Upcoming events
02
Aug
2021
Jungle Passports: Fences, Mobility and Citizenship at the Northeast India-Bangladesh Border
Since the nineteenth century, a succession of states has classified the inhabitants of Northeast India and Bangladesh as Muslim 'frontier peasants', 'savage...
09
Aug
2021
The Marginal Languages of Colonial Belief
At what point did colonized peoples come to be recognized as objects of evangelistic attention? When were their languages recognized as media for the...
16
Aug
2021
Of Winds, Worms and Fertility: The Meci Festival in Timor-Leste
This seminar focuses on indigenous calendars, environmental practices and ritual feasting in relation to the Meci festival in Timor-Leste. ‘Meci’ is the name...
23
Aug
2021
Weedy Finance: Weather Insurance and Parametric Life on Unstable Grounds
For commercial sesame farming in northern Paraguay, where insurance companies sell weather derivatives to poor farmers, key financial practices depend less on...
