Best Manuscripts Of South Asia Podcasts (2024)

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Women’s education in Afghanistan 33:50

18d ago33:50

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Lalita du Perron talks to Pashtana Durrani, Executive Director of LearnAfghan.org and visiting fellow at the Wellesley Centers for Women about her journey into advocacy and activism and the role of US higher education institutions in addressing the educational needs of Afghan women and girls.By Center for South Asia

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Ambika Vishwanath of Kubernein Initiative 32:02

1M ago32:02

32:02

Lalita du Perron talks to Ambika Vishwanath, Co-Founder and Director of the Kubernein Initiative, an independent, female led, geopolitical advisory firm based in India, about her vision, her projects on water security, and her recent visit to Stanford.By Center for South Asia

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On being Hindu, a multi-faith chaplain, and taking care of oneself and others 33:46

2M ago33:46

33:46

Lalita du Perron talks to Ken Kula Pradipa Lee about his multi-faith multi-ethnic background, his journey into Hinduism, and his work as the Faith and Flourish multi-faith and Hindu chaplain at Stanford. Check out the Office for Religious and Spiritual Life at Stanford here.By Center for South Asia

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Paternalistic discrimination and gender inequality 29:46

2M ago29:46

29:46

Lalita du Perron talks to Nina Buchmann, PhD candidate in Economics, about her journey from Frankfurt (“only known for its airport”) to Stanford, her childhood fascination with South Asia, and her work on gender norms and human trafficking.By Center for South Asia

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Gender norms, women’s work, and digital jobs 35:14

3M ago35:14

35:14

Lalita du Perron talks to Suhani Jalota, PhD candidate at Stanford, about her life as a social entrepreneur, her time at Stanford as an economist studying labor, and her work with the Myna Mahila Foundation in Mumbai.By Center for South Asia

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Cooperatives, Caste, and Political Economy in Maharashtra 50:22

4M ago50:22

50:22

Lalita du Perron talks to Stanford Anthropology PhD candidate Shantanu Nevrekar about his work on cooperatives in Maharashtra, the role caste plays in cooperative membership, and his recent fieldwork trip to India.By Center for South Asia

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Noopur, Raagapella, and Bhangra: meet the student groups! 40:48

5M ago40:48

40:48

Lalita du Perron talks to Anusha Dwarkanath, Aakriti Lakshmanan, and Josh Singh, about the student groups they run. Find out about the origin, motivations, and activities of these groups in this fun and busy episode! Follow them on Instagram: @stanfordnoopur @stanfordbhangra @stanfordraagapellaBy Center for South Asia

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Care, Kinship, & Cognitive Disability in India 35:53

5M ago35:53

35:53

Lalita du Perron talks to Paras Arora, PhD Candidate at the Department of Anthropology at Stanford University, about their work on people with cognitive disabilities in India, what care and kinship look like, and the value and importance of art in their ethnographic work.By Center for South Asia

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Habib University and the importance of liberal arts education 46:04

5M ago46:04

46:04

Lalita du Perron talks to Wasif Rizvi, President of Habib University, Pakistan about the state of higher education in the US and Pakistan, and the global importance of liberal arts studies. Because this podcast episode was recorded live, the sound is not our usual high standard. Please bear with us as this is a great conversation – please turn up t…

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Home in the Field in Rajasthan 45:17

7M ago45:17

45:17

Shubhangni Gupta talks about her study of heritage and the havelis in Shekhawati, Rajasthan, and her experience of doing fieldwork in a place that is home - and also not home. Follow Shubhangni and her fieldwork notes on Instagram @shubhangnigupta.By Center for South Asia

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Environmental history and temporality in South Asia 36:00

8M ago36:00

36:00

Lalita du Perron talks to Eduardo Acosta (Mellon Fellow at Stanford History) about his PhD from the University of Chicago, the colonial preoccupation to control rivers, climate change, and how time is in fact a cultural construct.By Center for South Asia

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Periyar: authority, caste, and women’s rights 45:19

8M ago45:19

45:19

Lalita du Perron welcomes Karthick Ram Manoharan to discuss his latest book Periyar: a study in political atheism (Orient Black Swan, 2022) and his new research while a visiting fellow at the Stanford Humanities Center. Apologies for occasional sound issues.By Center for South Asia

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Transnational Tibetan Buddhism, Performing Identity, and the 84,000 Project 41:23

9M ago41:23

41:23

Lalita du Perron talks to Ana Cristina Lopes about her work on transnational Tibetan Buddhism, her book Tibetan Buddhism in Diaspora, and her new work on the 84,000 project, whose mission is to translate all of the Buddha’s words into modern languages, and provide open and free access to over 230,000 pages. Find out more at 84000.co.…

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Robert Rakove, Days of Opportunity: The United States and Afghanistan before the Soviet Invasion 38:47

