Events at SAIEvent TypeAttendance OptionSelect dateTomorrow, June 10, 20264:15 PM - 5:45 PMThe Evernight: Darkness, Law and Policing in Early Colonial Calcutta, 1770s-1800sNitin Sinha (Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient) SAI Room 130.00.03Thursday, June 11, 20264:00 PMRitual Entanglement, Pakistani-Hindus and Borderland Life-Worlds: South Asian PerspectivesDr. Srishtee SethiCATS Lecture Hall (010.01.05)Monday, June 15, 20264:00 PMThe Religious, Social, and Political Worlds of Tirukkurungudi: Learning from InscriptionsDr. Leslie C. Orr (Concordia University, Montreal)Voßstraße 2, Building 4130, Room 010.01.05Tuesday, June 16, 20262:00 PM - 4:00 PMFrom Indian Sociology to a Critical Sociology of India: A Disciplinary History of more than 100 yearsDr. Sujata Patel CATS, Building 4130, Room 010.00.064:15 PM - 5:45 PMRenegades or Heroes? Extraordinary Ascetics in Indian BuddhismDr. Oliver Freiberger (University of Texas at Austin)Voßstraße 2, Building 4130, Room 130.00.03Friday, June 19, 20262:00 PM - 5:00 PM Workshop: Studying AsceticismProf. Oliver Freiberger (University of Texas, Austin)SAI Building (4130), Room 130.00.042:15 PM - 3:45 PMBlasphemy, Language and Social Meaning: Rethinking Religious Controversy in PakistanDr. Muhammad Shahbaz ManjSAI Building (4130), Room 130.00.03Saturday, June 20, 20269:00 AM - 5:00 PMWorkshop: Studying AsceticismProf. Oliver Freiberger (University of Texas, Austin)SAI Building (4130), Room 130.00.04Wednesday, June 24, 20264:00 PMRethinking Development in South Asia: Moral Economies, Marginality and Ecological Futures - Round TableSAI, Room 130.00.03Wednesday, July 1, 20264:15 PM - 5:45 PMTowards a postcolonial welfare state? Women’s organisations and early childhood care and education in India, 1945-1975Dr. Jana Tschurenev - Freie Universität BerlinSAI Room 130.00.03Sunday, July 5, 20269:00 AM The Science of Ritual: Readings in Indian and Jewish Ritual TextsDr. Anand Mishra (Heidelberg University)South Asia InsititeMonday, July 6, 20269:00 AMThe Science of Ritual: Readings in Indian and Jewish Ritual TextsDr. Anand Mishra (Heidelberg University)South Asia InsititeTuesday, July 7, 20269:00 AMThe Science of Ritual: Readings in Indian and Jewish Ritual TextsDr. Anand Mishra (Heidelberg University)South Asia InsititeWednesday, July 8, 20269:00 AMThe Science of Ritual: Readings in Indian and Jewish Ritual TextsDr. Anand Mishra (Heidelberg University)South Asia InsititeThursday, July 9, 20269:00 AMThe Science of Ritual: Readings in Indian and Jewish Ritual TextsDr. Anand Mishra (Heidelberg University)South Asia InsititeFriday, July 10, 20269:00 AMThe Science of Ritual: Readings in Indian and Jewish Ritual TextsDr. Anand Mishra (Heidelberg University)South Asia InsititeWednesday, July 15, 20264:15 PMThe Path Not Taken: Meghānadāri Sūri’s Exclusion of ŚūdrasManasicha Akepiyapornchai - University of Texas at AustinRoom 010.00.06