Dissertation Defense

Past Events

June
11

Assembling a Regional Community: Infrastructuralization, Regional Integration, & Triumphalism in Southern Africa

Date
Thursday, June 11, 2026, 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Location:
Building 50, Room 51A
Speaker
Venolia Rabodiba
June
4

Communities of Cooperation: Caste and Capitalism in India

Date
Thursday, June 4, 2026, 9:00am - 10:00am
Location:
[HYBRID] Building 50, Room 51A
Speaker
Shantanu Nevrekar
June
1

The Second Growth: Indigenous Resurgence, Settler Adaptation, & The Possibility of Repair in the Log Lands of the Canadian North

Date
Monday, June 1, 2026, 8:30am - 9:30am
Location:
Denning House (Knight Hennessey Building)
Speaker
Elliott Reichardt
May
27

Cultivating the Sun: Solar Energy Between Tunisia and Europe

Date
Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 9:00am - 10:00am
Location:
Building 50, Room 51A
Speaker
Emilia Groupp
May
15

Protectors of the Prophet’s Honor: The Politics of Respect and Blasphemy in Pakistan

Date
Friday, May 15, 2026, 9:00am - 10:00am
Location:
Building 50, Room 51A
Speaker
Saad Lakhani
May
14

Fungible Dispossessions: Heirs Property Ownership and Land Dispossession in South Carolina

Date
Thursday, May 14, 2026, 12:30pm - 1:30pm
Location:
Building 50, Room 51A
Speaker
Kristin McFadden
May
11

Cultivating Autonomy: Scale, Adapt (Habit), and Agrarian Futures in Central India

Date
Monday, May 11, 2026, 10:00am - 11:00am
Location:
Building 50, Room 51A
Speaker
Alexa Russo
May
1

Becoming the State: Aspirants, Examinations, and the Government Job in Bihar, India

Date
Friday, May 1, 2026, 9:00am - 10:00am
Location:
Building 50, Room 51A
Speaker
Isabel Salovaara
December
3

An Archaeology of Tinkering: The Resilience of a Fragile Technology in Turpan, Xinjiang

Date
Wednesday, December 3, 2025, 8:30am - 9:30am
Location:
Building 50, Room 51A
Speaker
Haoran Shi
June
3

Production After Harm: A Political Economy of Resource Conflict in Peru

Date
Tuesday, June 3, 2025, 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Location:
Building 50, Room 51A
Speaker
Adela Zhang