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Mini Conference: South Asian American Invisibility

April 28, 2023 at 10:00am – 4:00pm

Virtual (See event details)

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Organized by Professors Prema Kurien (Syracuse University) and Nazli Kibria (Boston University), this timely full day virtual mini-conference approaches the issue of invisibility among South Asian Americans through themes such as boundaries, queerness, gender, race, class, transnationalism, immigration, and religion.  The virtual mini-conference also features a professional mentorship panel on navigating academia along with several informal opportunities for participants to discuss shared concerns.

Panel 1: 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM

Intersections of Religion and Race among South Asian Americans

Shruti Devgan “Between You and Me: Religious Identity and Boundary-Making/Breaking Between Researchers and Participants.” 

Manu Multani (co-authors Karmine Kaur, Manmit Singh, Prabhdeep Singh Kehal, Sukhmony Brar), “(Re)thinking through Duality: Researcher Reflections of Creating while Participating in a Sikh LGBTQIA+ Archive.” 

Debadatta Chakraborty “Hindutva and Hinduphobia: Transnational authoritarianism, gendered-racialized youth mobilization and nationalist politics of the Indian diaspora in the US.”

Respondent: 

Prema Kurien (Syracuse University)

12:00 PM – 12:30 PM 

Informal Conversation Time

Panel 2: 12:30PM -2:00 PM  

Navigating Academia as a South Asian American (Mentoring Panel)

Ali Chaudhary (Rutgers University), 

Jyoti Puri (Simmons University), 

Arun Hendi (Princeton University)

Ranita Ray (University of New Mexico), 

Moderator: 

Bandana Purkayastha (University of Connecticut)

2:00 PM – 2:30 PM 

Informal Conversation time

Panel 3: 2:30 PM – 4:00 PM 

Intersections of Race and Religion among South Asian Americans

Diditi Mitra “Sikh immigrant identity: at the intersection of race, religion and socioeconomic location.”

Maheen Haider “From 9/11 to Travel Bans: The High-Skilled and Religiously Problematic Muslims.”

Respondent: 

Pallavi Banerjee (University of Calgary)

This event was first published on April 12, 2023 and last updated on April 14, 2023.

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