{"id":541,"date":"2019-09-30T16:03:42","date_gmt":"2019-09-30T20:03:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/southasiaatub\/?p=541"},"modified":"2019-10-03T09:46:22","modified_gmt":"2019-10-03T13:46:22","slug":"rustgi-undergraduate-conference-on-south-asia-featuring-keynote-speaker-suraj-yengde-nov-2-2019-university-at-buffalo-suny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/southasiaatub\/2019\/09\/30\/rustgi-undergraduate-conference-on-south-asia-featuring-keynote-speaker-suraj-yengde-nov-2-2019-university-at-buffalo-suny\/","title":{"rendered":"Rustgi Undergraduate Conference on South Asia featuring keynote speaker Suraj Yengde (Nov. 2, 2019; University at Buffalo, SUNY)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\">Exploring Culture, Climate, and Connections<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">November 2nd, 8:30AM \u2013 6PM<br>Capen 107, University at Buffalo, North Campus<br>Free and open to the public.&nbsp;<strong>Registration is required.<\/strong><br>Register at:&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2019rustgi\">bit.ly\/2019rustgi<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p>Join fellow scholars and distinguished faculty from around the world for the 2nd annual Rustgi Conference on South Asia.&nbsp;Featuring keynote speaker&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.harvard.edu\/surajyengde\/about\">Suraj Yengde<\/a>, renowned scholar and activist from Harvard University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>This conference is made possible by a generous gift from Anil and Vinod Rustgi and their family, the University at Buffalo Asian Studies Program, Department of English, Department of History, Department of Comparative Literature, Department of Linguistics, Department of Anthropology, Department of Sociology, and Community for Global Health Equity.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p>Click here for the <a href=\"http:\/\/j.mp\/rustgiprogram2019\">Online Conference Program<\/a><br><strong>Opening Remarks<\/strong>&nbsp; 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&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;              11.55-1.00P<br>Panel 3: Systematic Discrimination&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;     &nbsp; 1.00-2.40P<\/strong><br>Chair: Dr. Shaanta Murshid (University at Buffalo)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Oishika Neogi (Symbiosis School for Liberal Arts), \u201cGlobal to Grassroots Transformations: &nbsp;The effect of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) on Muslim Women in Bangladesh and India.\u201d<\/li><li>Jordan Pilant (Yale University), \u201cSex Work in Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan: De Jure and De Facto.\u201d<\/li><li>Rachel Alexander (University of Virginia), \u201cMental Healthcare Delivery in Bangladesh: A System Which Forgets its Women.\u201d<\/li><li>Sarah Ahmad (Northwestern University), \u201cLibraries, Partition, and the \u201cAhmadi Issue\u201d: the intellectual development of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community.&#8221;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Coffee Break&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;         2.40-2.55P<br>Panel 4: Colonialism and Identity&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;      &nbsp;2.55-4.10P<\/strong><br>Chair: Dr. Peter Samuels (SUNY Geneseo)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Peter Diamond (Brandeis University), \u201cQueer Citizenship, Caste, and the Literary Public Sphere in Contemporary India.\u201d<\/li><li>Araxie Mehrotra (Ithaca College), \u201cLove, Life, Marriage, Troubles, Alone: The Struggle for Indian Identity in Guyana.\u201d<\/li><li>Rory Green (Newcastle University), \u201cThe Colonial Ghost Haunting Myanmar: The Rohingya Crisis in Historical Context.\u201d<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Keynote &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;          &nbsp;4.10P<\/strong><br>Suraj Yengde (Harvard University),&nbsp;\u201cGlobal Impacts on Caste and Racism\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Exploring Culture, Climate, and Connections November 2nd, 8:30AM \u2013 6PMCapen 107, University at Buffalo, North CampusFree and open to the public.&nbsp;Registration is required.Register at:&nbsp;bit.ly\/2019rustgi Join fellow scholars and distinguished faculty &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/southasiaatub\/2019\/09\/30\/rustgi-undergraduate-conference-on-south-asia-featuring-keynote-speaker-suraj-yengde-nov-2-2019-university-at-buffalo-suny\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Rustgi Undergraduate Conference on South Asia featuring keynote speaker Suraj Yengde (Nov. 2, 2019; 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