Please join us in welcoming
@TariqThachil
as the new Director of CASI, Associate Professor of Political Science at
@Penn
, and the Madan Lal Sobti Chair for the Study of Contemporary India!
Packed house today for our Visiting Fellow
@Rukmini
’s excellent talk, based on her book “Whole Numbers & Half Truths.” And yes, the rumors are true: we downed many kati rolls. Rukmini, thank you for gracing us with your presence and your knowledge this past month. We’ll miss you!
CASI, in partnership with the
@gatesfoundation
, undertook a large study of Indian agricultural markets between 2017 and 2019, led by
@shoumitro_c
, Mekhala Krishnamurthy, Devesh Kapur, and
@the_orienteer
. View the FULL REPORT & DATA:
For our first CASI seminar of Spring 2023, join us VIRTUALLY on Thursday, January 26 as we host
@PostitAcademic
(in partnership with
@SouthAsiaCenter
, Christopher H. Browne Center for International Politics, and Dept. of Political Science) Register:
Don't miss
@r_gov11
(of
@UW
) on Oct 5th, who will give a noon-time seminar on "Romance, Religion, and the Problem of Migration in the Indian Himalaya" (in partnership with the
@SouthAsiaCenter
&
@UPennAnth
) Read more:
In "India’s Misinformation Crisis: What Role Do BJP WhatsApp Groups Really Play?"
@SimonChauchard
of
@PolSciLeiden
examines the role that partisan WhatsApp groups may play in the dissemination of COVID-19 misinformation.
Hope to see you (virtually) this Thursday, 11/11 at 12 noon EST | 10:30pm IST for this exciting book talk with
@MaliniSur
! (in partnership with
@SouthAsiaCenter
&
@UPennAnth
) Register:
For our FINAL seminar of the Fall 2022 semester, we hope you'll come to CASI and join us on Thursday, December 1st at 12 noon as we hear from
@SarahBesky
of
@cornellilr
(in partnership with
@SouthAsiaCenter
&
@UPennAnth
) Register:
In "A New Language for Housing Justice?" Sushmita Pati (
@PostitAcademic
) discusses why the housing question has barely found a political foothold in India.
"Union Against Center: The Political Language of Federalism in India" CASI Postdoc
@i_sarathpillai
argues for the urgency of a political language of Indian federalism that speaks to a lost federal tradition of the past and the erosion of federalism today.
Nov 17th, join us in person (or virtually if you wish) as we hear from
@saadgulzar
of
@PUPolitics
&
@PrincetonSPIA
(in partnership with
@SouthAsiaCenter
, Comparative Politics Workshop, and Christopher H. Browne Center for International Politics) Register:
"Moving Mountains: Weathering Climate Change and Land Politics in the Indian Himalaya" by
@ritodhi_c
of
@UCNZ
, the third article of an IiT series guest-edited by Debjani Bhattacharyya
@itihaashtag
Next up in our Fall 2023 VIRTUAL Data Seminar Series hosted by
@Rukmini
—
@singhabhi
(of
@handels_sse
) presents "Learning in India: What Input and Outcome Data Can Tell Us" on Nov 8 at 9am EST | 7:30pm IST (please note: US time one hour earlier). Register:
Following a 2.5 year gap between in-person events, a few moments from our first hybrid seminar of the Fall 2022 semester yesterday as
@p_mukherj
led a lively presentation & discussion on Political Accountability for Populist Policies. Good times (and kati rolls) enjoyed by all!
Really enjoyed having
@natterjee
at CASI today, as she led a very interesting talk & discussion on "The Poor Man's Energy" in India. We also downed kati rolls (a new staple of our in-person seminars). And what's that? Why, yes, that is our new teal accent wall!
NEW IiT INTERVIEW!
"Rahul Sagar on How 19th Century Indians Grappled with the 'Great Questions of our Age'"—an interview of
@rahulsagar
(
@NYUAbuDhabi
) by IiT Consulting Editor & CASI Non-Resident Visiting Scholar
@RohanV
Registration is OPEN for CASI's 30th Anniversary Symposium: "India at 75, CASI at 30" (co-sponsored with
@pennlaw
) on Thursday, October 13, 2022. Read more about our exciting lineup of speakers and register:
Our Fall 2022 Seminar Series continues Sept 15th with a VIRTUAL talk by
@gautambhatia88
, Author & Lawyer, Supreme Court of India (in partnership with
@SouthAsiaCenter
, Center for Asian Law, and South Asian Law Students Association). Read more & register:
If you haven't already, be sure to read our 4-part India in Transition series, which ran from Jan 3-Feb 14, 2022, organized by Guest Editor:
@NeelanjanSircar
of
@CPR_India
. (See thread below)
In "The Pursuit of Imaginary Maps"
@pallaviraghava1
(Ashoka Univ) examines the after effects of the Partition process with regard to recent developments in Ireland, Palestine & India and asks if there's a good way for states to reconcile w/ their legacies.
