Invitation: Conversation on “The Ocean as Archive: The Indian Ocean in History and Fiction on 7th January 2026 (Wednesday) - Collaborative progamme

Release of ASM Journal Volume 92

We are happy to share with you that on 26 th November 2024, on the occasion of the 220 th Foundation Day of the Asiatic, the Society has released Volume 92 of the ASM Journal. This is the latest volume of the journal released by the Society. The editors of the journal are Professor Madhu Kelkar and Professor Usha R Vijailakshmi. It has come to the Society's notice that some unscrupulous elements are collecting money for publishing papers in the Society's Journal and are offering bogus certificates. Some of the candidates had mailed these certificates to the Society. These certificates carry the names of the editors of previous volumes. The Asiatic Society does not collect money for publishing research papers in its journal, nor does it guarantee publication, and most importantly it does not issue any certificate. Authors must verify with the Society before submitting any papers, and papers will be published only after rigorous peer review and editing. The Society does not take responsibility for any payments made to third parties claiming to represent the Society, or for their papers appearing in a cloned/spam journal. Ours is a print-only journal. We do not publish the journal online.

The Asiatic Society of Mumbai
and Infosys Science Foundation
invite you to a Conversation on
“The Ocean as Archive: The Indian Ocean in History and Fiction”

We are hosting a conversation titled The Ocean as Archive: The Indian Ocean in History and Fiction, centred on the Indian Ocean as the cradle of globalization, a monsoon-driven world of commerce, culture, and exchange that has long fascinated scholars and writers.

This evening brings together celebrated author Amitav Ghosh whose writing often has the ocean as a central setting and Infosys Prize laureate Mahmood Kooria whose pioneering work looks at the political and cultural transformations on the Indian Ocean littoral. The session will be chaired by Akeel Bilgrami, Professor of Philosophy at Columbia University and jury chair for the Infosys Prize in Humanities.

January 7, 2026 (Wednesday)
Time: 05:00 PM
Durbar Hall, Asiatic Society of Mumbai

RSVP: https://marcom.infosys.com/isf/ISF-CustomEvent-TheOceanAsAnArchive-Mumbai-Jan26

Prof Vispi Balaporia, President
Asiatic Society of Mumbai