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SUMMARY:Putting Courage at the Center: Reflections on Gandhi w/ Uday Mehta
DESCRIPTION:The Sixth Annual Carol Breckenridge Memorial Lecture in South Asian History:The India China Institute is pleased to co-sponsor a public talk by Professor Uday Mehta titled “Putting Courage at the Center: Reflections on Gandhi.” \n\n\n\nWhat might it mean to place courage and related notions such as a willingness to die at the center of one’s conception of an ethical life\, both for individuals and collectivities? In many ways this pursuit was the informing creed of Gandhi’s life and the link between his ethical and political philosophy. For Gandhi\, courage had a centrality that trumped even his opposition to war and the British Empire. It also gave a distinctive hue to the specific connection that Gandhi identified between courage and democracy – a connection that gave no special precedence to familiar political conceptions of democracy. \n\n\n\nUday Singh Mehta is a political theorist whose work encompasses a wide spectrum of philosophical traditions. He has worked on the relationship between freedom and imagination\, liberalism’s complex link with colonialism and empire\, and more recently with issues of war\, peace and non-violence. He is the author of two books\, The Anxiety of Freedom: Imagination and Individuality in the Political Thought of John Locke (Cornell University Press\, 1992)\, and Liberalism and Empire: Nineteenth Century British Liberal Thought (University of Chicago Press\, 1999). In 2002\, he was named a Carnegie Foundation scholar. He is currently completing a book on the moral and political thought of M.K. Gandhi. He was an undergraduate at S warthmore College\, where he studied mathematics and philosophy. He received his Ph.D. in political philosophy from Princeton University. He has taught at Princeton University\, Cornell\, MIT\, the University of Chicago and the University of Pennsylvania.The talk will be followed by a reception. RSVP through eventbrite is welcome but not necessary to attend.
URL:https://www.indiachinainstitute.org/event/putting-courage-at-the-center-reflections-on-gandhi-w-uday-mehta/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20151016T160000
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SUMMARY:Dynastic Politics and the Challenges of Democratization in Bangladesh w/ Rounaq Jahan
DESCRIPTION:ICI is happy to announce this important talk we are co-sponsoring with the Development Thought and Policy Seminar Series at The New School. The event will take place Oct. 16th from 4-6pm in the University Center\, #311. \nPlease RSVP for the event to development.newschool@gmail.com. \nRounaq Jahan will present her new book Political Parties in Bangladesh: Challenges of Democratization (Prothoma Prokashan\, 2015). The book is organized into six broad chapters\, covering theoretical explanations of political parties and political development\, and with a detailed look at party systems under different regimes during key phases in Bangladesh’s history. Her analysis focuses on major traits of political parties\, their organizational structure and leadership dynamics\, who supports the parties and intra-party democratic practice\, with special attention to local level politics. She concludes this imporant study by offering her key findings from the study and making recommendations on how to address these issues and challenges. Her talk will be based on this latest book. You can read more about her new book here. \nProfessor Rounaq Jahan is currently a Distinguished Fellow at the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) in Bangladesh.
URL:https://www.indiachinainstitute.org/event/dynastic-politics-and-the-challenges-of-democratization-in-bangladesh-w-rounaq-jahan/
CATEGORIES:Public Event,Public Talks
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20151001T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20151001T200000
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SUMMARY:The Global Challenge of Implementing the Urban SDGs w/ Aromar Revi
DESCRIPTION:The Global Challenge of Implementing the Urban Sustainable Development Goals\n\n\n\nWhen: Thursday\, October 1\, 2015; 6:00 – 8:00pmWhere: Hirshon Suite (Room 205) 55 West 13th Street\, New York\, NY 10011 \n\n\n\n\nICI is hosting Aromar Revi to deliver a special public talk on “The global challenge of implementing the urban SDGs.” Mr Revi will dissect the United Nation’s SDGs\, which have been well-crafted to guide the public’s understanding of complex sustainable development challenges\, inspire public and private action\, promote integrated thinking\, and foster accountability. \nAromar Revi is currently the Director of the Indian Institute for Human Settlements (IIHS)\, a national education institution committed to the equitable\, sustainable and efficient transformation of Indian settlements. He is an international practitioner with over thirty years of inter-disciplinary experience. He is a member of the Leadership Council of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN)\, co-chair of its Urban thematic group\, where he leads a global campaign for an urban Sustainable Development Goal (SDG). He is also a past fellow of the India China Institute. \nProfessor Shagun Mehrotra will serve as a panelist. Mehrota is a Professor of Sustainable Development at The New School and is the founding Director of the Sustainable Development Solutions Center. Professor Mehrotra serves on UNSDSN’s Urban Thematic Group charged by the UN Secretary General as an external advisory group for the post-2015 development agenda.  Mehrotra co-directs UCCRN\, a global research network of 500 scholars and practitioners based in a 100 cities dedicated to urban climate change research and policymaking. \n\n\n\n\nRefreshments will be served. Please RSVP to reserve a seat.
