KINDOWS International Seminar ‘Empowerment and Populism: Power, Politics and Representation in Contemporary India’
Co-organizers
- JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)‘ Re-conceptualizing Rivers in South Asia as Histories of the Biological Pulse’ (KAKENHI No.20K12319)
- Center for Indian Ocean World Studies, Kyoto University (KINDOWS)
Date & Time: Tuesday October 3rd 17:00-18:30
Venue: Large Meeting Room, Fourth Floor (AA447), Research Building No.2, Yoshida Main Campus, Kyoto University
Program
17:00-17:05 Chair: Rohan D’Souza (ASAFAS, Kyoto University)
“Representing Empowerment: Women in Indian Cinema and Writing Contemporary History”
“Navigating the Complexity of ‘the People’ in Hindutva Populism: A Case Study of Jharkhand, (India)”
Questions and Answers
Dr Jyoti Atwal is Associate Professor of Modern Indian History at the Centre for Historical Studies, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India & Visiting Professor (2022-2027) at UCD School of History, University College Dublin, Ireland. She was also Adjunct Professor at University of Limerick (2017-2022).
She specialises in modern Indian history with a focus on gender and socio-political history. Her area of interest includes Irish history with special focus ontransnational anti-imperial movements and gender. She has published on themes ranging from the transnational movements and World Wars to widowhood, child marriage, gender-based violence, caste and cinema.
Kunal Nath Shahdeo is a researcher and scholar specializing in Sociology, with a strong emphasis on ethnographic research. Currently pursuing a PhD in Sociology at the Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai, his research focuses on understanding the dynamics of socio- political change in Jharkhand, a state with substantial Adivasi (indigenous groups) population. His project specifically explores the growth of Hindu nationalist politics in theregion. Kunal’s research interests span various sociological themes such as indigeneity in India, state and democracy, urban sociology, sociology of sports, and migration studies. He has presented his research at national and international conferences, participated in research workshops, and has been actively involved in public sociology through his contributions toonline platforms and magazines, including The New Leam, Focus Magazine, The Wire, The Quint, and Outlook.