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Conversations on South Asia: Access to Power

Join us for a discussion of Ijlal Naqvi's Access to Power: Electricity and the Infrastructural State in Pakistan.

2/9/2026
12:15 pm – 1:30 pm
Virtual Webinar
Intended Audience(s): Public
Categories: Lectures & Seminars, School of Arts and Sciences
Registration required.

In Access to Power, Ijlal Naqvi explores state capacity in Pakistan by following the material
infrastructure of electricity across the provinces and down into cities and homes. Naqvi argues that
the national-level challenges of crippling budgetary constraints and power shortages directly result
from conscious strategic decisions that are integral to Pakistan's infrastructural state. Proposing a
novel sociology of Pakistani infrastructure, the book offers new insights into the everyday operations
of the Pakistani state for delivery of a crucial service in the Global South. 

Speaker

Ijlal Naqvi, Associate Professor of Sociology, Singapore Management University  

Commentators

Jo Guldi, Professor of Data and Decision Sciences, Emory University

Benjamin H. Bradlow Assistant Professor of Sociology and International Affairs, Princeton University  

Moderator

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

Register here: https://dartmouth.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_bmAHu7-6SxmrNZ--EKMCuA#/registration

SPONSORED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF ASIAN SOCIETIES, CULTURES AND LANGUAGES & THE BODAS FAMILY SOUTH ASIA PROGRAMMING FUNDS AT DARTMOUTH COLLEGE

 

For more information, contact:
South Asian Studies
south.asian.studies@dartmouth.edu
Permanent URL to this event: https://ascl.dartmouth.edu/events/event?event=80181

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