📺 ¿Puede una serie de TV cambiar la identidad de todo un país? En @nadaesgratis.bsky.social hablo de un fascinante estudio de @deanyang.bsky.social y coautores que demuestra las pantallas no solo reflejan identidades sino que tambien las construyen. nadaesgratis.es/santiago-san...

Our next seminar is on Monday, 2/June 2025. We welcome 👉Dean Yang👈 (Michigan), who will present "Ancient Epics in the Television Age: Mass Media, Identity, and the Rise of Hindu Nationalism in India", joint with @pbrimble.bsky.social, @resuf.bsky.social, Akhila Kovvuri & Alessandro Saia

At Princeton BREAD conference, my co-authors @pbrimble.bsky.social & Akhila Kovvuri will present our paper on the political economy impacts of the Ramayan TV show in India! 1 pm US ET, tomorrow Fri May 2. Watch on Zoom: princeton.zoom.us/j/93399992221 ibread.org/conference/b... #EconSky #Ramayan

How the Ramayan TV show helped shape a singular nationwide Hindu identity www.thehindu.com/society/how-...

Exposure to a 1987–88 TV adaptation of a Hindu epic strengthened religious identity, increased Hindu-Muslim conflict in the short run, and raised longer-run Hindu nationalist electoral success, from Ahmed, Brimble, Kovvuri, Saia, and Yang https://www.nber.org/papers/w33417

New Paper! Can temporary war mobilization reshape an economy in the long run? 📜 In a paper with @aneeshap.bsky.social, we study how World War II economic mobilization transformed India. Link: www.nber.org/papers/w33246