CANCELED: Politics of Performance: Contesting Caste, Gender, and Sexuality in Contemporary Maharashtra (Western India)

Time: April 14, 2020, 5 p.m. - 7 p.m.

Location: 319 Sims Hall

UPDATE: This event has been canceled in response to emerging COVID-19 precautions and advisories.

Shailaja Paik (University of Cincinnati)

As part of the first Dalit History Month event at Syracuse University, Paik's public lecture focuses on the politics of caste, race, gender and sexuality in India and engages contemporary debates across disciplines in the humanities and the humanistic social sciences. These topics foreground the contributions of Dalit and Transnational Feminist theories on a variety of themes including solidarity practices (within and between Dalit and African American Women), research methods, and the crisis of representation. Paik highlights Dalit feminist thought and histories, as well as drawing connections with interdisciplinary theoretical frameworks such as Transnational Black Feminism and U.S. WOC Feminisms.

Additional supporters:

• Women's and Gender Studies
• South Asia Center

Himika Bhattacharya, Democratizing Knowledge