Lecture and Seminar Programme
Lectures: Mondays 10-11, S0.19
Seminars: Mondays 11-12 and 12-1, S1.69
Term |
Week |
Lecture and Seminar Topic |
Autumn Term (Understanding Political Traditions) |
1 | Introductory Lecture |
2 |
Gandhi and Anti-Colonial Nationalism |
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3 |
Nationalism and the Post-Colonial State |
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4 |
Hindu Nationalism Before Independence |
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5 |
The Hindu Right Since the 1980s |
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6 | ~ Reading Week: No Seminar ~ | |
7 |
Indian Communism: The Revolutionary Tradition |
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8 |
Indian Communism: The Parliamentary Tradition |
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9 |
Ambedkar and the Critique of Caste |
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10 |
Caste Politics and Indian Democracy |
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~ Christmas Vacation ~ | ||
Spring Term (Reading Political Texts) |
1 |
Gandhi, Hind Swaraj |
2 |
Gandhi, Hind Swaraj |
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3 |
Savarkar, Hindutva/Who Is A Hindu |
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4 |
Savarkar, Hindutva/Who Is A Hindu |
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5 |
Communist Memoirs and Testimonies |
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6 | ~ Reading Week: No Seminar ~ | |
7 |
Communist Memoirs and Testimonies |
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8 |
Ambedkar, Annihilation of Caste |
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9 |
Ambedkar, Annihilation of Caste |
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10 |
Situating the Present: The Legacies of Political Traditions |
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~ Easter Vacation ~ | ||
Summer Term (Film Screenings and Revision) |
1 |
Film Screening, Pyaasa (The Thirsty One, dir. Guru Dutt, 1957) |
2 |
Film Screening, Chak De! India (Go India!, dir. Shimit Amin, 2007) |
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3 |
Discussion of films |
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4 | Revision |