Don't miss this 5-lecture series, beginning tomorrow, Jan 25th, with Prof. K. Satyanarayana (of
@EFLU_OFFICIAL
). Co-sponsored with
@SouthAsiaPenn
&
@AnnenbergPenn
. All lectures meet in-person (no virtual option) at 4:30-6pm EST/EDT at the PCPSE Robert S. Blank Forum, 2nd floor
1/ Excited to share my new paper with
@jamie_hintson
, forthcoming in
@AJPS_Editor
, “Who Rallies Around the Flag? Nationalist Parties, National Security, and the 2019 Indian Election.”
"Women and Work in India" by Kanika Mahajan
@kanmahajan
(of
@AshokaUniv
), the second article of a four-part IiT series guest-edited by Shoumitro Chatterjee
@shoumitro_c
The seminar fun continues next week, virtually this time, on Nov 10th with Sambiah Gundimeda of
@azimpremjiuniv
(in partnership with
@SouthAsiaCenter
,
@SouthAsiaPenn
, and Literacy, Culture, and International Education Division) Read More & Register:
This Wednesday, Nov 17th at 12 noon EST | 10:30pm IST, don't miss our upcoming book talk with Sanjoy Chakravorty &
@NeelanjanSircar
, editors of "Colossus: The Anatomy of Delhi" (in partnership with
@SouthAsiaCenter
&
@PennIUR
) Register:
We're thrilled to have
@RohanV
as our new Consulting Editor for our longstanding publication, India in Transition and as a Non-Resident Visiting Scholar at CASI! View the thread for additional details on how YOU can be a part of the IiT legacy!
I'm now a Non-Resident Visiting Scholar at
@CASIPenn
, where I'm also Consulting Editor for India in Transition, a fortnightly publication which brings analysis and insights from scholars working on India – across disciplines – to a wider audience.
In "How Wide is the 'Sink of Localism' in India?"
@nav_bharathi
(CASI Postdoc), Deepak Malghan (IIM Bangalore) & Andaleeb Rahman (Tata-Cornell Institute) present a quantitative characterization of intra-village spatial segregation in rural India.
India in Transition: "The Study of India in the United States" As he steps down after twelve years of heading CASI, Devesh Kapur reflects on how the study of India in the United States has been shaped by incentives in US academia.
We are honored to be hosting a virtual panel discussion with Gagandeep Kang & Bhramar Mukherjee
@BhramarBioStat
as India continues its fight against the latest COVID surge (in partnership w/
@UPennCGH
,
@PennNursing
,
@SouthAsiaCenter
). Register & join us:
Delighted to be welcoming Academy-Award nominated director Mira Nair (
@MiraPagliNair
) to Penn as our newest CASI Saluja Global Fellow! Please join us at Penn Museum on Wed, September 13 as she presents our Fall 2023 Saluja Global Fellow Lecture. Register:
Join us next week in-person or virtual (though we hope you'll pick in-person!) for our next Fall Seminar, this time with CASI Fall 2022 Visiting Fellow
@Rukmini
(in partnership with
@SouthAsiaCenter
, CARGC
@AnnenbergPenn
&
@PennDDDI
) Read More & Register:
"Riverbank Erosion: Land and Politics of Identity in Assam" by Ankur Tamuli Phukan of Mahanirban Calcutta Research Group, Kolkata, the first article of an IiT series guest-edited by Debjani Bhattacharyya
@itihaashtag
"The Production of Vulnerability: Generating Aquaculture Profits by Preying on Poverty in the Sundarbans" by Megnaa Mehtta
@MMehtta
of
@icas_mp
, the second article of an IiT series guest-edited by Debjani Bhattacharyya
@itihaashtag
Looking forward to Diane Coffey's Oct 7th seminar on "Excess Neonatal Mortality Among Private Facility Births in Rural North India." In partnership with
@SouthAsiaCenter
. Hope you'll (virtually) join us! Register here:
"Religion and Communal Geography in India: An Elusive Search for Space, Community, and Nation" by
@ParveenNazima
, the third article of a five-part IiT series guest-edited by Hilal Ahmed
@Ahmed1Hilal
FULL VIDEO of our Fall 2020 Virtual Seminar "Weapons of the Weak: The Violent Consequences of Biased Technological Change" with
@_adasgupta
of
@UCMercedPoliSci
(moderated by CASI Postdoctoral Research Fellow Naveen Bharathi)
Fall 2018 Podcast Series! Hosted by CASI Postdoc &
@FPI_SAIS
Non-Resident Fellow,
@bilalabaloch
. NEW EPISODE with Pavithra Suryanarayan of
@SAISHopkins
on "Hollowing Out the State: Status and Redistributive Politics in Colonial India"
"Who Really Benefits from the Kosi-Mechi Interlinking Project?" by
@avli_verma
of Manthan Adhyayan Kendra, the final article of an IiT series guest-edited by Debjani Bhattacharyya
@itihaashtag
Spring 2019 Podcast Series! Hosted by CASI Postdoc
@bilalabaloch
. In celebration of India's
#RepublicDay2019
, we were excited to host Rohit De
@itihaasnaama
of
@Yale
, and author of "A People's Constitution: The Everyday Life of Law in the Indian Republic"
I zoom-defended my dissertation today and happy to share that I’m moving to Oxford for a postdoc
@risj_oxford
! Feeling so excited, grateful, and humbled right now.