URL:https://www.indiachinainstitute.org/event/the-global-challenge-of-implementing-the-urban-sdgs-w-aromar-revi/
CATEGORIES:Public Event,Public Talks
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150924T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150924T193000
DTSTAMP:20260515T073800
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SUMMARY:Bron Taylor: Spirituality After Darwin
DESCRIPTION:Spirituality After Darwin:  \n\n\n\n‘Dark Green’ Nature Religion and the Future of Religion and Nature \n\n\n\nA public lecture by Professor Bron Taylor. Mark Larrimore\, Eugene Lang College Religious Studies program as discussant. \n\n\n\n6:00-7:30 pm\, Theresa Lang Community Center\, 55 W. 13th St.\, 2nd floor. \n\n\n\nEvent RSVP \n\n\n\nNew Religions come and go but some persist and become major global forces. In this presentation Professor Taylor presents evidence that\, especially since Charles Darwin published On the Origin of Species in 1859\, a new\, global\, earth religion has been rapidly spreading around the world. Whether it involves conventional religious beliefs in non-material divine beings\, or is entirely naturalistic and involves no such beliefs\, it considers nature to be sacred\, imbued with intrinsic value\, and worthy of reverent care. Those having affinity with such spirituality generally have strong feelings of belonging to nature\, express kinship with non-human organisms\, and understand the world to be deeply interconnected. In a recent book Taylor labeled such phenomena ‘dark green religion’\, noting that its central ethical priority is to defend the earth’s biocultural diversity. Taylor provides a wide variety of examples of new forms of religious (and religion-resembling) cultural innovation among those promoting such nature spirituality\, from individuals (including artists\, scientists\, filmmakers\, photographers\, surfers\, and environmental activists)\, to institutions (including museums\, schools\, and the United Nations). By tracking these\, Taylor provides an opportunity to consider what such spirituality may portend for the religious and planetary future. \n\n\n\nSpeaker Bio: \n\n\n\nBron Taylor is Professor of Religion\, Nature\, and Environmental Ethics at the University of Florida\, and a Carson Fellow of the Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society in Munich Germany. His research involves both ethnographic and historical methods\, and much of it focuses on grassroots environmental movements\, their emotional\, spiritual\, and moral spiritual dimensions\, and their environmental\, cultural\, and political impacts. He has been involved in a variety of international initiatives promoting the conservation of biological and cultural diversity. His books include Dark Green Religion: Nature Spirituality and the Planetary Future (2010)\, the award winning Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature (2005)\, Civil Society in the Age of Monitory Democracy (2013) and Ecological Resistance Movements: the Global Emergence of Radical and Popular Environmentalism (1995)\, and Avatar and Nature Spirituality (2013). He is also the founder of the International Society for the Study of Religion\, Nature and Culture\, and editor of its affiliated Journal for the Study of Religion\, Nature and Culture. For more information see www.brontaylor.com. \n\n\n\nRefreshments will be provided. Seating is limited. Please RSVP here.
