) was the discussant, and Dr. Meera Muralidharan (New Zealand India Research Institute & Victoria University of Wellington) chaired and moderated the session.

We were delighted that Professor David Shulman delivered our 4th lecture on The Notion of Personal, Individual Introspection in Early Modern South India.  Professor Kesavan Veluthat was the discussant and Dr. Manu V. Devadevan chaired and moderated the session.

In the third edition of our webinar series, we were delighted to host Sharika Thiranagama

(Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, Stanford University, USA). She delivered lecture on “Rural Civility: Caste and Public and Private in Kerala”.

R. Santhosh (Associate Professor, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Madras) was the discussant. Fathima E.V. (Former Principal, KMM Govt. Women’s College, Kannur University) chaired and moderated the session.

Prof. J. Devika (Centre for Development Studies, Thiruvananthapuram) delivered the second