Covidiots! Shame, Stigma and Bad Words during Covid-19
In this talk, I consider the role that shame and stigma have played in the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, and how…
Human-Animal relations at the ‘margins’
Relations between humans and animals are multifaceted. The various ways of perceiving the ‘conjoint’ living have been analysed and examined…
Recent Advances in South Asia’s History and Archaeology
Recent advances in the fields of archaeology and history, together with contributions from the sciences, have contributed enormously to the…
Camp HSS
Why do you love the taste of a particular chocolate brand and the sight of a specific color? What is…
HSS Initiatives
Camp CogSci 2022 (online)
How did humans become the most advanced species in the world? What happens to our brain when we daydream?
Medical Humanities Colloquy
Narrative Medicine, Clinical Linguistics, Performing Identities in the Clinical Space, Narratives of Resilience, and so on.
Social Justice Seminar Series
Social Justice Seminar Series at IITGN is an attempt to initiate discussions on the themes of marginalization, exclusion, inequality and discrimination against…
Graduate Seminar Series
HSS-Graduate Seminar Series is a student initiative to serve as a platform for students to share their latest work and receive constructive feedback from their peers.
IIT Gandhinagar Campus
Academic programs
MA in Society & Culture
The Masters in Society and Culture, a unique program conceptualized and implemented by the faculty at the Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar…
Minor in HSS
The Humanities & Social Sciences (HSS) group at IIT Gandhinagar (IITGN) currently offers training in critical inquiry and understanding of the social world…
PhD Program
The program develops around the existing broad areas of research: Linguistic Anthropology, Conservation and Human-Animal rapport, Digital Humanities…
