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Friday | 02:00 PM | Colloquium Series „The 1950s: Journeys into Postcolonial South Asia” Session 6: 08.07.2022 | Jayaprakash Narayan, the CIA, and the Future of Cultural Freedom - Vikrant Dadawala - Harvard University Vikrant Dadawala - Harvard University Since the 1990s, there has been a general amnesia in Indian public life about the role of the Cold War in shaping the country’s economic plans, military conflicts, foreign policy, and cultural life. This talk takes us back to the early years of the Cold War, spotlighting the complex relationship between the veteran socialist leader Jayaprakash Narayan (1902-1979) and the CIA-sponsored Indian Committee for Cultural Freedom (ICCF). Address Südasien-Institut Online (Zoom) Voßstr. 2 2 69115 Heidelberg Homepage Event https://www.sai.uni-heidelberg.de/history/kolloquium/kolloquium.php Organizer Südasien-Institut Homepage Organizer Contact URL https://www.sai.uni-heidelberg.de/history/kolloquium/kolloquium.php Registration URL https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMkfuCupzgoGNbB03mRfoGmW29EbU92qZMc |