Weekly Seminars
The Department organises weekly seminars on all Wednesdays.
The Department invites eminent scholars from across the country as well as foreign universities and institutes.
Year wise list of weekly seminars
2017
Jinee Lokaneeta
Drew University
Title: State (of) Torture in India: Laws, Denial, and Prevention, 4 January 2017
Prof Nasir Uddin
University of Chittagong, Bangladesh
Title: Paradox of ‘Non-life’: State in the life of Rohingya (Refugees) in Bangladesh, 5 January 2017
Prof. Omar Dahbour
Hunter College City, University of New York, USA
Title: An Ecological Conception of Territorial Rights, 11 January 2017
Dr. Ravichandran
Indian Institute of Advanced Studies, Shimla; Dalit Camera
Title: Language, Caste and Territory: The Making of a Non-Native Scavenger, 15 February 2017
2016
Prof. Ravi Sundaram
Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, (CSDS), Delhi
Title: The Media Event, Transparency and Technologies of Truth, 20 January 2016
Prof. N. Sukumar, Dr. Sanjay Ingole and Manikanta
Delhi University, Jamia Millia Islamia University and Jawaharlal Nehru University
Title: Inclusion” Only On Paper? The Hyderabad Incident And What Is Going on in Universities, 22 January 2016
Srdja Popović
Centre for Applied Nonviolent Action and Strategies (CANVAS), Serbia
Title: People Power: How Non Violent Strategies Are Shaking and Shaping The World, 3 February 2016
Prof. Kadloor Savitri
Jamia Millia Islamia
Title: Conflict, Collective Reconciliation and Transitional Justice: Exploring the (Im)Possibilities, 24 February 2016
Prof. Domenico Amirante
University of Naples II
Title: The Protection of Environment in BRICS Emerging Economies: A Comparative Approach to India and China, 2 March 2016
Prof. Kiichi Fujiwara
University of Tokyo
Title: Between East and West: The Idea of ‘International Society’ in Japan Kiichi, 15 March 2016
Dr. Dhananjay Tripathi
South Asian University
Title: Different Regions, Different Borders: A Comparative Study of Europe and South Asia, 30 March 2016
Mohammed Amir Khan, Ajit Sahi and Manisha Sethi
Tehelka and Jamia Millia Islamia University
Title: State Repression, Human Rights And Challenges To Democracy: A Discussion, 6 April 2016
Layla Abdel Rahim
University of Montreal, Canada
Title: Wild Children, or, the Pedagogies of the ‘Unschooled’: Gangadin Lohar, Questioning Normal Daily Life: Normal? Daily? and Life?, 3 August 2016
Dr. Surupa Gupta
University of Mary, Washington DC
Title: Why does India need the WTO?, 17 August 2016
Prof. Eric Palmer
Allegheny College, USA
Title: Sustainable Development Goals and the Subordination of the Local and Diverse, 18 August 2016
Prof. Akhil Ranjan Dutta
Guwahati University
Title: Co-opting the Khilonjiyas: BJP's Electoral Victory in Assam 2016, 7 September 2016
Prof. Katherine Adeney
University of Nottingham, UK
Title: Is India's Federation a Success?, 14 October 2016
2015
Dr. Irfan Ahmed
Australian Catholic University, Melbourne
Title: Democracy as Rumour Media, Religion and the 2014 Indian Elections, 13 January 2015
Ashok Swain
Uppsala University, Sweden
Title: Environment, Development and Sustainable Peace, 14 January 2015
Dr. Uday Chandra
Max Planck Institute, Gottingen
Title: Revolutions within a Revolution: Adivasis and Maoists in the Forests of Jharkhand, 28 January 2015
Dr. Shruti Kapila
Cambridge University
Title: Ambedkar's Agonism and the Triumph of the Political, 11 February
Rajat Ganguly
School of Management and Governance Murdoch University, Australia
Title: Elites, Spoilers and Outcomes of Autonomy Negotiations to End Ethnic Civil Wars, 25 February 2015
Prof. Charlie Jeffrey
University of Edinburgh
Title: UK Politics in The Run Up to The 2015 General Election, 27 February 2015
Prof. Paul Wallace and Prof. Sanjay Kumar
University of Missouri and Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS), Delhi
Title: The 2014 Elections A Year Later, 5 August 2015
Abhay Kumar Dubey
Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS), Delhi
Title: Bharat Ki Kalpana Ya Kalpanayen: Sangharsh Aur Sangam, 12 August 2015
Dr. Taberez Ahmed Neyazi
Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi
Title: Framing the Campaign in Hindi: The Interplay of Influence and Mobilization in the 2014 Lok Sabha Election, 19 August 2015
Archana Aggarwal and Gautam Mody
Hindu College and Trade Union Member
Title: Why Working Lives Are Not Tailor Made, Working Class Struggles Today , 26 August 2015
Achin Vanaik
Fellow, Transnational Institute, Amsterdam
Title: Britain's Political Earthquake: Understanding the Jeremy Corbyn Phenomenon, 23 September 2015
Prof. Dilip Simeon
Aman Trust
Title: History, Philosophy and The Things That Get Left Out, 2 September 2015
Dr. Preeti Mann
Ambedkar University, Delhi
Title: Well-being and Development Among The Tribes, 30 September 2015
Vibodh Parthasarathi
Jamia Millia Islamic University
Title: Through the Lens of Media Diversity: Comparative Media Landscapes across Indian States, 7 October 2015
Manisha Sethi and Ashok Aggarwal
Jamia Millia Islamia University; Human Rights Activist
Title: State Violence and the Politics of Encounter-killings, 8 October 2015
Govind Bhattacharjee
Office of the Comptroller & Auditor General of India at New Delhi
Title: The Special Category States of India, 4 November 2015
Harihar Bhattacharya and Lion Koeing
University of Burdwan; University of Heidelberg
Title: Globalisation and Governance in India: New Challenges to Society and Institutions, 26 November 2015
2014
