COSAS Welcomes New Chair
Daniel A. Arnold (PhD, 2002) elected to chair COSAS.
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(Photo by Jasmine Kwong, for the Seminary Co-Op Documentary Project)
Junior faculty publications
The last year has seen major monographs published by COSAS members Yigal Bronner, Sascha Ebeling, Rochona Majumdar and Dan Slater.
Lloyd I. Rudolph and Susanne Hoeber Rudolph
"What Makes India Work? The Rudolph's Lifetime Quest" by John Harriss now available on southasia.uchicago.edu.
Featured Faculty Audiovisual Resources
Dipesh Chakrabarty: "The Empire and the Birth of Historical Research in India" (audio)
"Terror in Mumbai: Reflections on the Aftermath" panel discussion (video/audio)
Dipesh Chakrabarty: "Empire, Ethics and the Calling of History" (audio)
Martha Nussbaum: "The Clash Within: Democracy, Religious Violence and India's Future" (video/audio)
Alan Kolata and Kathleen Morrison: "Environmental Challenges Across Asia" (video/audio)
C.M. Naim: 100 Years of All-India Muslim League symposium, keynote address (video/audio)
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Recent Faculty Highlights
COSAS Welcomes New Chair, Daniel A. Arnold
Worldview (WBEZ): Interview with Aisha Sethi on post-flood Pakistan
U of C Magazine: Habibul Ahsan on arsenic contamination in Bangladeshi drinking water
Kathleen Morrison's fieldwork featured in the Archaeological Institute of America's Dig Deeper
Worldview (WBEZ): Interview with Matthew Briones on conflict in Mindanao
UChicago News: Q&A with Wendy Doniger on The Hindus
"Carol Breckenridge (1949-2009): A Tribute" by Dipesh Chakrabarty