URL:https://www.indiachinainstitute.org/event/bron-taylor-spirituality-after-darwin/
CATEGORIES:Public Event,Public Talks
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150516T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150516T223000
DTSTAMP:20260515T073800
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SUMMARY:Hamro Nepal: International Benefit Concert
DESCRIPTION:Watch Here\n\n\n\nHamro (Our) NepalAn event to raise awareness\, bring community together\, and fundraise for Nepal\n\n\n\nSaturday May 16th\, 20158-10pm \n\n\n\nBackground\n\n\n\nOn April 25\, 2015\, Nepal experienced an earthquake that has\, and continues to take an immense toll on the country and its people. Nepal’s recovery faces unique challenges on the ground due to its inaccessible geography\, and tumultuous political and economic climate. The Gurung Society\, a 501 (c) (3) non-profit is holding a benefit to utilize our unique position as an experienced organization with deep personal and professional connections to the region. The Gurung Society has previously led fundraising initiatives for natural disasters such as the Haiti Earthquake in 2010 and Hurricane Sandy in 2012. \n\n\n\nThe Event\n\n\n\nWe are hosting an event on May 16th from 8:00PM – 10:30PM\, in the Tishman Auditorium at the New School in New York City to help raise funds and celebrate Nepal’s rich culture. Featuring renowned Nepali and international artists\, this night will bring together a diverse community to support Nepal. The benefit is focused on serving the hardest hit villages near the quake’s epicenter. While the damage in Kathmandu is striking\, many rural communities do not have the resources or networks available to adequately rebuild. It is our mission to direct funds to rural villages most in need of assistance. \n\n\n\nFull details about the event\, performers\, and how to reserve tickets available here on the Hamro Nepal Indiegogo page here.
URL:https://www.indiachinainstitute.org/event/hamro-nepal-international-benefit-concert/
LOCATION:The New School University Center\, 63 Fifth Ave\, New York\, NY\, 10003\, USA
CATEGORIES:Public Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150417T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150417T200000
DTSTAMP:20260515T073800
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SUMMARY:Explorations on the Asian Urban Edge
DESCRIPTION:The India China Institute is excited to announce a keynote talk by Terence McGee as part of the two-day New Urban Forms\, New Fields of Inquiry conference at The New School. \n\n\n\n“Explorations on the Asian Urban Edge: Untangling Issues of Comparative Research on Urbanization in China\, India and Southeast Asia”\n\n\n\nA Public talk by Professor Terence McGee\, University of British ColumbiaWelcome remarks by Provost Tim Marshall \n\n\n\nApril 17th\, 6-8pmWollman Hall\, 5th floor65 West 11th St.\, NYThe New School \n\n\n\nIn the last sixty years\, Professor McGee has researched Indian international migration\, Malays rural-urban migration to Kuala Lumpur\, street vendors in Manila\, Jakarta\, Bangkok\, Penang and Hong Kong. His work has focused on the urban margins of Asian cities located within the diverse trajectories of urbanization in China\, India and Southeast Asia. His address will focus on four main questions. \n\n\n\n~What is the “urbanization problematique” in the 21st century?~How can context and theory intermesh to reinterpret urbanization at different spatial scales–local\, national\, regional and global?~What role does the comparative study of urbanization play in understanding urbanization at these various territorial scales?~What are the consequences of strategic research themes for the comparative research on urban China and India? \n\n\n\nTerence McGee has conducted research on urbanization and development in Asia for more than fifty years. He is the author of numerous influential books\, monographs and articles on urbanization question in Southeast Asia\, China and Latin America. He has also led several influential projects on urban development and the effects of environmental change on mega-urban regions. He was Director of the Institute of Asian Research at the University of British Columbia (1978-88\, 1993-98) as well as Professor of Geography (1978-2001). He was awarded the distinguished Vautrin Lud International Prize in Geography in 2009 for his contributions to development geography. \n\n\n\nRSVP information coming soon
URL:https://www.indiachinainstitute.org/event/explorations-on-the-asian-urban-edge/
CATEGORIES:Public Event,Public Talks
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150416T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150416T170000
