Saxena Center for Contemporary South Asia at Brown University

Join us for A Conversation with Rahul Gandhi

Monday, April 21, 2025
5:00 PM – 6:30 PM EST

The event location will be shared with registered attendees.

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Join us for a South Asia Seminar with Rajdeep Sardesai.

📅 Date: Tuesday, April 15, 2025
🕑 Time: 4:30pm - 6:00pm EST
📍 Location: Joukowsky Forum, 111 Thayer St
📚 Title: How Elections are Won and Lost in India

Q&A and Reception with Rajdeep Sardesai to Follow

TM Krishna — Gender and Caste in Music: Tradition, Social Identities, Representation & Aesthetics

Friday, April 11, 2025

2:00pm - 4:00pm EST

Joukowsky Forum, 111 Thayer St

Q&A and Reception with TM Krishna to Follow

The Saxena Center is pleased to announce its Spring Artist-in-Residence program featuring the eminent musician, author, and public intellectual TM Krishna.

TM Krishna is India’s foremost Carnatic vocalist, renowned for captivating audiences across global concert circuits while engaging with the form’s cultural heritage and contemporary politics. He is also the author of numerous books and articles, including A Southern Music: The Karnatik Story (2016) and Sebastian and Sons: A Brief History of Mridangam Makers (2020). In 2016, he received the Ramon Magsaysay Award “for his commitment to using art to heal India’s social divisions.” In 2024, the Madras Music Academy honored him with the title of Sangeetha Kalanidhi.

TM Krishna will join us at the Saxena Center for three events, the first of which is:

Wednesday, April 2, 2025
Understanding a Musical Form: An Exploration of Carnatic Music
(Lecture-demonstration)

In addition to these events, TM Krishna will also hold office-hour sessions at the center. All those interested are encouraged to sign up in advance. Further details will be shared soon.

Join us for a South Asia Seminar with Kirin Narayan.

📅 Date: Friday, March 14, 2025
🕑 Time: 2:00pm - 4:00pm EST
📍 Location: Joukowsky Forum, 111 Thayer St
📚 Title: Cave of My Ancestors: Vishwakarma and the Artisans of Ellora

Q&A and Reception with Kirin Narayan to Follow

Join us for a Film Screening Dispassionate Love (Vrindavani Vairagya).

📅 Date: Thursday, March 6, 2025
🕑 Time: 4:00pm - 6:30pm EST
📍 Location: Joukowsky Forum, 111 Thayer St

Q&A and Reception with Ashish Avikunthak to Follow.

Join us for a Joint Seminar on South Asian Politics with Tanushree Goyal.

Commentators:

Yamini Aiyar, Brown University

Wendy Schiller, Brown University

📅 Date: Friday, March 7, 2025
🕑 Time: 2:00pm - 4:00pm EST
📍 Location: Leung Conference Room, 280 Brook Street

Topic: Representation from Below: The Grassroots Origins of Women's Political Power

Q&A and Reception with Tanushree Goyal to Follow

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Join us for a South Asia Seminar with Smitha Radhakrishnan.

📅 Date: Friday, February 28, 2025
🕑 Time: 2:00pm - 4:00pm EST
📍 Location: Joukowsky Forum, 111 Thayer St
📚 Title: Hidden Precarities: Indebtedness, Caste, and Breadwinning in Urban Uttarakhand, India

Q&A and Reception with Smitha Radhakrishnan to Follow.

Join us for a seminar on Book Adda series with Janaki Bakhle.

📅 Date: Friday, February 21, 2025
🕑 Time: 2:00pm - 4:00pm EST
📍 Location: Joukowsky Forum, 111 Thayer St
📚 Title: Savarkar

Q&A and Reception with Janaki Bakhle to Follow.