Join us for a lecture with Yuthika Sharma on From Mughal to Modern Delhi: Artists and the City. April 2, 2026, 5:30–7:30 PM EDT Stephen Robert ’62 Hall, 280 Brook Street Room: True North Classroom (Room 101)

Watch the OP Jindal Distinguished Lecture with @FareedZakaria – A New Star Rises: India’s Potential and Promise, exploring India’s growth, global role, and future opportunities. (VIDEO) www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zt_t...

In my latest column (below), I give four reasons for why Iran hasn't lost the war: energy markets, drones, civil and military revolutionary organizations, and the foundation of martyrdom in culture. theprint.in/opinion/betw...

Join us for the OP Jindal Distinguished Lecture – A New Star Rises: India’s Potential and Promise with journalist and CNN host Fareed Zakaria. Date: March 13, 2026 | Time: 2:00–4:00 PM Location: Watson School, Joukowsky Forum, 1st Floor, 111 Thayer Street, Brown University

Join the Comparative Literature Department for Asia Writ Large: A Symposium on Poetry and Translation — exploring the intersections of translation, Asian literatures, and poetics. Free and open to the public. More information: sites.brown.edu/asiawritlarge/

Join us for the Saxena Center for Contemporary South Asia’s “Sense of the Past” seminar with Sam Dalrymple and Naeem Mohaiemen – What is Partition? March 6, 2026 | 3:00 – 5:00 pm EST Watson School of International and Public Affairs, 111 Thayer Street, Room: Joukowsky Forum (155)

✨ Art at Watson presents Odisha Illuminated: A Celebration of Ritual in a Modern World ✨ 🗓 Feb 23, 4:30–5:30 PM, Stephen Robert ’62 Hall, Brown U Explore Odisha’s chandua appliqué textiles & join our panel discussion! Register: events.brown.edu/watson/event...

Join us for a film screening featuring work by Shazia Iqbal and Rahul Badwekar, exploring themes of identity, memory, and community through powerful cinematic storytelling. Learn more and RSVP: events.brown.edu/ccsa/event/3...

Join us for a Book Adda with Jason Jackson on Traders, Speculators, and Captains: The Politics of Risk and Reward in the Early Modern Atlantic World. Learn more: events.brown.edu/ccsa/event/3...

Join us for a lecture by Kiran Kumbhar, historian of medicine and former physician, on Colonial Legacies: The Complex History of Colonialism and Public Health in India. Learn more and RSVP: events.brown.edu/ccsa/event/3...

Join us for a talk by Lisa Mitchell, Hailing the State: Indian Democracy Between Elections. Friday, January 30, 2026 | 2–4 pm More details and registration: events.brown.edu/ccsa/event/3...

Join us for a talk by Sonal Sharma, From Homes to the Streets: Domestic Workers’ Movements in India and South Africa. Friday, Jan 30, 2026 | 2:00–4:00 p.m. Joukowsky Forum, Watson School of International and Public Affairs, 111 Thayer St Registration required: events.brown.edu/ccsa/event/3...

Book Adda with Louise Tillin: Making India Work: The Development of Welfare in a Multi-Level Democracy Oct 28, 2025 | 5:30–7:30 PM Joukowsky Forum, Watson School of International and Public Affairs, 111 Thayer St

O.P. Jindal Distinguished Lecture with Niraja Gopal Jayal “Academic Freedom and its Discontents in India” Oct 27 | 12–2 PM | Watson School of International and Public Affairs, 111 Thayer Street, Joukowsky Forum

New Trending Globally #podcast: Inequality and democracy in India, the US, and beyond — Poulami Roychowdhury and @pheller.bsky.social discuss the global rise of democratic erosion and what it reveals about democracy’s strengths and limits.

Join us for a talk by Navyug Gill, Associate Professor of History, William Paterson University Oct 24, 2025 | 2–4 PM EDT Joukowsky Forum, Watson School of International and Public Affairs, 111 Thayer Street Reception to follow

Join us Oct 17, 2–4 PM EDT at for: Vishnu Venugopalan – Industrial Policy in Practice: Insights from Tamil Nadu, India

Oct 9 | 4PM EDT “Beyond the National Frame: Scenes from the Indo-Pak Border” Talk & screening by Prof. Natasha Raheja (Cornell) 📍 Watson Institute, Joukowsky Forum, 111 Thayer St Free & open to all | Reception follows

Prerna Singh awarded prestigious Max Planck-Humboldt Research Award for research on vaccine hesitancy — Political scientist Prerna Singh awarded one of Germany's highest scientific honors for her ongoing research on vaccine hesitancy in India and China. ow.ly/zhHF50X5hop

Join us for a Book Adda with Gyanendra Pandey: Men at Home Friday, October 3, 2025 2:00 – 4:00 PM EDT Watson School of International and Public Affairs, 111 Thayer Street, Joukowsky Forum

Join us for a Joint Seminar on South Asian Politics: India–Pakistan Military Conflict: The Latest Phase Friday, September 26, 2025 3:00–5:00 PM True North, Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs, Brown University, 111 Thayer Street Reception to follow

Join us for a talk by Sonalde Desai who is the PI of the India Health and Development Survey and well known for her work on population in India will be the speaker in PSTC Thursday, September 11 Mencoff Hall, PSTC (68 Waterman St, Providence) 12:00 PM