SASSpod
21 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 3 years ago -The South Asian Studies at Stanford (SASS) Podcast features conversations between the Center for South Asia at Stanford and guests who have a connection to Stanford as faculty, staff, students, or alumni. The podcasts feature a wide range of topics, ranging from poetry to politics, from manuscript collecting to music, from business to Bollywood. Every podcast consists of an informal and informative conversation about South Asia and its meaning in the world, in our lives, and at Stanford.
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Episodes
Suhaila Meera, Children Crossing Borders in Art
May 10, 2021 17:32 - 33 minutes - 30.8 MBLalita du Perron talks to Suhaila Meera about her Theater and Performance Studies PhD at Stanford on border-crossing children in art, the emotional challenges of analyzing art which depicts painful histories, and the logistical challenges of producing theater in pandemic times. Transcript available on request (email us at [email protected]). Please allow a week for transcript to become available.
Dinsha Mistree, Rule of Non-Law
April 26, 2021 17:39 - 39 minutes - 36.3 MBLalita du Perron talks to Dinsha Mistree, Research Fellow and Lecturer in the Rule of Law Program at Stanford Law about his many projects in India, including the Rule of Non-Law, and how people negotiate traffic regulations. Transcript available on request (email us at [email protected]). Please allow a week for transcript to become available.
Abiya Ahmed, Director of the Markaz
April 12, 2021 17:14 - 36 minutes - 33.8 MBLalita du Perron welcomes Abiya Ahmed, Director of The Markaz Resource Center at Stanford, to discuss her interest in the intersection of religion and education, and her experiences running one of seven Community Centers at Stanford. Transcript available on request (email us at [email protected]). Please allow a week for transcript to become available.
Rania Awaad, Muslims and Mental Health
March 30, 2021 00:17 - 38 minutes - 35.7 MBLalita du Perron discusses mental health in the Muslim community with Dr. Rania Awaad, a practicing Psychiatrist based at the Stanford University School of Medicine. She is the Director of the Stanford Muslims and Mental Health Lab where she mentors and oversees multiple lines of research focused on Muslim mental health. https://profiles.stanford.edu/Rania_Awaad?tab=publications (Find a list of her publications here). Contact [email protected] to request a transcript. Please allow 7...
Jenna Forsyth
March 09, 2021 02:29 - 31 minutes - 29.3 MBLalita du Perron talks to Jenna Forsyth, Postdoctoral Fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment at Stanford, about lead pollution in Bangladesh and across the globe. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Vivek Tanna, Junior at Stanford
February 13, 2021 02:39 - 33 minutes - 31 MBIn this episode Lalita du Perron talks to Stanford undergraduate Vivek Tanna. They start off talking about religion and spirituality, and winding via queerness and comedy end up discussing yoga, Zumba, and cultural appropriation. The tagline for this episode is “When in doubt, shake it out”. Details of the Queerness, Spirituality, and Religion Speaker Series are here: https://orsl.stanford.edu/queerness-spirituality-and-religion-speaker-series. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out in...
Alisha Cherian, Race Relations in Singapore
January 26, 2021 02:23 - 39 minutes - 35.7 MBLalita du Perron talks to Alisha Cherian, PhD student in the Department of Anthropology at Stanford. Alisha’s research interests include Urban Space and Place, and Power, Identity, and Representation with particular reference to Singapore. In the podcast she talks about Singapore’s quota policy and its effect on the category of “Indian”. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Radhika Jain, Health in India
January 05, 2021 02:43 - 35 minutes - 32.1 MBLalita du Perron talks to Asia Health Policy Postdoctoral Fellow at Stanford Shorenstein APARC Radhika Jain about health insurance and gender inequalities in accessing health care in India. The phrase to remember? “Mom ‘n’ Pop hospitals”. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Usha Iyer, "Dancing Women"
December 01, 2020 03:13 - 39 minutes - 36.6 MBLalita du Perron talks to Assistant Professor of Film and Media Studies Usha Iyer about her new book Dancing Women: Choreographing Corporeal Histories of Hindi Cinema. In the podcast they discuss courtesans, feminism, the heteropatriarchy, Madhuri Dixit and Saroj Khan, as well as their shared passion for soca. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Emera Bridger Wilson/South Asia Book Award
November 17, 2020 04:37 - 41 minutes - 37.8 MBLalita du Perron welcomes Emera Bridger Wilson, Associate Director at the South Asia Center at the Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, at Syracuse University. They discuss the South Asia National Outreach Consortium and the South Asia Book Award, known as SABA. For more information on SABA as well as upcoming talks on November 19 and December 5th, please visit southasiabookaward.wisc.edu. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out i...
