Join us for the first screening of the Film in South Asia series, hosted jointly by the Global South Humanities Initiative and the Department of Anthropology. Professor Naveeda Khan will be introducing Titas Ekti Nadir Naam (A River Called Titas), a 1973 epic by Ritwik Ghatak about a kidnapping in a small fishing village. The […]

Join us for the second screening of the Film in South Asia series, hosted jointly by the Global South Humanities Initiative and the Department of Anthropology. Professor Mohsin Rao will be introducing Jodhaa Akbar, a 2008 musical historical romantic drama by Ashutosh Gowariker about the fraught romance between a sixteenth-century Mughal emperor and a Hindu […]

Join us for the third screening of the Film in South Asia series, hosted jointly by the Global South Humanities Initiative and the Department of Anthropology. Professor Veena Das will be introducing Devi (Goddess), a 1960 drama by Satyajit Ray about a zamindar who believes his daughter-in-law to be a goddess incarnate. The Film in […]