DTSTAMP:20260515T073800
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SUMMARY:Fourth Interdisciplinary Symposium for Emerging Scholars on India China Studies: New York
DESCRIPTION:The Fourth Interdisciplinary Symposium for Emerging Scholars on India China Studies is part of the India China Institute’s continuing commitment to build a community of scholars who are engaged in research that focuses on new and innovative approaches to understanding India-China relations.Presenters selected for this symposium share a broad interest in India-China relations in a globalizing world. The symposium will provide a platform for a select group of early career scholars from India\, China\, and the United States to present their work and to participate in multi-disciplinary investigation and deliberation with distinguished scholars. \n\n\n\nWhen discussing the work of each of the presenters\, we hope to identify relevant methodological and substantive questions\, and where possible answers\, through a productive confrontation of diverse disciplinary perspectives. Relevant cross-cutting themes will include that of the role to be played by received and privileged spatial and institutional frames\, such as that of the nation-state\, in scholarly analyses within the field\, and that of how to relate historical and contemporary concerns while avoiding anachronistic fallacies. \n\n\n\nWe hope that the symposium will provide a milestone in the intellectual definition and institutional development of the field\, enhance the sense of community within it\, and help to foster more productive directions for teaching and scholarship. \n\n\n\nThe Fourth Interdisciplinary Symposium for Emerging Scholars on India China Studies is generously supported by The Starr Foundation. Co-sponsored by the interdisciplinary programs in Global\, Urban\, and Environmental studies at The New School. \n\n\n\n** Download a copy of the full program here [PDF] or just the program schedule here [PDF]. \n\n\n\nEvent Schedule\n\n\n\nThursday\, April 16\, 2015 | Orozco Conference Room (#712)66 W 12th Street\, 7th Floor\, New York \n\n\n\n9:00-9:30 Registration (refreshments\, coffee and tea will be provided) \n\n\n\n9:30-9:45 Welcome and Opening Remarks \n\n\n\n9:45-12:45 Session I: Flows and Exchanges \n\n\n\nChair: Jianying Zha\, Writer and Former ICI China Representative \n\n\n\n(Paper 1) Yang Lu\, Lecturer\, Heidelberg University\n\n“Ontological Security and India-China Relations: From Border War to ‘News War’”\n\n(Paper 2) Jingfeng Li\, Assistant Researcher\, Sichuan Academy of Social Sciences\n\n“Driving force and constraints behind BCIM Economic Corridor”\n\n(Paper 3) Amen Jaffer\, Assistant Professor\, Sociology\, Forman Christian College\, Lahore\n\n“The Sufi Shrine Revival in India Punjab”\n\n(Paper 4) Marina Kaneti\, PhD Candidate\, Politics\, The New School for Social Research\n\n“Leveraging Capital: Trade\, consumption\, and migration in the age of the unequal treaties”\n\n\n\n\n\nDiscussantsAshok Gurung\, Senior Director\, ICI and Professor of Practice\, Julien J. Studley Graduate Program in International Affairs\, The New SchoolMary Bryna Sanger\, Deputy Provost and Senior Vice President\, Provost Office\, The New SchoolNimmi Kurian\, Centre for Policy Research\, New Delhi\, Former ICI Fellow & Former ICI India Representative (Paper 1 & 2)Sanjay Ruparelia\, Assistant Professor of Politics\, The New School for Social Research\, Former ICI Fellow & Faculty Advisor (Paper 1)Joe Thomas Krackattu\, Assistant Professor\, China Studies Centre Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras (Paper 1)Lei Ping\, Assistant Professor of China Studies and Coordinator of Chinese Program\, The New School for Public Engagement (Paper 2)Yuan Zhang\, Research Fellow\, Sanskrit Centre of Institute of Foreign Literature\, China Academy of Social Sciences (Paper 2)Sanjay Chaturvedi\, Panjab University\, Chandigarh\, Former ICI Fellow (Paper 3 & 4)Eiko Ikegami\, Professor of Sociology\, The New School for Social Research (Paper 3)Barnali Chanda\, Research Fellow\, Department of Comparative Literature\, Jadavpur University\, Kolkatta (Paper 3) \n\n\n\nQuestion and Answers (45 minutes) \n\n\n\n16:15-17:55 India China Studies: A Round Table Discussion \n\n\n\nChair: Ashok Gurung\, Senior Director\, ICI\, The New School
URL:https://www.indiachinainstitute.org/event/fourth-interdisciplinary-symposium-for-emerging-scholars-on-india-china-studies-new-york/
CATEGORIES:Emerging Scholars,Public Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150212T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150212T190000
