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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