Source: Las castas. Anonymous, 18th century, oil on canvas, Museo Nacional del Virreinato, Tepotzotlán, Mexico. We use this art to signal some of the older and non-South Asian origins of the word "caste"/"casta"; in this case in historical forms of ethno-racial hierarchy in Mexico.
Workshop Schedule
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April 1, 2019, Day I: Plenary + Opening Reception
Founder's Room
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4:30-6:00pm: Introductory remarks by Mabel Gergan and Malini Ranganathan, followed by Opening Plenary
Speakers:
Dolly Kikon (video call)
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Moderator: Pavithra Vasudevan
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6:00pm Opening Reception
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April 2, 2019, Day II: Three Panels + Closing Keynote
Founders Room
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9:00 -10:45am: Panel I - Technologies of Difference
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Speakers:
Mona Bhan - "In Search of the Aryan Seed": Race, Religion, and Sexuality in Indian-Occupied Kashmir
Sunil Purushottham - The Camp and the Citizen: “Tribe” in Revolutionary Telangana
Pasang Sherpa - Power in Number: Murkiness of Racialized Sherpas
Discussant: Sureshi Jayawardane
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11:00am -12:45pm: Panel II - Encounters in/as Space
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Speakers:
Jesus Francisco Chairez Garza - Feeling untouched: Space, caste and racialization in Ambedkar's political thought
Sara Smith and Mabel Gergan - Racialized Subjectivities, Urban Encounters, and Fraught Histories in India
Pallavi Gupta - Broomscapes: Locating caste, materiality, and space in Indian Railways
Discussant: Sapana Doshi
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1:00 - 2:00pm | Lunch Break
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2:15 - 4:00pm: Panel III - Identity in Formation
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Speakers:
Amit Baishya - Butchers and their Kills: Sacrifice (“Boli”), Speciesism and Racialization in the Works of Hafiz Ahmed
Mabel Gergan - Negotiating Desire and Despair in India's Urban Heartland
Balmurli Natrajan - Caste as Political Identity: Difference, Hegemony, Solidarity​
Discussant: Jecca Namakkal
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4:30 - 6:00pm | Keynote: Suraj Yengde, "From Sapiens to Caste and Race: Igniting the Twenty-First Century’s Battle Against Global Casteism"
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This workshop is free and open to the public. Please RSVP using the register button below.
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