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SUMMARY:The Fear of Art:  32nd Social Research conference
DESCRIPTION:The Center for Public Scholarship is pleased to present the 32nd Social Research conference\, “The Fear of Art\,” on Thursday and Friday\, February 12 and 13\, 2015\, at The New School in New York City.Ai Weiwei will give the keynote address with a video he is creating especially for the conference\, “The Censorship of Artists: Artists in Prison\, Artists in Exile.” \n\n\n\nWe have chosen this theme for our next conference because freedom of expression remains under threat in both totalitarian and democratic states. Artists continue to be imprisoned and exiled and art continues to be banned and destroyed\, all of which gives evidence of the power of images to unsettle\, to speak truth to power\, to question our cherished cultural norms and what we hold sacred. \n\n\n\nThe conference aims to examine how art can threaten\, terrify\, and provoke the wrath of political\, religious\, and cultural regimes. Speakers will examine the history of art censorship and the role of artists as collaborators and rebels. The agenda also pairs artists and scholars to discuss activist art\, the threat posed by art\, the potency of art\, artists at risk\, and artists in exile. Museum and gallery directors will discuss who does the policing and ask: What is the role of self-censorship? \n\n\n\nThe conference is co-sponsored by the Vera List Center for Art and Politics\, PEN American Center\, and the India China Institute at The New School. The conference has been made possible with generous support from Agnes Gund\, The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts\, Larry Warsh\, the Ford Foundation\, and ArteEast. \n\n\n\nThe director and founder (1988) of the Social Research conference series is Arien Mack\, Alfred and Monette Marrow Professor of Psychology at The New School for Social Research\, who has been the editor of Social Research since 1970. For the history of the conference series\, visit the Social Research conference series site. For information about other public events at The New School\, see the university calendar. Find information about the more than 70 degree programs offered at The New School. For general information about The New School\, visit the Quick Facts page.
URL:https://www.indiachinainstitute.org/event/the-fear-of-art-32nd-social-research-conference/
CATEGORIES:Public Event,Public Event (General)
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20141009T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20141009T173000
DTSTAMP:20260515T073800
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SUMMARY:The Bullet and the Ballot Box
DESCRIPTION:This is the first in the series of events hosted by the Transregional Center for Democratic Studies that will mark the 25th anniversary of the dismantling of the Communist system in Eastern and Central Europe.  Organized together with the India-China Institute\, The Bullet and the Ballot Box celebrates the new book with the same title by Aditya Adhikari\, recently published by Verso. \n\n\n\nThe Bullet and the Ballot Box will focus on the extraordinary case of Nepal\, where an anti-autocratic movement partially inspired by the fall of the Berlin Wall led to the establishment of a multi-party system in 1990. However\, this was soon followed by a Maoist armed rebellion (1996-2006) that swept the entire countryside. In 2006\, the Maoists joined the political mainstream and multiparty democracy was restored. Following the historic election to the Constituent Assembly in 2008\, the Maoists emerged as the most powerful political force in the country\, and the monarchy was subsequently abolished. The discussion will focus on how Nepal’s Maoists reinterpreted Maoism and successfully translated it into political action at a time when liberal democracy dominated public discourse and communism had lost legitimacy. \n\n\n\nThe panel will be moderated by Elzbieta Matynia-Professor of Sociology and Liberal Studies at The New School and Director of TCDS. Participants will include: \n\n\n\n – Aditya Adhikari\, author of The Bullet and the Ballot Box: The Story of Nepal’s Maoist Revolution (2014) \n\n\n\n – Andrew Arato\,  Dorothy Hart Hirshon Professor of Political and Social Theory in the department of sociology at The New School \n\n\n\n – Tamrat Samuel\, former director of the Asia-Pacific Division of the UN Department of Political Affairs and former Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary General for Nepal \n\n\n\n – Ashok Gurung\, ICI Senior Director and Professor of Practice\, Julian J. Studley Graduate Program in International Affairs.
URL:https://www.indiachinainstitute.org/event/the-bullet-and-the-ballot-box/
CATEGORIES:Public Event,Public Talks
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20141001T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20141001T193000
DTSTAMP:20260515T073800
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SUMMARY:Deadlock to Detente: Indias Strategic Doctrine and the Burgeoning Peace with Pakistan
DESCRIPTION: \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\nAwash with militancy\, ground zero for climate change\, and on the brink of nuclear war\, the Indian subcontinent has long been known as “the world’s most dangerous place.” But after decades of deadlock in the subcontinent\, India is moving beyond South Asia for its strategic needs—and making peace with Pakistan in the process.\n \n\nICI is pleased to present a discussion with Neil Padukone. Mr. Padukone is a Geopolitics Fellow at the Takshashila Institution and a former Public Service Fellow at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government\, his work has been published in The Atlantic\, Foreign Policy\, the Journal of International Affairs\, Newsweek’s Daily Beast\, The National Interest\, the World Affairs Journal\, the Huffington Post\, and the Economic and Political Weekly\, among others. Neil is a former foreign affairs columnist at the Christian Science Monitor and South-Central Asia commentator for Russia Today news. His  book Beyond South Asia: India’s Strategic Evolution and the Reintegration of the Subcontinent was published in August 2014.\n \n\n \n \n  \nJoining Mr. Padukone will be Thomas Graham. Dr. Graham is a scientist at Brookhaven National Laboratory and  has worked in government (U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency\, U.S. Department of Energy\, Brookhaven National Laboratory) and the non-profit sector (Rockefeller Foundation and The Second Chance Foundation). Dr. Graham has published books and articles on U.S. national security decision making\, nuclear non-proliferation and counter-terrorism\, and public opinion. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the Cosmos Club (Washington\, D.C.).\n\n \n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n 
URL:https://www.indiachinainstitute.org/event/deadlock-to-detente-indias-strategic-doctrine-and-the-burgeoning-peace-with-pakistan/
LOCATION:Dorothy Hirshon Suite\, 55 West 13th Street Room I203\, New York\, NY\, 10011\, USA
CATEGORIES:Public Event,Public Event (General)
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140929T000000
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SUMMARY:Social Justice and Dalits in South Asia
DESCRIPTION:Across the globe\, an estimated 260 million people are relegated to a lifetime of segregation\, exploitation\, and extreme forms of physical and psychological abuse\, all because of the caste into which they are born. In much of South Asia\, caste-based divisions dominate in housing\, marriage\, and general social interaction—divisions that are often reinforced through the threat of social ostracism\, economic boycotts\, and even physical violence. The effective eradication of caste-based discrimination remains a major human rights challenge of our time.Please join us on Tuesday\, October 7th for a roundtable discussion about social justice in South Asia and the world. \n\n\n\nLearn about the social and political obstacles faced by Dalit communities (formerly known as “untouchables”) in Nepal and IndiaEngage with scholars\, media producers and activists who have brought awareness to issues concerning Dalits through traditional and social media outletsDevelop tips and tools you can use for your own research and social activism initiatives\n\n\n\nSome of the questions this event hopes to explore include: \n\n\n\nWhat skills/lessons can Dalit and American students\, scholars and activists learn from each other? \n\n\n\nHow do experiences of marginalization and /or oppression compare in different countries? \n\n\n\nHow have social justice organizations use the law\, media and education as tools to raise awareness and create change? \n\n\n\nProminent academics\, media producers and social activists will participate in a roundtable discussion. Our guests will include: \n\n\n\nSmita Narula: currently a visiting Research Scholar at Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College and formerly a U.N. legal adviser to the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food and Faculty Director at the Center for Human Rights and Global Justice at NYU School of Law. She has been working in human rights