Polis Project Conversation Series Podcast
1) Technologies of Genocide: Suchitra Vijayan in Conversation with 7amleh
Suchitra Vijayan speaks with Eric Sype and Jalal Abukhater from 7amleh, The Arab Center for the Advancement of Social Media. They interrogate how Israel’s assault on Palestinians is enabled by global ...Show More
2) UK’s racialized immigration policies: Francesca Recchia in conversation with Helidah Ogude Chambert
In this podcast, Francesca Recchia sits down with Helidah Ogude Chambert to discuss the racism and xenophobia inherent in the United Kingdom’s immigration policies, where it stems from and which commu...Show More
3) The Genocidal Gaze: A conversation with Elizabeth Baer
Suchitra Vijayan in conversation with Elizabeth Baer about her book "The Genocidal Gaze." The first genocide of the twentieth century, though not well known, was committed by Germans between 1904–190...Show More
4) Terror Capitalism - A conversation with Darren Byler
Suchitra Vijayan speaks to Darren Byler about his book Terror Capitalism: Uyghur Dispossession and Masculinity in a Chinese City. In Terror Capitalism anthropologist Darren Byler theorizes the conte...Show More
5) How home disappeared: Twenty years after the Gujarat pogrom
Twenty years after the Gujarat pogrom, Suchitra Vijayan speaks to Zahir Janmohamed about the moment, his experience on the ground and his work since. The conversation delves into the deep seated anti-...Show More
6) Reproductive Politics and the Making of Modern India: A conversation with Mytheli Sreenivas
In this conversation, Urvi Khaitan sits down with Mytheli Sreenivas to discuss her book, "Reproductive Politics and the Making of Modern India'. The book explores colonial administrators, postcolonial...Show More
7) India's Undeclared Emergency: Suchitra Vijayan in conversation with Arvind Narrain
In this conversation, Suchitra Vijayan speaks to Arvind Narrain about his book India's Undeclared Emergency: Constitutionalism and the Politics of Resistance. They touch upon the provisions in the con...Show More
India's Undeclared Emergency: Suchitra Vijayan in conversation with Arvind Narrain
48:11 | May 17th, 2022
8) The extrajudicial excesses of Pakistan's military: A conversation with Ahmad Waqas Goraya
In this conversation with Francesca Recchia, Pakistani activist Ahmad Waqas Goraya speaks about the repercussions facing those who dare to criticize the military establishment in Pakistan, his own per...Show More
9) Negotiating Survival: Francesca Recchia in conversation with Ashley Jackson
Francesca Recchia speaks to Ashley Jackson about her book Negotiating Survival: Civilian–Insurgent Relations in Afghanistan. Based on over 400 interviews with Taliban and civilians, this book tells t...Show More
Negotiating Survival: Francesca Recchia in conversation with Ashley Jackson
49:26 | Mar 22nd, 2022
10) Legacies of French colonialism in India: Suchitra Vijayan in conversation with Jessica Namakkal
Suchitra Vijayan sits down with author Jessica Namakkal to discuss her book "Unsettling Utopia". The book presents a new account of the history of twentieth-century French India to show how colonial p...Show More