Past Events
October 24, 2019
Right to the City: Hong Kong as an Example
Free and open to the public Registration required.
October 17, 2019
Disputed Pasts, Violent Present: Examining Anti-Muslim Discourses in Contemporary India
Since the 2014 formation of the central government by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in India, violence against minorities has increased significantly. Of particular note is the violence against Indian Muslims, the largest religious minority in India.
October 16, 2019
Singing Nanak: Anahata Sabd (The Unstruck Melody)
In honor of the 550th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak
October 11, 2019
Imagining Time in India: Persian Chroniclers and their Interpreters
India was the scene for the production of a vast, internally diverse chronicle literature in Persian during the period 1500-1900 CE.
October 11 - October 12, 2019
Lineages of the Present in Early Modern South Asia
This workshop was convened as part of the “Interdisciplinary Histories” research cluster that was established at UBC this year to foster an “ethical engagement with the multiple temporalities and modalities of historical research, seeking to resist the simple merging of the historical into the needs of the present, while at the same time acknowl
October 6, 2019
"Reason": Documentary screening and discussion with the filmmaker Anand Patwardhan
Documentary Screening and Q&A with the filmmaker "Reason: The War between Faith and Rationality" an 8-part, award-winning documentary by filmmaker Anand Patwardhan. The filmmaker will lead a Q&A after the screening. This event is open to the public. Light refreshments offered.