Student Workshop : Indian Magazines & the Cold War

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Date and Time

February 27, 2026
02:00PM EST

Location

Barker Center, Room 133

PERSIAN AND PERSIANATE STUDIES

SPEAKER: Francesca Orsini, Professor Emeritus, SOAS, London

The workshop will be led by Francesca Orsini, Professor Emeritus at SOAS University of London. It will explore the role of print media, particularly magazines, in shaping political, literary, and aesthetic internationalisms during the Cold War, with materials in English, Hindi, Urdu, and German. We warmly encourage students, especially those working on South Asia, print cultures, Cold War histories, and literary internationalism, to attend. 

Registration is required. Contact setonuhlhorn@g.harvard.edu with any questions.


Co-sponsored by The South Asia Studies Colloquium and The Aga Khan Fund for Iranian Studies.