SAI - News

We cordially invite to the lecture "Articulations on Global Justice: Interpreting Images of Protests" by Prof. Jayati Srivastava (Centre for International Politics, Organization and Disarmament, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi) on  Wednesday, July 8th, 4.00 p.m. s.t. in room 509, SAI. More information: Poster

The RNZ published today (July 1st, 2015) the article „Der neue König von Nepal ist aus Heidelberg“, it includes an interview with Niels Gutschow (building historian and researcher at the SAI) about the reconstruction in Nepal and an announcement of the Nepal Day. You can read the article here.

Prof. Dr. Gita Dharampal-Frick (Head of Department History, South Asia Institute) participated with a short lecture in the  "Forum für Zeitgeschehen" by the Volkswagen Foundation with the topic "Die Rose der Freiheit - Indiens Weg zur Unabhängigkeit". You can read a detailed report on the event here .

We cordially invite to the lecture Women and Shepherds in Two Oral Epics from Maharashtra by Anne Feldhaus (Professor of Religious Studies at Arizona State University)  on Thursday, June 25, 5:15 p.m., South Asia Institute, room 317 (for more information, see poster).

The journal Political Geography published the article "Securing the heights: The vertical dimension of the Siachen conflict between India and Pakistan in the Eastern Karakoram" (PDF) by Prof. Marcus Nüsser (Head of Department of Geography) and Dr. Ravi Baghel (Research Associate, Department of Geography).