Announcing the first book event of 25-26 on South Asia-related topics held by Dartmouth College. 

Conversations on South Asia Series  

Omer Aijazi, “Atmospheric Violence: Disaster and Repair in Kashmir”, Sept. 23rd, 12:15 PM - 1:30 PM (EST). 

You are formally invited to an engaging Zoom book event featuring author Omer Aijazi. In his new book, Atmospheric Violence: Disaster and Repair in Kashmir, Aijazi examines how communities in the mountainous borderlands of Kashmir endure the twin forces of environmental disaster and armed conflict. He explores the everyday lives of five protagonists who navigate precarious conditions amid checkpoints, barracks, and recurring calamities, showing how repair, care, and intimacy sustain life where violence is constant and atmospheric. Moving beyond trauma and rupture, Aijazi offers a decolonial vision of disaster studies centered on the social labor of creating viable lives in the face of ongoing diminishment and world-annihilation.

📚 Book Spotlight: Atmospheric Violence: Disaster and Repair in Kashmir

📆 Date: September 23rd, 2025

⏰ Time: 12:15 PM - 1:30 PM EST

📍 Virtual Zoom 

💻 Register Here: https://dartmouth.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_FJHdDDJqTTibMiWsjGgU9g

🎙️Speaker

Omer Aijazi, Assistant Professor, Disaster Studies, Manchester University, UK

🎙️Commentators

Ather Zia, Professor of Anthropology, University of North Colorado

Bramsh Khan, PhD candidate in Social Science, Syracuse University

🎙️Moderator

Faiza Rahman, Postdoctoral Fellow, Society of Fellows, and Lecturer, Department of Religion, Dartmouth College

Sponsored by the Department of Asian Societies, Cultures and Languages (ASCL) and the Bodas Family Endowment for South Asian Studies at Dartmouth College.