Anupama Rao publishes in New York Times on Indian Supreme Court Ruling
Anupama Rao, Associate Professor of History, Barnard College, and director of the recently completed CSSD project on Gender and the Global Slum, published an opinion piece in the New York Times on an Indian Supreme Court
Anupama Rao publishes in New York Times on Indian Supreme Court Ruling
Anupama Rao, Associate Professor of History, Barnard College, and director of the recently completed CSSD project on Gender and the Global Slum, published an opinion piece in the New York Times on an Indian Supreme Court ruling that bans political appeals to identity.
"In India today, we are seeing the overturning of an order predicated on the protection of social minorities in favor of majority rights," wrote Rao. "Given current politics, will Hindu majoritarian claims be allowed, while minorities are banned from making claims to discriminated identity, or social suffering?" she wrote.
Read the full piece here.
China and Africa at a Crossroads: Revisiting the Legacy of Bandung Humanisms
The CSSD working group Bandung Humanisms hosted the conference “China and Africa at a Crossroads: Revisiting the Legacy of Bandung Humanisms.” Read the full blog entry on the conference here and see photos from the day.
China and Africa at a Crossroads: Revisiting the Legacy of Bandung Humanisms
The CSSD working group Bandung Humanisms hosted the conference “China and Africa at a Crossroads: Revisiting the Legacy of Bandung Humanisms.” Read the full blog entry on the conference here and see photos from the day here
David Scott receives Distinguished Editor Prize for "Small Axe: A Caribbean Journal of Criticism"
David Scott, Professor of Anthropology at the Institute for Research in African American Studies, Columbia University, and former co-director of CSSD’s Digital Black Atlantic Project, received the Distinguished Editor prize from the Council of Editors of Learned Journals for his work on Small Axe: A Caribbean Journal of Criticism.
David Scott receives Distinguished Editor Prize for "Small Axe: A Caribbean Journal of Criticism"
David Scott, Professor of Anthropology at the Institute for Research in African American Studies, Columbia University, and former co-director of CSSD’s Digital Black Atlantic Project, received the Distinguished Editor prize from the Council of Editors of Learned Journals for his work on Small Axe: A Caribbean Journal of Criticism.
“Small Axe edited and published under Scott’s vision has become one of most relevant intellectual and creative publications for our current political, social and cultural climate. Small Axe continues to reflect the ‘problem space’ of the contemporary global moment,” said Roshini Kempadoo, lecturer at University of Westminster.
Read more about David Scott’s prize here.
