SASSpod

Lalita du Perron welcomes new faculty in the Stanford Department of History Partha Shil to talk about his work on labor history and police constables in colonial India, asks about the role of empathy in academic research, and encourages students to enroll in his classes. Transcript available on request (email us at southasiainfo@stanford.edu ). Please allow a week for transcript to become availabl...

Lalita du Perron talks to Professor Robert Crews, recent PhD graduate Mejgan Massoumi, and PhD candidate Sabauon Nasseri, all at the History Department at Stanford, about the US troop withdrawal from Afghanistan. In this two-part podcast, the guests discuss the history of the presence of US troops in Afghanistan, its effect on the lives of the Afghan people, and what life may look like going forwa...

Lalita du Perron talks to Professor Robert Crews, recent PhD graduate Mejgan Massoumi, and PhD candidate Sabauon Nasseri, all at the History Department at Stanford, about the US troop withdrawal from Afghanistan. In this two-part podcast, the guests discuss the history of the presence of US troops in Afghanistan, its effect on the lives of the Afghan people, and what life may look like going forwa...

Lalita du Perron talks to Stanford Center for Latin American Studies alum Hari Seshasayee about the current state of Covid in Mumbai, his work as trade advisor with ProColombia, similarities between South Asia and Latin America, and his fond memories of his time at Stanford. Transcript available on request (email us at southasiainfo@stanford.edu). Please allow a week for transcript to become avail...

Lalita du Perron talks to Dr. S.V. Mahadevan, Professor of Emergency Medicine, Stanford University, and Director of South Asia Outreach at the Center for Asian Health Research and Education and Director of Global Affairs and Strategy at the Stanford School of Medicine about the Covid crisis in India and the world. Watch a CSA recording of a conversation with Dr. Mahadevan on Covid in India on the...

Lalita du Perron talks to Suhaila Meera about her Theater and Performance Studies PhD at Stanford on border-crossing children in art, the emotional challenges of analyzing art which depicts painful histories, and the logistical challenges of producing theater in pandemic times. Transcript available on request (email us at southasiainfo@stanford.edu ). Please allow a week for transcript to become a...

Lalita du Perron talks to Dinsha Mistree, Research Fellow and Lecturer in the Rule of Law Program at Stanford Law about his many projects in India, including the Rule of Non-Law, and how people negotiate traffic regulations. Transcript available on request (email us at southasiainfo@stanford.edu). Please allow a week for transcript to become available.

Lalita du Perron welcomes Abiya Ahmed, Director of The Markaz Resource Center at Stanford, to discuss her interest in the intersection of religion and education, and her experiences running one of seven Community Centers at Stanford. Transcript available on request (email us at southasiainfo@stanford.edu). Please allow a week for transcript to become available.

Lalita du Perron discusses mental health in the Muslim community with Dr. Rania Awaad, a practicing Psychiatrist based at the Stanford University School of Medicine. She is the Director of the Stanford Muslims and Mental Health Lab where she mentors and oversees multiple lines of research focused on Muslim mental health. Find a list of her publications here . Contact southasiainfo@stanford.edu to...

Lalita du Perron talks to Jenna Forsyth, Postdoctoral Fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment at Stanford, about lead pollution in Bangladesh and across the globe. Transcript available on request (email us at southasiainfo@stanford.edu ). Please allow a week for transcript to become available.

In this episode Lalita du Perron talks to Stanford undergraduate Vivek Tanna. They start off talking about religion and spirituality, and winding via queerness and comedy end up discussing yoga, Zumba, and cultural appropriation. The tagline for this episode is “When in doubt, shake it out”. Details of the Queerness, Spirituality, and Religion Speaker Series are here: https://orsl.stanford.edu/que...

Lalita du Perron talks to Alisha Cherian, PhD student in the Department of Anthropology at Stanford. Alisha’s research interests include Urban Space and Place, and Power, Identity, and Representation with particular reference to Singapore. In the podcast she talks about Singapore’s quota policy and its effect on the category of “Indian”. Transcript available on request (email us at southasiainfo@s...