10M ago38:47

38:47

Lalita du Perron welcomes Robert Rakove from International Relations at Stanford to talk about his new book Days of Opportunity: The United States and Afghanistan before the Soviet Invasion. Book link: http://cup.columbia.edu/book/days-of-opportunity/9780231210454By Center for South Asia

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Gowri Shankar, Protecting King Cobras 35:12

11M ago35:12

35:12

Lalita du Perron talks to Gowri Shankar of https://www.kalingafoundation.org/ about his work on the King Cobra, how being bitten by a snake sparked his PhD research, and how to keep ourselves and animals safe.By Center for South Asia

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Rabia Saeed: The power of writing, serendipity, and luck 48:51

12M ago48:51

48:51

Lalita du Perron talks to Rabia Saeed, current Wallace Stegner Fellow in Creative Writing, about her journey from Kohat, Pakistan, to Stanford and beyond. Links to her stories: https://theseventhwave.org/rabia-saeed/ https://www.litromagazine.com/usa/2021/03/jfk-by-rabia-saeed/By Center for South Asia

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Isabel Salovaara, Tuition and coaching in Patna 37:00

1y ago37:00

37:00

Lalita du Perron talks to Isabel Salovaara, Ph.D. student in Anthropology at Stanford University, about her research project on the tuition and coaching industry in India, and her fieldwork in Patna in particular.By Center for South Asia

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Aidan Milliff, How people respond to violence 36:20

1y ago36:20

36:20

Lalita du Perron talks to Aidan Milliff, Postdoctoral Fellow in Contemporary Asia, Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (APARC), about the choices people make when faced with state or community violence, what it means to be a political scientist, and the excellent community of South Asia scholars at Stanford!…

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Shripad “Tulja” Tuljapurkar, Travels and the chili pepper 35:52

1y ago35:52

35:52

Lalita du Perron talks to Shripad “Tulja” Tuljapurkar, Professor of Biology at Stanford, about his work on demographics, his love of food, and his undergraduate class on the chili pepper.By Center for South Asia

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Gulika Reddy, Teaching as Advocacy 34:41

1y ago34:41

34:41

Lalita du Perron talks to Gulika Reddy, Assistant Professor in the Stanford Law School and Director of the International Human Rights and Conflict Resolution Clinic, about her work as a lawyer, teacher, organizer, and activist, and the NGO she started, Schools of Equality.By Center for South Asia

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Librarians are our Heroes! | Nicole Merkel-Hilf | Digital Repatriation in South Asia 37:42

1y ago37:42

37:42

We chat to librarian and digital wizard Nicole Merkel-Hilf about her many digital projects in the spaces of online archives, publishing, and the use of digital tools to improve access to increase the development of digital collections. Nicole wears many hats and is involved with many digital projects. She is the subject librarian for Modern South A…

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Digital Preservation for a Submerging Valley, Part 2 | Jason Neelis, Murtaza Taj, & Atiq Hashmi | Digital Repatriation in South Asia 36:59

1+ y ago36:59

36:59

This is part 2 of a 2 part conversation that the ANUBhasha team (Chris Diamond & Stephanie Majcher) have with Jason Neelis, Associate Professor of Religion & Culture at Wilfrid Laurier (Canada), Murtaza Taj, Assistant Professor and Faculty Director of the Computer Vision and Graphics Lab and Technology for People Initiative at the Lahore University…

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Feyaad Allie, Muslim Politics in India 30:56

1+ y ago30:56

30:56

Lalita du Perron talks to Feyaad Allie about his PhD research on political representation and identity, facial recognition and voting, and post-PhD life.By Center for South Asia

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Digital Preservation for a Submerging Valley - Part 1 | Jason Neelis, Murtaza Taj, & Atiq Hashmi | Digital Repatriation in South Asia 39:07

1+ y ago39:07

39:07

This is part 1 of a 2 part conversation that the ANUBhasha team (Chris Diamond & Stephanie Majcher) have with Jason Neelis, Associate Professor of Religion & Culture at Wilfrid Laurier (Canada), Murtaza Taj, Assistant Professor and Faculty Director of the Computer Vision and Graphics Lab and Technology for People Initiative at the Lahore University…

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Elspeth Iralu, Indigenous Mapping and Identity 34:19

1+ y ago34:19

34:19

Lalita du Perron talks to Elspeth Iralu, 2022-23 Mellon Fellow at the Stanford Humanities Center, about her work on Indigenous mapping, Indigeneity, surveillance, and her identity as Angami Naga.By Center for South Asia

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Humble Researchers, Open Homes | Ronit Ricci | Digital Repatriation in South Asia 49:45

