How public art shapes community and identity in Delhi’s Lodhi Art District. 📅 25 November | ⏰ 1 PM – 2 PM | Free and open to all! Find out more: tinyurl.com/ucl-lodhi #UCLGeography #PublicArt #UrbanIdentity #CityLife #CreativePlacemaking @ucl.ac.uk @ucl-ias.bsky.social

Visualizing Design and its Values in Postcolonial India Nov 26 3-5pm GMT The Queen's College, Oxford A seminar on postcolonial Indian design by Dr Vishal Khandelwal (Assistant Professor of History of Art and Architecture, Harvard University) www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/visualizin...

Prof Tirthankar Roy – Building a state in late-18th century India: Revisiting the Permanent Settlement debate 9th Oct 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm BST Royal Asiatic Society, London The talk will suggest how we should read institutional reforms in early-colonial India. royalasiaticsociety.org/event/prof-t...

In celebration of South Asian Heritage Month, students and staff have shared their book recommendations with us. Read through the list here: www.ucl.ac.uk/library/news...

india & me: engage. reflect. act. 27 Sept –12 Oct with @ioe.bsky.social A participatory, cross-disciplinary, and innovative decolonial educational programme on intersectional justice in India. www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/events/2...

Masculinity & Madness in Western India 1871-1940 25 September 2025, 1pm-2pm Join us at Wellcome Collection for our Historical Health & The Body Reading Group for PhD, ECR & interested historical researchers. www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

I am beyond thrilled to announce I have been awarded a Mid-Career Fellowship from @paulmelloncentr.bsky.social and a Visiting Fellowship at @ucl-ias.bsky.social to write a book on ‘Queer Ecologies and Abundant Aesthetics in Sri Lankan Art, 1926-2024’. Pictured: Chathuri Nissansala, ‘Saudade’, 2024.

Trace the Forgotten History of South Asian Seafarers 15 July 2025–16 July 2025, 11am-5pm Join scholars and artists to uncover South Asian seafarer histories through talks and a sound-scaped walking tour in East London. www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

Bringing together South Asian film researchers & industry specialists from India, @uclselcs.bsky.social aim to open up new perspectives on colour’s distinctive role in Bombay film culture. The Bombay Film Colour Symposium June 23 · 10am - 6pm GMT+1 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-bombay...

Crowdsourcing the Past: Memory Projects in South Asia Online via Zoom with @ihr.bsky.social and Mallika Leuzinger (@ghilondon.bsky.social) 24 July 2025, 1-1:30PM www.history.ac.uk/events/crowd...

The Bombay Film Colour Symposium 23 June 10am-6pm @uclselcs.bsky.social Inviting researchers from South Asian film studies, global colour film history & India's industry specialists, to open new perspectives on colour’s distinctive role in Bombay film culture www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-bombay...

Buddhism in Asia: Anthropology & Everyday Life 5 June 9am–6pm This workshop & exhibition explore Buddhist-influences material culture, embodied practices & everyday experiences across Asia through conversations with scholars, spiritual teachers & Buddhist practitioners www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

How Data-Driven Science Transforms Lives: Spotlight on Water Security 13 May 6–8:30 pm, UCL Join @uclrdr.bsky.social for an inspiring talk on how Prof Shams’ research evolved, focusing on his data-driven research in groundwater science, particularly in Bangladesh. www.ucl.ac.uk/risk-disaste...

Anti-colonialism in the ‘post-colonial’ state 7 April 2025, 5pm–7pm - Mahvish Ahmad, “A Colony in a Colony: Balochistan and the Unfinished Project of Decolonisation.”* - Sara Salem, “Faded Dreams – On Encountering Traces of Anticolonial Pasts.” www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

Ramadan Mubarak to all observing in our UCL community and beyond 🌙✨

Book Launch: Lahore in Motion: Infrastructure, History and Belonging in Urban Pakistan 5 March 2025, 6pm-7:30pm Please join us for a night of conversation, readings and refreshments to celebrate the publication of 'Lahore in Motion' www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

📢 Calling all UCL SHAPE ECRs (arts, humanities or social sciences) Want some advice on Getting Published? 📑📚 Join our interactive workshop on 5th March, 2-4pm at the IAS, UCL www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

Book Launch: Lahore in Motion, Infrastructure, History and Belonging in Urban Pakistan 5 March 2025, 6pm-7:30pm Please join us for a night of conversation, readings and refreshments to celebrate the publication of 'Lahore in Motion' www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

Book Launch: Lahore in Motion 5 March 2025, 6–7:30 pm Please join us for a night of conversation, readings and refreshments to celebrate the publication of 'Lahore in Motion: Infrastructure, History and Belonging in Urban Pakistan' www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

📢Calling all UCL ECRs & PhDs in A&H and SHS 📢 (if you are not in A&H or SHS you just need to find a suitable collaborator who is!) The IAS Octagon Grant is open for applications 🎉🙌🏽 Apply by 24 Feb - get writing! www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

Provincialising the Anthropocene Research Labs Grants Closing 23 February 2025 We are offering up to 5 grants of £2-3K to support teams of researchers in a virtual Research Lab to work on cross-disciplinary themes/ topics related to 'Provincialising the Anthropocene' www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

Panel discussion: The Great Mughals at the V&A 3 February 2025, 5-7pm We are delighted to welcome V&A curators Susan Stronge and Emily Hannam to take part in this panel discussion. www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

Tour of ‘The Imaginary Institution of India, 1975-1998’ 10 Dec 4:30pm Barbican Centre An exhibition exploring how artists metabolised social upheaval, economic collapse & rapid urbanisation from Indira Gandhi’s 1975 state of emergency to 1998 Pokhran nuclear tests www.ucl.ac.uk/art-history/...