Scholarly Engagements and Media Presence
Academic Talks and Lectures
Swapnil Rai Book Adda — Networked Bollywood: How Star Power Globalized Hindi Cinema
Seminar Series: "From Erdogan’s Turkey to Modi’s India: Interstitial Spaces of Televisual Flows Between India and Turkey"
Cultural diplomacy and Bollywood's Soft Power in China
Weiser Diplomacy Center Series, Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Star power, Cinephilia and Cultural Diplomacy: Unpacking the affective, industrial, and technological contours of Bollywood’s inroads into China
Global Media Industry Speaker Series and the RTF Media Studies Colloquium present a talk by Swapnil Rai,
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"The Dynamics of Socio-Cultural Polarization: Role of Information &
Communication Technologies"
International Workshop Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, India
Bollywood's Gendered Tales and Global Narratives
Women in the Arts Speaker Series, Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, Connecticut
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Female Star Power in Bollywood
Hazel Dick Leonard Symposium, Simmons College, Boston, Massachusetts
Media Appearances and Community Engagement
How Bollywood Star Power has Globalized Hindi Cinema?
Can Trump be removed from the election, will Blinken go to Israel again, a caravan of migrants is heading to the border
Don't Blame Me: Taylor Swift's influence attracts conspiracy theories
College of Film and the Moving Image
AWARENESS is CFilm’s public series of free films engaging with vital social, political, and cultural issues. Now in its third year
"Representations Matter: Deconstructing Bollywood's Women Through a Feminist Lens" Virtual Lecture On April 29
(JERSEY CITY, NJ) — Art House Productions presents “Representations Matter: Deconstructing Bollywood’s
Film Showcase
We are excited to present this film event with three thoughtfully made films
Consul General of India Donates “India Corner” Collection to Wesleyan
Wesleyan’s Olin Library is now home to a collection of 33 titles donated by the Consulate General of India, New York.