1+ y ago49:45

49:45

In this conversation, we are joined by Prof. Ronit Ricci of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem where she is the Sternberg-Tamir Chair in Comparative Cultures and Professor in the departments of Asian Studies and Comparative Religion. She also holds an appointment at the School of Culture, History and Language at the Australian National University. …

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'Trees and Rocks' in a Global Digital World | Joe Marino & Mike Skinner | Digital Repatriation in South Asia 56:27

1+ y ago56:27

56:27

In this episode, we hold a cross-Pacific conversation with our colleagues Joe Marino in Seattle (WA, USA) and Mike Skinner in Hilo (Hawai'i) about their work on Gandharan Buddhist manuscript sources from Pakistan/Afghanistan and Kushana inscriptions in India, respectively. We talk about the historical and contemporary Buddhist and regional heritage…

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Access, Privilege, and Purpose | Adrian Plau | Digital Repatriation in South Asia 58:11

1+ y ago58:11

58:11

In the first episode of ANUBhasha's 'Digital Repatriation in South Asia Series', Steph and Chris chat with Dr. Adrian Plau, the Manuscript Collections Information Analyst at Wellcome Collection in London (UK). He is currently undertaking a Headley Fellowship with the Art Fund (UK). Adrian talks to us about his own work transitioning from the tradit…

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Nasiruddin Nezaami, Stanford after Afghanistan 42:00

1+ y ago42:00

42:00

Lalita du Perron talks to Nasiruddin Nezaami about August 2021 and being sponsored by Institute for International Education Scholar Rescue Fund (IIE-SRF), his work with the American University of Afghanistan and Stanford Law School, and his research on global cyber crime.By Center for South Asia

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Introduction | Digital Repatriation in South Asia 3:39

1+ y ago3:39

3:39

The ANUBhasha team, Dr. Chris Diamond and Dr. Stephanie Majcher, introduce the new 'Digital Repatriation in South Asia' podcast series for 2023. For more details on the 'Digital Repatriation in South Asia' series, please visit: https://anubhasha.org/feature/podcast/ For more general information about ANUBhasha, included some of its ongoing work on …

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Max Bruce: South Asia, Urdu, and Shibli Nomani 32:35

1+ y ago32:35

32:35

Lalita du Perron talks to Gregory Maxwell Bruce (https://sseas.berkeley.edu/people/gregory-maxwell-bruce/), who teaches Urdu at Berkeley and Stanford, about his multiple book projects, love of language, and the Journal of Urdu Studies, published by Brill (https://brill.com/).By Center for South Asia

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Halima Kazem, Stories from Afghanistan 34:17

1+ y ago34:17

34:17

Lalita du Perron talks to Halima Kazem (Twitter @halimakazem) about the Afghanistan Oral History Project at Hoover Institution Library & Archives at Stanford University and her work training journalists in Afghanistan.By Center for South Asia

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Moogdho Mim Mahzab, Reducing Environmental Pollution in Bangladesh 28:43

1+ y ago28:43

28:43

Lalita du Perron talks to Moogdho Mim Mahzab, postdoctoral scholar at Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment, about his work on improving brick kilns and lead acid batteries operations in Bangladesh and the challenges of developmental economy.By Center for South Asia

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South Asia in Motion at Stanford University Press 43:19

1+ y ago43:19

43:19

Lalita du Perron talks to Stanford University Press South Asia in Motion series editors Thomas Blom Hansen and Dylan Kyung-lim White about the history of the Press, the motivation behind the series, and what makes a great book proposal. Links: Stanford University Press and South Asia in MotionBy Center for South Asia

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Anuradha Bhasin: Journalism, the Media, and Kashmir 33:03

1+ y ago33:03

33:03

Lalita du Perron talks to Anuradha Bhasin about her role as executive editor of the Kashmir Times, the challenges facing the media in Kashmir, and her time at Stanford as a JSK Journalism Fellow. Follow Anuradha on Twitter: @anuradhabhasin_By Center for South Asia

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Thenmozhi Soundararajan, The Trauma of Caste 52:15

1+ y ago52:15

52:15

Lalita du Perron talks to Thenmozhi Soundararajan of Equality Labs about her forthcoming book The Trauma of Caste, survivor power, caste in Silicon Valley, the importance of mentorship, and healing for all. Link to book: https://www.northatlanticbooks.com/shop/the-trauma-of-caste/By Center for South Asia

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Chandra Vadhana Radhakrishnan, Gender Equality: activism meets entrepreneurship 36:43

1+ y ago36:43

36:43

Lalita du Perron talks to the multifaceted Chandra Vadhana Radhakrishnan, a Fulbright Program Fellow in the Gender Innovations Lab at Stanford History, about gender equality, entrepreneurship, self-care, and having/wanting to do it all. Links: Her Stanford History page Prayaana Labs Shesite E-commerce site Identity film…

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Gayatri Sethi: Belonging, unbelonging, and the complexity of identity 38:17

1+ y ago38:17

38:17

Lalita du Perron talks to Gayatri Sethi (@desibookaunty on Instagram) about her time at Stanford Graduate School of Education, her book Unbelonging (from which she reads an excerpt), and what is considered home. Apologies for occasional internet issues. Links referenced in episode: 1947 Partition Archive: https://www.1947partitionarchive.org/ Unbel…

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Decolonizing collections: South Asia Open Archives 39:08

2y ago39:08

39:08

Lalita du Perron talks to Elizabeth Lhost, Digital Librarian at South Asia Open Archives (SAOA), about the work of SAOA, the challenges and the joys of digitization, access, availability, and decolonizing the archive. Visit the SAOA website at saoa.crl.edu. Submit suggestions via email to saoa@crl.edu.…

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Jonathan Peterson: Vedanta, atheism, and body modification 42:20

2y ago42:20

42:20

Lalita du Perron talks to Jonathan Peterson of Stanford Religious Studies about his research and teaching on Vedanta, atheism, ritual branding, body modification, and interreligious love.By Center for South Asia

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Shaili Chopra, The power of digital and SheThePeople 38:58

2y ago38:58

38:58

Lalita du Perron talks to Shaili Chopra about her digital platform SheThePeople, the women’s health bot DoctorDidi (Click on this link to open on your WhatsApp), her time at Stanford, and the ups and downs of a life lived online.By Center for South Asia

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What’s going on in Sri Lanka? With Sharika Thiranagama. 48:47

2y ago48:47

48:47

Lalita du Perron talks to Sharika Thiranagama, Associate Professor of Anthropology at Stanford, who explains and helps us understand--as much as we can cram into one podcast--what is happening in Sri Lanka right now. Date of recording April 14, 2022.By Center for South Asia

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Radhika Koul, Conversations in the Humanities 34:13

2y ago34:13

34:13

Lalita du Perron talks to Radhika Koul, 2021-22 Dissertation Prize Fellow in Stanford Humanities Center and Ph.D. candidate in Department of Comparative Literature within Division of Literatures, Cultures, and Languages, about creating conversations between 10th-century Kashmir and 17th-century France as well as between techies and fuzzies.…

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Rushain Abbasi, Secularism and Islam 41:00

2+ y ago41:00

41:00

Lalita du Perron talks to Rushain Abbasi about his fellowship at Stanford Humanities Center, being a lecturer in Religious Studies at Stanford, and his book projects on secularism, worldliness, and the intellectual history of Islam. And we share our love of footnotes!By Center for South Asia

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Roanne Kantor: South Asian Writers, Latin American Literature, and the Rise of Global English 45:25

2+ y ago45:25

45:25

Lalita du Perron talks to Roanne Kantor, assistant professor of English (and, by courtesy, of Comparative Literature) at Stanford, about her new book, Macaulay’s shelf, Global Anglophone literature, magical realism, and other matters related to South Asia and Latin America.By Center for South Asia

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Zeba Huq: Identity, Faith, Law, and Faith in the Law 38:50

2+ y ago38:50

38:50

Lalita du Perron talks to Zeba Huq, Clinical Supervising Attorney with Stanford Law School’s Religious Liberty Clinic, about her South Asian identity, 9/11, the first amendment, and how much faith we should have in the Law.By Center for South Asia

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Charu Singh, Science in the vernacular? A conversation on translation and terminology 30:38

2+ y ago30:38

30:38

Lalita du Perron talks to Charu Singh, Lecturer in the Department of History at Stanford, about her recent article on Translation, terminology and lexicography in the Hindi Scientific Glossary (1906), and her upcoming course on science and society. Article Link: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/19472498.2021.2001200…

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Ali Usman Qasmi: The lunar calendar, citizenship, and the state 34:30

2+ y ago34:30

34:30

Lalita du Perron talks to Ali Usman Qasmi from Lahore University of Management Sciences and Visiting Fellow at Stanford Humanities Center about his research on the lunar calendar, citizenship, and the state. They chat about how technology mediates/enhances/detracts from the human experience.By Center for South Asia

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Anna Bigelow, Islam through Objects 37:19

2+ y ago37:19

37:19

Lalita du Perron talks to the Center for South Asia’s new Faculty Director Anna Bigelow about her new book “Islam through Objects”, material religion, and her vision for the Center.By Center for South Asia

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Education, Migration, Translation: a conversation with Lakmali Jayasinghe 36:03

2+ y ago36:03

36:03

Lalita du Perron welcomes Lakmali Jayasinghe to discuss teaching in the Stanford Civic, Liberal, and Global Education (COLLEGE) program and her research on borders, migration, and translation.By Center for South Asia

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