Munia Bhaumik
October 27, 2020 05:54 - 48 minutes - 44.4 MBLalita du Perron talks to Munia Bhaumik, 2020-21 Fellow at the Stanford Humanities Center, about literature, translation, citizenship, aesthetics, politics, and Moby Dick. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Nirvikar Jassal
October 07, 2020 03:25 - 44 minutes - 40.5 MBLalita du Perron talks to Stanford King Center on Global Development Postdoctoral Fellow Nirvikar Jassal about policing in India through the lens of gender – do women-only police stations lead to better access to justice for women? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Arzan Tarapore
September 23, 2020 03:05 - 38 minutes - 34.9 MBThis episode Lalita du Perron talks to Arzan Tarapore, South Asia research scholar at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies at Stanford, about his career in government, security in India-China, and the role of Higher Ed in international relations. Music credit: Soham Shiva Visit Arzan’s website at https://www.arzantarapore.com/ (arzantarapore.com). See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Padma Maitland
September 01, 2020 02:45 - 34 minutes - 31.4 MBLalita du Perron talks to Padma Maitland, Assistant Professor in the College of Architecture and Environmental Design at California Polytechnic State University about the politics of museums, regionality, and the upcoming After Hope exhibition at the San Francisco Asian Art Museum. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Debak Das
August 18, 2020 03:09 - 29 minutes - 27.4 MBIn the month the world commemorates the 75th anniversary of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombing, Lalita du Perron talks to Center for International Security and Cooperation pre-doctoral fellow Debak Das about his research on regional nuclear powers, national vs human security, the politics of nuclear proliferation, and the role of luck in keeping the world safe. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Snehal Naik
August 04, 2020 05:58 - 31 minutes - 14.3 MBLalita du Perron is joined by Snehal Naik, Senior Director of the Office of Student Engagement, to talk about what it means to be South Asian, why Stanford is special, and how we can build community even in these challenging times. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Stephen Young
July 29, 2020 03:59 - 40 minutes - 18.4 MBAssociate Director for the Center for South Asia at Stanford University, Lalita du Perron sits down with Stephen Young, Associate Professor of Geography and International Studies at University of Wisconsin, Madison. Currently he is a Visiting Scholar at the Basic Income Lab at Stanford University and today he will discuss his research in South Asia. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Mejgan Massoumi
July 29, 2020 03:57 - 36 minutes - 16.8 MBLalita du Perron virtually sits down with Stanford History graduate student Mejgan Massoumi to talk about her research on the Afghan artist Ahmad Zahir and his importance in Afghan culture. In their conversation they discuss politics in contemporary Afghanistan, Covid and family life, and the ongoing relevance of radio as a source of information. Join us! Correction: At 29:29 Mejgan says "Since the 1990s" but meant "Since the 1960s." See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Anubha Anushree
July 29, 2020 03:52 - 41 minutes - 18.9 MBStanford History PhD Candidate Anubha Anushree joins Lalita du Perron to discuss her research project on corruption, nationalism, and the state. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Ryan Perkins
July 29, 2020 03:48 - 30 minutes - 27.6 MBIn this week’s South Asian Studies at Stanford (SASS) pod, Lalita du Perron talks to C. Ryan Perkins, curator for South Asian and Islamic Studies at Stanford, about his research, his projects in the library, his trip to Peshawar to meet collectors, and the politics of preservation. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Raghav Mehrotra
July 29, 2020 03:18 - 35 minutes - 16.3 MBRaghav Mehrotra speaks about the impact of the lockdown on labour migration, Aajeevika Bureau's work, the heterogeneity of migration, and supply chains for products we are likely currently using. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.