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Bangladesh’s Democracy at Crossroads:
Challenges and Potentials

Panellists: 
Dr. Nasir Uddin, Dr. Eva Gerharz, Dr. ASM Mostafizur Rahman

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January 21, 2026 at 11:53 AM
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“The Sound of Silent Film: Newsreels from Bombay, 1930-1931” by Prof. Dr. Kama Maclean

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April 23, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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The South Asia Institute at Heidelberg University is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Stefan Lueder as Assistant Professor in the Department of History.

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April 3, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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Caring for Capital Futures? Environmental Conservation and Indigenous Rights at an Urban Frontier
By Dr. Philipp  Zehmisch

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January 20, 2026 at 1:32 PM
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Exhibition: Sacred Dirt- Mother Teresa and Volunteering in Kolkata
by Dr. Egor Novikov
 
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July 23, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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Chai Break for Breakthroughs: Brewing Brilliant Research Questions
by Dr. Stefan Lüder

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July 16, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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“Multi-scalar Histories of Gender and Decolonisation in South Asia”
By Rosalind Parr (Glasgow Caledonian University)

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February 14, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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Elephant Paths, Veterinarians, Mules and Refugees: The Multispecies Territorialization of an Asian Borderland
Prof. Dr. Cao Yin (Peking University)

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January 27, 2026 at 12:39 PM
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Bangladesh’s Democracy at Crossroads:
Challenges and Potentials
A Panel Discussion by Dr. Nasir Uddin, Dr. Eva Gerharz, Dr. ASM Mostafizur Rahman

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January 21, 2026 at 10:53 AM
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"Noisy" Photographs: Listening to Images from the Civil Disobedience movement in Bombay
by Prof. Kama Maclean
In Photographing Civil Disobedience: Bombay, 1930-31

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December 16, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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China in Indian and Middle Eastern Eyes: Perceptions from the Age of Steam and Print
By Nile Green, UCLA

Green is host of the podcast Akbar's Chamber: akbarschamber.podbean.com


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November 26, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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SAI organised a one-day retreat at the Marsilius-Kolleg in Campus Neuenheimer Feld. The day was filled with critical dialogue and meaningful conversation about research and academia in South Asian studies.

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April 11, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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“State-Building And Legitimization in the Himalayas: Entangled History Of The Gorkhā State in the Overlong 19th Century”
By Dr. Stefan Lüder

Downloaded the book here: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

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State Building & Legitimization in the Himalayas: A book presentation at SAI | Stefan Lueder
YouTube video by The Himalayan Historian - Stefan Lueder
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May 14, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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Himalayan Socio-Hydrology: Dynamics, Disasters, Development
By Marcus Nüsser

The event was part of SAI colloquium.

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December 5, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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SAI is pleased to announce that Mr. Ashwani Sharma has been awarded a Visiting Scholar position at Yale University, where he will conduct his full-time research under the supervision of Dr. Jane Lynch.

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October 21, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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21st International Conference on Maharashtra: Culture & Society
19th to 21st of June

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July 8, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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“Healing on the Hills: Bhariya Tribal Culture and Their Healing Practices” by Dr. Teekmani Patwari (Government PG College Chhindwara) and Ashwani Sharma (University of Heidelberg).

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June 26, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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Anne Mohapatra, a lecturer for Tamil at the Department of Modern South Asian Languages and Literatures, SAI, shares her experiences working with the Tamil community and the institution.

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Why Study South Asia?
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May 7, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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“Bare Life”
By Dr. Egor Novikov

During his field research in 2016, 2019, 2020 at Missionaries of Charity shelters, Dr. Egor Novikov hand sketched a number of portraits of its residents.
 
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February 27, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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On the Occasion of the retirement of Prof. Dr. William Sax, SAI celebrated the academic career of Prof. Sax in an evening filled with memories, live performances, anecdotes, and critical reflections.

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February 12, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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“Anthology: Mental Health, Local Insights, and Interventions in Indonesia”
by Prof. Kwartarini Wahyu Yuniarti

The lecture was part of The Medical Anthropology Forum at SAI.

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February 5, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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India's Democracy: Competitive Authoritarianism and Resilience
By Prof. Dr. Rahul Mukherji

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January 27, 2025 at 11:29 AM