for more than 17 years. In both her scholarship and her practice\, Narula has focused on the rights to equality and non-discrimination; economic and social rights; and the impact of economic globalization and counter-terrorism policies on human rights. She has authored numerous reports and academic articles on these subjects\, and has helped formulate policy\, legal\, and community-led responses to these issues worldwide. \n\n\n\nSarita Pariyar: a graduate student of sociology at Tribhuvan University in Kathmandu\, where she also received her bachelor’s degree in journalism and English literature. She is an emerging social justice leader and serves as a board member of the Samata Foundation\, a respected think-tank that works for the rights and dignity of Dalits in Nepal. In addition\, she is involved with several activist groups in Nepal and regularly participates in various forums for social justice\, democracy\, and media within and outside of Nepal. \n\n\n\nPadam Sundas: a social worker from a Dalit community who has been working for the upliftment of the Dalit community and for Human Rights for over 40 years through intellectual writings and knowledge production. A founding member and the executive chairperson of SAMATA foundation and the Asian Dalit Rights Forum\, the only Dalit centric research center and think tank in Nepal. He also served as a member of the National-Level Advisory Committee under the Office of Prime Minister for the Eradication of Caste Based Discriminations and Promotion of Dalit Rights. \n\n\n\nRem Bishwokarma: co-founded Jagaran Media Center (JMC) to lead media advocacy against caste-based discrimination and untouchability. JMC produced the popular television series called Dalan that raised awareness on Dalit issues. JMC has established itself as a media hub on Dalit issues\, inclusion and social justice in Nepal and abroad. He was awarded the Australian Leadership Award in 2010\, Media International Social Awareness Award in 2013 and Ambedkar Kalashree National Award in 2013. \n\n\n\nEach participant will speak for ten minutes on their personal work and experience. Afterwards\, broader discussion on Dalits and social justice will be opened up and moderated by Smita Narula.
URL:https://www.indiachinainstitute.org/event/social-justice-and-dalits-in-south-asia/
CATEGORIES:Public Event,Roundtable
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SUMMARY:Crisis and Criticism: the Predicament of Global Modernity w/ Arif Dirlik
DESCRIPTION:‘Crisis and Criticism: the Predicament of Global Modernity’ \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA public talk by Arif Dirlik\n\n\n\nJoin ICI for an exciting talk by renowned sinologist and social theorist Arif Dirlik.\n\n\n\n“That we are living through a time of unprecedented crisis is widely acknowledged. What is less certain is whether this crisis is one of the crises endemic to the capitalist world system\, an outcome of systemic transformations at work that suggest an impending hegemonic shift (with the People’s Republic of China [PRC] as the up-and-coming claimant)\, or a terminal crisis that signals the collapse of life as we know it as unbridled capitalist development in its various competing versions runs up against the ecological limitations of the earth.”\n\n\n\nArif Dirlik was on the faculty at Duke University and more recently was the Knight Professor of Social Science at the University of Oregon. He has published extensively on the formation of the Chinese Communist Party\, the history of Chinese anarchism\, and post-colonial globalism. Some of his published works include: Revolution and History: Origins of Marxist Historiography in China\, 1919-1937\, University of California Press; Anarchism in the Chinese Revolution\, University of California Press; Postmodernism and China\, Duke University Press; and Global Modernity: Modernity in the Age of Global Capitalism\, Paradigm Press.
URL:https://www.indiachinainstitute.org/event/crisis-and-criticism-the-predicament-of-global-modernity-w-arif-dirlik/
CATEGORIES:Public Event,Public Talks
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SUMMARY:Inclusive Growth and Development: Mirage\, Promise or Reality?
DESCRIPTION:For full program details and schedules\, as well as to RSVP\, please visit: http://www.ickcbi.org/conference/
URL:https://www.indiachinainstitute.org/event/inclusive-growth-and-development-mirage-promise-or-reality/
LOCATION:India International Centre (IIC)\, 40 Max Mueller Marg\, New Delhi\, Delhi\, 110003\, India
CATEGORIES:Public Event
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