Thinking through Prose: The Social Life of Poets in Early-Medieval India

28 January 2025 12:30 pm

Categories: Featured Hindi-Urdu, Featured Punjabi, Featured Sanskrit

Abul Mansur Ahmad’s America: A Global Intellectual History of the Language Movement in East Pakistan/Bangladesh

03 April 2025 3:00 pm

Venue: Auditorium, Asian Centre
Categories: Featured Hindi-Urdu, Featured Punjabi

The UBC South Asia Research Colloquium offers a forum for specialists in South Asia to share their research in front of an interdisciplinary audience. This seminar features speaker Dr. Rochona Majumdar (University of Chicago). The politics of language and linguistic sovereignty drove a wedge in the unity of the new nation-state of Pakistan. Through a […]

Comedy Show: Ashwyn Singh and Guests!

16 September 2025 6:30 pm

Venue: The xʷθəθiqətəm or The Place of Many Trees
Categories: Featured Hindi-Urdu, Featured Punjabi

Join us for a comedy show featuring Ashwyn Singh and guests on September 16, 2025 at 6:30 PM in The xʷθəθiqətəm or Place of Many Trees (Liu Institute for Global Issues, University of British Columbia, 6476 NW Marine Drive, Vancouver B.C.). Ashwyn Singh is a standup comedian, musician, and writer whose work blends incisive humor […]

INDIANS ON INDIAN LANDS: No Past to Long For

22 September 2025 2:00 pm

Venue: C.K. Choi, Room 120
Categories: Featured Hindi-Urdu, Featured Punjabi

Book Talk Lecture and Panel Join us for a book talk and discussion on Nishant Upadhyay’s “Indians on Indian Land: Intersections of Race, Caste, and Indigeneity” alongside short film, “No Past to Long For” by director Monica Cheema. This talk is free and open to the public. Registration is required. This event is sponsored by […]