Asian Studies Centre podcast

Asian Studies Centre

The Asian Studies Centre was founded in 1982 at St Antony's College and is primarily a co-ordinating organisation which exists to bring together specialists from a wide variety of different disciplines. Geographically, the Centre predominantly covers South, Southeast and East Asia. The Asian Studies Centre works closely with scholars in the Oriental Institute, the Oxford China Centre, the Contemporary South Asian Studies Programme and the Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies (in premises at St Antony's). The Asian Studies Centre is host to the Taiwan Studies Programme, Modern Burmese Studies Programme, the South Asian History Seminar Series and the Southeast Asian Studies Seminar Series.

The Asian Studies Centre was founded in 1982 at St Antony's College and is primarily a co-ordinating organisation which exists to bring together specialists from a wide variety of different disciplines. Geographically, the Centre predominantly covers South, Southeast and East Asia. The Asian Studies Centre works closely with scholars in the Oriental Institute, the Oxford China Centre, the Contemporary South Asian Studies Programme and the Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies (in premises at St Antony's). The Asian Studies Centre is host to the Taiwan Studies Programme, Modern Burmese Studies Programme, the South Asian History Seminar Series and the Southeast Asian Studies Seminar Series.

 

#220

Interview with Joe Cribb on the British Museum coin collection by Shreya Gupta

This interview discusses Joe's interest and approach in studying and curating coins, as we... more

04 Dec 2024

1 HR 25 MINS

1:25:42

04 Dec 2024


#219

The Trial that Shook Britain: How a Court Martial Hastened Acceptance of Indian Independence

Book talk with Ashis Ray The Indian National Army (INA) trials of 1945–46 have generally b... more

04 Dec 2024

42 MINS

42:10

04 Dec 2024


#218

Dr Shailendra Bhandare on the Ashmolean Museum’s South Asian coin collections

Shreya Gupta interviews Dr Shailendra Bhandare, Curator of South Asian and Far-eastern Coi... more

23 Aug 2024

41 MINS

41:00

23 Aug 2024


#217

Jan Lingen, President of the Royal Dutch Numismatic Society, on collecting South Asian Coins

Shreya Gupta interviews Indian coin expert Jan Lingen on his collection. In this interview... more

20 Aug 2024

51 MINS

51:56

20 Aug 2024


#216

Interview with Robert Bracey on South Asian Coin Collections in the British Museum by Shreya Gupta

This interview discusses the afterlives of coin collections from South Asia held in UK mus... more

31 Jul 2024

1 HR 26 MINS

1:26:47

31 Jul 2024


#215

Interview with Dr Paul Stevens on collecting Indian coins by Shreya Gupta

This interview discusses Paul Steven’s journey of collecting and researching Indian coins ... more

31 Jul 2024

37 MINS

37:39

31 Jul 2024


#214

Pakistan & India: Common Origins, Divergent Trajectories

Pervez Hoodbhoy seminar given as part of the Modern South Asian Seminar series in October ... more

26 Oct 2023

31 MINS

31:11

26 Oct 2023


#213

Along The Path To Gandhi's Neighbor

Ajay Skaria - University of Minnesota, speaks at the Oxford South Asian Intellectual Histo... more

16 Jun 2023

51 MINS

51:00

16 Jun 2023


#212

Pakistan: Political Economy of an Elite Captured State

Miftah Ismail Pakistan’s former Minister of Finance gives a lecture Many Pakistani colonia... more

19 May 2023

52 MINS

52:46

19 May 2023


#211

Nations Ascendant: Towards a Global Intellectual History of Self Determination

Zaib un Nisa Aziz (University of South Florida, Tampa) speaks at the Oxford South Asian In... more

23 Mar 2023

37 MINS

37:01

23 Mar 2023


#210

Uncivil Liberalism and the Globalisation of Dadabhai Naoroji’s Ideas of Sociality

Vikram Visana (University of Leicester) speaks at the Oxford South Asian Intellectual Hist... more

20 Mar 2023

1 HR 03 MINS

1:03:35

20 Mar 2023


#209

‘Power to the People?’: Citizens and the Everyday State in Early Postcolonial South Asia

Sarah Ansari (Royal Holloway, University of London) speaks at the Oxford South Asian Intel... more

12 Jan 2023

47 MINS

47:33

12 Jan 2023


#208

Who are the Muslims? Savarkar on Indian Muslim Origin

Luna Sabastian (Northeastern University- London) speaks at the Oxford South Asian Intellec... more

12 Jan 2023

55 MINS

55:05

12 Jan 2023


#207

Freedom Between Order and Chaos: Reading a Political Satire From India

Freedom Between Order and Chaos: Reading a Political Satire From India Jyotirmaya Sharma (... more

23 Sep 2022

34 MINS

34:08

23 Sep 2022


#206

Queer Azaadi and the origins of Indian homonationalism in Kashmir

In 2019, the Indian government unilaterally revoked the autonomy of the disputed region of... more

23 Sep 2022

37 MINS

37:41

23 Sep 2022


#205

Pan-Nationalist Notions of Rights, Indian Khilafat Movement and the Treaty of Lausanne (1923)

Talk by Cemil Aydin from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Cemil Aydin (Univ... more

22 Sep 2022

50 MINS

50:51

22 Sep 2022


#204

Expulsion as Statecraft: Histories of Violence from the Asian Expulsion of 1972 to the Banyarwanda ...

Alicia Decker (Penn State) as part of the Conference - Expulsion: Uganda’s Asians and the ... more

27 Jun 2022

20 MINS

20:52

27 Jun 2022


#203

Insecurities of Expulsion: Race, Violence, Citizenship and Afro-Asian Entanglements in Transregional...

Anneeth Kaur Hundle (UC Irvine) as part of the Conference - Expulsion: Uganda’s Asians and... more

27 Jun 2022

21 MINS

21:06

27 Jun 2022


#202

Afrocentrism and the Indian Question: A Continental Reckoning with the Ugandan Expulsion

Shobana Shanker (Stonybrook) as part of the Conference - Expulsion: Uganda’s Asians and th... more

27 Jun 2022

22 MINS

22:57

27 Jun 2022


#201

Researching South Asia: Kashmir

Round table discussion

27 Jan 2022

1 HR 29 MINS

1:29:27

27 Jan 2022