Krishen Mehta
Global Financial Integrity
Title: Global Trade, Tax, and Social Justice, 22 January 2014
Sarbeswar Sahoo
Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
Title: Civil Society and Democratization in India, 5 February 2014
Jean Dréze
Ranchi University
Title: Public Action and India’s Great Escape, 20 March 2014
Prof. Anand Mavalankar
The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda
Title: Question of Justice in the Contemporary Global Order, 26 March 2014
Dr. Shailaja Menon
Ambedkar University
Title: The Reproductive Body and Its Claimants, 27 March 2014
Arun Ferreira
Peoples Union for Democratic Rights (PUDR), Delhi
Title: Terror Laws and Political Rights, 2 April 2014
Prof. Rajeev Bhargava
Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS), Delhi
Title: The Roots of Indian Pluralism: A Reading of Some Edicts of Asoka, 13 October 2014
Prof. Partha Ghosh
Nehru Memorial Museum and Library
Title: Collective Violence and Collective Memory as Migration Theory: The South Asian Experience, 15 October 2014
Dr. Mohinder Singh
Jawaharlal Nehru University
Title: Specters of the West: Negotiating a Civilizational Figure in Hindi, 5 November 2014
Dr. Nergis Canefe
Center for Refugee Studies
Title: Ethics and Politics of International Law, Perspectives From the Global South, 12 November 2014
Fonna Forman and Teddy Cruz
University of California, San Diego
Title: Global Justice at the Municipal Scale: The Case of Medellin, Colombia, 19 November 2014
2013
Prof. of Global Politics, Dr. Barry Gills
Newcastle University, UK
Title: Beyond Historical Materialism? A Critique Of Eurocentrism, Economism and Nationalism, 17 January 2013
Prof. James Miller
George Washington University, USA
Title: Music And Politics: Jazz And Freedom Struggles on Two Continents, 19 January 2013
Rashmi Gopi and Anurag Pandey
Department of Political Science, Delhi University
Title: Ayurveda Tourism And Masculinity in Kerala, 23 January 2013
Title: From Sangh Parivar to Party-Society: Communal Violence and Civic Life in Gujarat, 23 January 2013
Dr. Patrick Heller
Brown University
Title: Growth and Citizenship in Indian Cities: A Comparative Perspective, 30 January 2013
S. Anitha
People's Movement Against Nuclear Energy, Tamil Nadu
Title: Messages of Survival from the People's Movement Against Nuclear Energy: Resisting the Koodankulam Nuclear Power Plant in Tamil Nadu, 8 February 2013
Dr. Rohan d’Souza
Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
Title: Nature as Calamity and Development As Triumph: Is The Idea of Progress Sustainable?, 13 February 2013
Dr. M. Mitra
Madhya Pradesh State Planning Commission
Title: The Maoist Challenge and The State Response, 27 February 2013
Anirban Das
Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta
Title: Of Sleep and Violence: Reading Sauptikaparvan in Times of Terror, 6 March 2013
J. Somsekhar
Sri Krishna Devaraya University
Title: The Annihilation of Caste: A Debate, 13 March 2014
Dr. Mallika Shakya
South Asian University
Title: Human Economy and Organized Labour: Perspectives From Nepal and South Africa, 20 March 2013
Dr. Mary E. John
Centre for Women Development Studies, Delhi
Title: Between Welfare and Politics: Feminist Perspectives on Representation and Democratic Governance, 10 April 2013
Fayik Yagizay and Felix Padel
Kurdish Democratic People’s Party’; Indian Institute of Health Management Research (IIHMR), Jaipur
Title: Discussion on the Kurdish Question, 14 August 2013
Radhika Govinda
Edinburgh University
Title: Politicisation of Dalits in an Uttar Pradesh Village: Exploring Narratives of Democracy from the Margins, 21 August 2013
Jan Nederveen Pieterse Mellichamp
University of California, Santa Barbara
Title: Twenty First Century Globalisation, 11 September 2013
Luis Cabrera
University of Birmingham
Title: Toward a Theory of Cosmopolitan Rights and Communal Values, 18 September 2013
Prof. Hari Mohan Mathur
Council for Social Development, New Delhi
Title: Displacement and Resettlement: Issues in Development, 25 September 2013
Prof. B. S. Chimni
School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University
Title: Imperialism and International Law, 23 October 2013
Prof. Achin Vanaik
Transnational Institute, Amsterdam
Title: Imperialism and ‘Humanitarian Intervention’, 30 October 2013
Manoranjan Mohanty
Council for Social Development (CSD), New Delhi
Title: Imperialism and Land Struggles Today, 6 November 2013
2012
Dr. Richa Kumar
Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
Title: Elusive Empowerment: Information Provision and Disintermediation in Malwa, Central India, 22 August 2012
Prof. Shreekant Gupta
Delhi School of Economics
Title: Why Is It So Hard to Address Climate Change? A Political Economy Perspective, 12 September 2012
Dr. Reetika Khera
Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
Title: Democratic Politics and Legal Rights in India: Food Security and Employment Guarantee, 19 September 2012
Dr. Priya Naik
Zakir Hussain College, University of Delhi
Title: Mimesis In Museums, Art and Sovereignty: Explorations on 'Why There Is No Non-Western IR Theory’, 10 October 2012
Dr. Jayashree Vivekanandan
South Asian University
Title: Ancient Or Recent? Debating The Origins of India’s Strategic Practice, 17 October 2012
Dr. Rakesh Pandey
Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS), Delhi
Title: Thought, Tradition And The Search For New Systems In Modern India, 31 October 2012
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