Lalita du Perron talks to Asia Health Policy Postdoctoral Fellow at Stanford Shorenstein APARC Radhika Jain about health insurance and gender inequalities in accessing health care in India. The phrase to remember? “Mom ‘n’ Pop hospitals”. Transcript available on request (email us at southasiainfo@stanford.edu ). Please allow a week for transcript to become available.

Lalita du Perron talks to Assistant Professor of Film and Media Studies Usha Iyer about her new book Dancing Women: Choreographing Corporeal Histories of Hindi Cinema . In the podcast they discuss courtesans, feminism, the heteropatriarchy, Madhuri Dixit and Saroj Khan, as well as their shared passion for soca . Transcript available on request (email us at southasiainfo@stanford.edu ). Please allo...

Lalita du Perron welcomes Emera Bridger Wilson, Associate Director at the South Asia Center at the Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, at Syracuse University. They discuss the South Asia National Outreach Consortium and the South Asia Book Award, known as SABA. For more information on SABA as well as upcoming talks on November 19 and Decemb...

Lalita du Perron talks to Munia Bhaumik, 2020-21 Fellow at the Stanford Humanities Center, about literature, translation, citizenship, aesthetics, politics, and Moby Dick. Transcript available on request (email us at southasiainfo@stanford.edu ). Please allow a week for transcript to become available.

Lalita du Perron talks to Stanford King Center on Global Development Postdoctoral Fellow Nirvikar Jassal about policing in India through the lens of gender – do women-only police stations lead to better access to justice for women? Transcript available on request (email us at southasiainfo@stanford.edu ). Please allow a week for transcript to become available.

This episode Lalita du Perron talks to Arzan Tarapore, South Asia research scholar at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies at Stanford, about his career in government, security in India-China, and the role of Higher Ed in international relations. Music credit: Soham Shiva Visit Arzan’s website at  arzantarapore.com . Transcript available on request (email us at southasiainfo...

Lalita du Perron talks to Padma Maitland, Assistant Professor in the College of Architecture and Environmental Design at California Polytechnic State University about the politics of museums, regionality, and the upcoming After Hope exhibition at the San Francisco Asian Art Museum.

In the month the world commemorates the 75th anniversary of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombing, Lalita du Perron talks to Center for International Security and Cooperation pre-doctoral fellow Debak Das about his research on regional nuclear powers, national vs human security, the politics of nuclear proliferation, and the role of luck in keeping the world safe.

Lalita du Perron is joined by Snehal Naik, Senior Director of the Office of Student Engagement, to talk about what it means to be South Asian, why Stanford is special, and how we can build community even in these challenging times. Transcript available on request (email us at southasiainfo@stanford.edu ). Please allow a week for transcript to become available.

Associate Director for the Center for South Asia at Stanford University, Lalita du Perron sits down with Stephen Young, Associate Professor of Geography and International Studies at University of Wisconsin, Madison. Currently he is a Visiting Scholar at the Basic Income Lab at Stanford University and today he will discuss his research in South Asia. Transcript available on request (email us at sou...

Raghav Mehrotra speaks about the impact of the lockdown on labour migration, Aajeevika Bureau's work, the heterogeneity of migration, and supply chains for products we are likely currently using. Transcript available on request (email us at southasiainfo@stanford.edu ). Please allow a week for transcript to become available.

In this week’s South Asian Studies at Stanford (SASS) pod, Lalita du Perron talks to C. Ryan Perkins, curator for South Asian and Islamic Studies at Stanford, about his research, his projects in the library, his trip to Peshawar to meet collectors, and the politics of preservation. Transcript available on request (email us at southasiainfo@stanford.edu ). Please allow a week for transcript to beco...

Stanford History PhD Candidate Anubha Anushree joins Lalita du Perron to discuss her research project on corruption, nationalism, and the state. Transcript available on request (email us at southasiainfo@stanford.edu ). Please allow a week for transcript to become available.