Mittwoch
06
FEB

18.00 Uhr

The Bogey-Man of Area Studies:

Reading South Asia in Contemporary Times

Prof. Sasanka Perera, South Asia University (New Delhi), Department of Sociology

By placing in context the twin histories of areas studies that emerged during the European colonial and expansion as well as after the end of World War II and briefly surveying the critiques levelled against these approaches, the presentation seeks to argue for a new kind of approach to read South Asia. It argues that this approach should ideally not be bound by disciplinary or geo-political boundaries in the region, but should be guided by thematics that run across these borders and over time. The approach emerges from recent and continuing work undertaken by a group of sociologists at the South Asian University in New Delhi necessitated by their research and pedagogic needs as well as politics.

The presentation is organized by Prof. Sasanka Perera, South Asia University (New Delhi), Department of Sociology together with Dev Nath, Pathak South Asia University (New Delhi), Department of Sociology.

Adresse

Karl Jaspers Centre

Room 212

Voßstraße 2, Geb. 44

69115 Heidelberg

Homepage Veranstaltung

http://www.asia-europe.uni-heidelberg.de/en/newsevents/events/event-view/cal/event/view-list%7Cpage_id-29/tx_cal_phpicalendar/2019/02/06/the_bogey_man_of_area_studies_reckoning_with_south_asia_beyond_the_nation.html

Veranstalter

Heidelberg Centre for Transcultural Studies (HCTS)

Homepage Veranstalter

www.hcts.uni-hd.de

Kontakt

Oliver Lamers, Scientific Project Manager