Past Events

Smitha Radhakrishnan, Luella LaMer Professor of Women’s Studies and Professor of Sociology, Wellesley College. The hybrid seminar will examine how the Indian microfinance industry leverages “success stories” of women clients to legitimize the unfair terms on which working class women are drawn into India’s microfinance industry. Professor Radhakrishnan is author of Making Women Pay: Microfinance in Urban India (Duke University Press 2022) and Appropriately Indian: Gender and Culture in a Transnational Class (Duke University Press 2011).

CIRCLE Drop in for Chai Wednesday, December 14 4:00–5:30 p.m. 019 McKinnon, UofG RSVPs appreciated to help us steep appropriately and avoid waste.

Fillum Circle presents Screening and discussion of “The Great Indian Kitchen” (2021, dir. Jeo Baby),  Thursday, 10 November 2022 | 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Room 019 (Interdisciplinary Hub), Mackinnon Building, University of Guelph "A terrific, trenchant film, whose director Jeo Baby questions patriarchy and gender expectations...and looks at the very real possibility of smashing them." Shubhra Gupta, The Indian Express. A trailer of the film is available here. All are welcome.

Join us for the Canada India Research Centre for Learning and Engagement's (CIRCLE) first in-person social event to catch up with colleagues, network and discuss upcoming activities. All are welcome.   

S Irudaya Rajan, Chair, International Institute of Migration and Development

This three-day virtual conference presents PhD scholars from programs in the fields of health, natural sciences and engineering, and social sciences and humanities from Canadian and South Asian Universities. It will showcase the cutting-edge research focused on South Asia and/or the South Asian diaspora and increase awareness about such research, facilitate networking, and foster impactful research and collaborations. It is OPEN TO ALL. REGISTRATION IS FREE AND REQUIRED.   CONFERENCE PROGRAM 

With Aysha Iqbal Viswamohan, Professor, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Madras, India

With Amitesh Grover (National School of Drama, India)

Science in India 2047 Wednesday, 06 July 2022 7:30-9:00p.m. IST/ 10:00-11:30a.m. EDT Adventure and skepticism: Building scientific temper in India

Conversations on Slumdog Millionaire With Vikas Swarup, former diplomat and author of Q&A WED, JUNE 15TH, 7:00 P.M. - 8:30 P.M. BOOKSHELF CINEMA 41 QUEBEC ST, GUELPH, ON