India in Transition: "Government Must Exercise Restraint, Hone Focus to Boost Economy" by CASI Senior Fellow & former Director, Devesh Kapur of
@SAISHopkins
Please join us on June 1st at 12 noon as we welcome CASI Spring 2023 Visiting Fellow
@DrMonikaArora
of
@thePHFI
to present "Tobacco Control in India: Research to Action and New Challenges" (in partnership with
@UPennCGH
) Space is limited! Register here:
Join us in-person next week on Thursday, November 2nd as we hear from our Fall 2023 Visiting Scholar, Suraj Jacob (
@azimpremjiuniv
) on How Policy Intent is Set and Practiced in India (in partnership with the
@SouthAsiaCenter
&
@pdri_devlab
) Read more:
CASI welcomes Acting Director & Visiting Scholar, Marshall M. Bouton, appointed on July 1, 2018, following twelve years of service from CASI's former Director, Devesh Kapur!
Join us for our first hybrid event in our Fall 2022 Seminar Series: "Political Accountability for Populist Policies" featuring
@p_mukherj
of
@UW_AAE
(in partnership with
@SouthAsiaCenter
,
@pdri_info
, Penn Economics, and PIER). Read more & register:
"Natural Disasters and Child Marriages: A Case Study from Bihar" by
@MadhulikaKhanna
&
@nishthakochhar
(Ph.D. candidates in economics, Georgetown University)
Hope you'll join us tomorrow at 12 noon EST | 10:30pm IST for a very interesting seminar with our own postdoc
@Busnihoh
(in partnership with
@SouthAsiaCenter
&
@UPennAnth
) Don't forget to register:
Some scenes from last week’s engaging and interactive seminar with
@saadgulzar
as he spoke about the political economy and health impacts of crop burning in South Asia.
FULL Video of our Fall 2020 Virtual Seminar "Recombinant Urbanization: Land Transformations Along Urban Corridors in India" with Sai Balakrishnan of
@UCBerkeley
(moderated by CASI Director
@tariqthachil
)
IiT BANGLA: ইন্ডিয়া ইন ট্রানজিশানের এই সংখ্যায় লুইস টিলিনের লেখা “ভারতে যুক্তরাষ্ট্রীয় ব্যবস্থা, অর্থনীতি ও জনকল্যাণঃ কেন্দ্রীয়তার ঐতিহাসিক ইতিবৃত্ত” প্রবন্ধটি উপস্থিত করতে পেরে আমরা আনন্দিত।
In "Center and States Need to Coordinate, Not Compete"
@louisetillin
(
@Kingsindiainst
) argues that India needs to regain the constitutional spirit of Center-State cooperation to respond effectively to India's devastating second COVID wave & its aftermath.
Applications are now OPEN for 2024 CASI Summer Internships for eligible Penn students! Questions? Contact
@JuniBahuguna
(CASI Assistant Director, Student & Visitor Programs) Read More & Apply (Deadline Feb 5th):
Join us on Thursday, Dec 2 for our final virtual seminar of 2021 with
@AshwDeshpande
of Ashoka University (in partnership with
@SouthAsiaCenter
) Register:
Be sure to register for our first virtual CASI seminar of the fall 2021 semester with
@Suryakant_Waghm
(IIT Bombay) this Thursday, Sept 23 at 12 noon EDT | 9:30pm IST)
"Legal Implications of Declaring Hindus a Minority," by
@MRShamshad
, the first article of a five-part IiT series guest-edited by Hilal Ahmed
@Ahmed1Hilal
In "Welfarism Works, Efficient Implementation Less So," CASI Postdoctoral Research Fellow
@shikhar_46
examines whether welfare programs win political support and how voters respond to direct benefit transfers.
In "India’s COVID-19 Data and the Public Interest,"
@MenonBioPhysics
of
@AshokaUniv
discusses India's need for greater accessibility of government data on COVID-19, arguing that its absence hampers projections of what might unfold in the future.
In "The Problem with 'Women’s Entrepreneurship',"
@hemanginigupta
(
@middlebury
) explains why the challenges that women entrepreneurs face in acquiring funding and recognition narrate a problem with how we value labor.
CASI's highly-anticipated Summer 2023 Data Seminar Series, moderated by
@Rukmini
, begins on May 24 at 10am EDT / 7:30pm IST with
@aashishg_
discussing "Demographic Transitions: Fertility & Mortality" All seminars in this series are virtual. Register:
Join us for an IN-PERSON seminar on Feb 2nd as we welcome
@BanerjiSangeeta
of
@WatsonInstitute
, Brown University (in partnership with
@SouthAsiaCenter
, Christopher H. Browne Center for International Politics, and Dept. of Political Science) Read more: