American Caste

2950 Broadway,New York NY 10027

16 April, 2023

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This Dalit History Month, join us as we commemorate Babasaheb Ambedkar's lifelong commitment to the transformative power of education for remaking social ethics and democratic life through a focus on American Caste. Our convening addresses the recent movement to focalize the experiences of caste oppressed persons in the South Asian diaspora and the social movements that have arisen to address caste equality, respect, and mutuality in its wake. AMERICAN CASTE Sunday, April 16 10AM- 2:30PM 1. THE POLITICS OF REDRESS (10AM—11:45AM) Caste discrimination in the context of comparative constitutionalism, affirmative action, and political strategy around caste in the South Asian diaspora. SPEAKERS Guha Krishnamurti (Associate Professor, University of Oklahoma) Thenmozhi Soundararajan (Executive Director, Equality Labs) Asang Wankhede (DPhil Scholar, University of Oxford) Prem Pariyar (Activist and Organizer) MODERATORS Suryakant Waghmore (Professor, IIT-Mumbai) Sonja Thomas (Associate Professor, Colby College) 2. THE UNIVERSITY AND ITS EXCLUSIONS (NOON—2:00PM) The University as social form, mass intellectuality, the experiences of caste and the politics of knowledge formation across South Asia. SPEAKERS Yashica Dutt (Author, Coming Out as Dalit) Benson Neethipudi (Public Policy Expert) Vikas Tatad (Senator, Teacher's College) Vishal Thakare (Scholar, University of Texas) MODERATORS Sumit Baudh (Fulbright Nehru Visiting Chair, Emory University) Gaurav Pathania (Assistant Professor, EMU, Virginia)