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CES, SLL&CS organises a 2 day National Conference on Dalit Studies in India

CES, SLL&CS organises a 2 day National Conference on Dalit Studies in India

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Event From Date: Thursday, 7 March 2019

Event End Date: Friday, 8 March 2019

Event Title: CES, SLL&CS organises a 2 day National Conference on Dalit Studies in India

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National Conference on

DALIT STUDIES IN INDIA

 

Organised by UGC-SAP (DSA-I), Centre for English Studies, 

Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.

 

March 7-8, 2019

 

Venue: Committee Hall, Convention Centre, Jawaharlal Nehru University

 

Day 1: March 7, 2019

 

10.00 am to 10:15 am: Registration and Tea

 

10:15 am to 10:30 am:   Inaugural Session 

 

Welcome: Saugata Bhaduri, Co-ordinator, UGC-SAP, CES, JNU& Dhananjay Singh, Chairperson, CES & Milind Awad, CES, JNU & Co-ordinator of the Conference.

 

10:30 am to 1:00 pm:    Session - I

 

Chair and Moderator: Saugata Bhaduri

 

Jerry Pinto (Poet, Author & Translator) “Translating lives: Dalit lives in English sounds.”

 

Akash Singh Rathod (Professor & Author) “Ambedkar and Autobiography.”

 

S. Anand (Publisher and Director at Navayana Publishing) “The Kabir Ambedkar Buddha Matrix and the non-autobiographical mode of arriving at a universal truth and not valorizing the self-limiting experimental mode of knowledge.”    

 

Ajay Gudavarthy: (JNU, New Delhi) Dalit Politics: Some Challenges Ahead

 

 

1:00 pm to 2:00pm: Lunch

 

 

2:00 pm to 4:00 pm: Session - II

 

Chair and Moderator: N. Sukumar

 

Soumyabrata Choudhury (JNU, New Delhi) “Dalit: a new common emotion”

 

Shamuel Tharu (JNU, New Delhi) “Caste and National Interest.”

 

Dickens Leonard (University of Hyderabad) “Anti-Caste Exscription: Three Critical Moments in Ambedkar.”

 

Jadumani Mahanand, ( JNU, New Delhi) “Representation Without Recognition: A Dalit Case.” 

 

 

4:00 pm to 4:15 pm: TEA 

 

 

4:15 pm to 6:15 pm:    Session – III 

 

Chair and Moderator: Suresh Babu G.S (ZHCES/SSS, JNU)  

 

Pramod Kumar (IGNOU, New Delhi) “Outside “in” the Academy: Comparative Perspectives of exclusion in African and Indian Dalit students on Campuses.” 

 

Suresh Gaikwad (JNU, New Delhi) "Dalitization of Pedagogy.”

 

Sayan Chaudhuri (JNU, New Delhi) “Between belief and embodiment: A critique

of ‘good intentions’ in English Studies pedagogy.”  

 

Anup Hiwrale (ISEC, Benguluru) “Historical Narratives of Dalit Studies in India.”   

 

 

Day 2: March 8, 2019

 

 

09:45 am to 10: 00 am: Tea

 

 

10:00 am to 11:30 am:    Session – IV 

 

Chair and Moderator: Pradeep Shinde (CIS &LS/SSS, JNU)

 

C V Babu (Zakir Hussain College, University of Delhi) “Metaphysics of discrimination: Deconstructive Indian Perspective.” 

 

Rajesh Kumar (Motilal Nehru College (E), Delhi University) “Articulating ‘an ungrounded language’: Emerging Discourse on “refrain from using the nomenclature ‘Dalit’ in India.” 

 

Joshil Abhram (Independent Researcher & Author) “What is there in a name, why are they afraid of DALIT.”

 

 

11:30 am to 11:45 am: Tea

 

 

11:45 am to 01:30 pm:    Session – V 

 

Chair and Moderator: Dhananjay Singh (CES/SLL&CS, JNU) 

 

Ayesha Irfan, (Dyal Singh College, University of Delhi) “Dalit and African American voices in the autobiographical narratives.”

 

Narendra Kumar (Ram Lal Anand College, New Delhi) “Marxist Romance and Dalit Involvement: A Reflection on Punjabi Dalit Autobiographies.” 

 

Reha Keer (Guru Govind Singh Indraprastha University, Dwarka) “Dalit feminism in Dalit women autobiographies.”   

Sruti M D (Ambedkar University, New Delhi) “ Proposition Towards Second Generation Dalit Life-Narratives.”

 

1:30 pm to 2:30 pm: Lunch

 

 

2:30 pm to 4:30 pm:    Session - VI

 

Chair and Moderator:  Harish Wankhade (CPS/SSS, JNU)

 

Rahul Dev (Art History and German at National Museum Institute, New Delhi) “Framing Affect: Visual Representation of Dalits.”

 

Somnath Waghmare (Film Maker) “Caste and Cultural Politics in Contemporary Marathi Cinema.” 

 

Naresh Suna (JNU, New Delhi) “Images of Resistance: the Rohith Vemula Movement.” a Pro. PhD student in Visual Studies, School of Arts and Aesthetics, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. 

 

Purnachandra Naik (JNU, New Delhi) “The Unrequited Dalit Paramour: Caste, Adolescence and Contestations in Fandry.”

 

4:30 pm to 4:45 pm: Tea

 

 

4:45 pm to 6:15 pm:    Session - VII

 

Chair and Moderator: Navneetha Mokkil (CWS/SSS, JNU)

 

Komal Rajak (University of Delhi) “Scrutinizing the Feminist Epistemology in Ambedkarian Paradigm: A study of Hindu Code Bill.”

 

Sunaina Arya (JNU, New Delhi) “A Philosophical Critique of Indian Feminism: A Dalit Perspective.”

 

Prathibha (Sharda University) “Dalit Community as Subject/ Object: Paradoxes and Projections.”

 

 

Conference Dinner: 7 PM – 9 PM at faculty Club, JNU

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