Anjali Arondekar Workshop – Educate, