Ranked #1
"NAFTA & Mexico: Ten Years Later"
"NAFTA & Mexico: Ten Years Later"
Lecture by Cuauhtemoc Cardenas, founder of Mexico's Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD); from the Latin American Br... Read more
13 Jan 2005
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1hr 19mins
Ranked #2
"A Sky to Fly: Archiving Women's Lives in Words and Images"
"A Sky to Fly: Archiving Women's Lives in Words and Images"
A talk by C.S. Lakshmi, founder and Director of Sound & Picture Archive for Research on Women (SPARROW) in Mumbai.
5 Jun 2009
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16mins
Ranked #3
"Roundtable: On the Usefulness of the Concept of the Modern"
"Roundtable: On the Usefulness of the Concept of the Modern"
A round-table panel discussion at the Sixth South Asia Graduate Student Conference with Steven Collins (Chester D. Tripp... Read more
17 Apr 2009
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1hr 9mins
Ranked #4
“Temples and Conquest in the Deccan, 1296-1500”
“Temples and Conquest in the Deccan, 1296-1500”
A talk by Richard Eaton, University of Arizona. From the South Asia Seminar.
1 Oct 2009
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1hr 3mins
Ranked #5
“Reconceptualizing the Question: Intervention Strategies”
“Reconceptualizing the Question: Intervention Strategies”
A presentation and discussion with University of Chicago Professors Roger Myerson, Department of Economics & Marshal... Read more
24 Apr 2009
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2hr 9mins
Ranked #6
"Birth of the Girl-Child: Speculations on the Nineteenth Century Reawakening"
"Birth of the Girl-Child: Speculations on the Nineteenth Century Reawakening"
A talk by Ruby Lal, Associate Professor Department of South Asian Studies at Emory University.
21 May 2009
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51mins
Ranked #7
“'I Am Who I Am': On Being Nostalgic in Sanskrit”
“'I Am Who I Am': On Being Nostalgic in Sanskrit”
A talk by David Shulman, Renee Lang Professor of Humanistic Studies, Department of Comparative Religion, Hebrew Universi... Read more
8 Oct 2009
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1hr 3mins
Ranked #8
"Moonset on Sunrise Mountain: Narrative, Politics, and the Accession of Kulottunga I Cola"
"Moonset on Sunrise Mountain: Narrative, Politics, and the Accession of Kulottunga I Cola"
A talk by Whitney Cox, Lecturer in Sanskrit, School of Oriental and African Studies.
21 Oct 2010
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1hr 2mins
Ranked #9
"The Flood Disaster in Pakistan: Socio-economic Consequences and Potential Geopolitical Ramifications"
"The Flood Disaster in Pakistan: Socio-economic Consequences and Potential Geopolitical Ramifications"
Imtiaz Gul is the Executive Director of the Centre for Research and Security Studies in Islamabad. He is the author of t... Read more
19 Oct 2010
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1hr 10mins
Ranked #10
"The Empire and the Birth of Historical Research in India"
"The Empire and the Birth of Historical Research in India"
Dipesh Chakrabarty is the Lawrence A. Klimpton Distinguished Service Professor of History at the University of Chicago.
30 Sep 2010
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57mins
Ranked #11
"Elephants, Gods and People: The Cultural History of the Asian Elephants"
"Elephants, Gods and People: The Cultural History of the Asian Elephants"
Raman Sukumar is the author of three books on the ecology and conservation of elephants, and the recipient of the Intern... Read more
17 May 2010
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1hr 12mins
Ranked #12
"America's Water Crisis"
"America's Water Crisis"
Robert Glennon is a nationally-renowned water expert, and the author of Unquenchable: America's Water Crisis and What To... Read more
11 May 2010
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1hr 9mins
Ranked #13
"Between Globalization and Global Warming"
"Between Globalization and Global Warming"
A talk by Dipesh Chakrabarty, Lawrence A. Kimpton Distinguished Service Professor of History, South Asian Languages and ... Read more
11 May 2010
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1hr 13mins
Ranked #14
"Non-Eurocentric Historical Geographies of Modern Science: Perspectives from South Asia"
"Non-Eurocentric Historical Geographies of Modern Science: Perspectives from South Asia"
A talk by Kapil Raj, Directeur d'études at École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in Paris.
7 May 2010
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59mins
Ranked #15
"The Informal Economy in Mexico"
"The Informal Economy in Mexico"
Santiago Levy is Vice President for Sector and Knowledge at the Inter-American Development Bank and author of the book G... Read more
6 May 2010
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1hr 17mins
Ranked #16
“Impossible Translation: Beyond the Legal Body in Two South Asian Family Courts”
“Impossible Translation: Beyond the Legal Body in Two South Asian Family Courts”
Srimati Basu, Associate Professor of Gender and Women's Studies University of Kentucky on "Impossible Translation: Beyon... Read more
17 Apr 2010
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49mins
Ranked #17
“Situating the Subaltern in South Asian Medical History”
“Situating the Subaltern in South Asian Medical History”
A keynote address by David Hardiman, History, University of Warwick at the Seventh South Asia Graduate Student Conferenc... Read more
17 Apr 2010
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1hr 8mins
Ranked #18
“Language Worlds in South Asia”
“Language Worlds in South Asia”
A talk by Debjani Ganguly, Head, Humanities Research Center, Australian National University. From the South Asia Seminar... Read more
8 Apr 2010
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52mins
Ranked #19
“Afghanistan and the Future of Peace Operations”
“Afghanistan and the Future of Peace Operations”
A speech by Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Secretary General of NATO. In his first visit to Chicago as Secretary General, Anders... Read more
8 Apr 2010
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50mins
Ranked #20
“Asian Carp Invasion: Potential Economic and Ecological Impacts in the Great Lakes”
“Asian Carp Invasion: Potential Economic and Ecological Impacts in the Great Lakes”
A multi-disciplinary panel, held at the Shedd Aquarium, provided a public examination and discussion of the threat of As... Read more
6 Apr 2010
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2hr 8mins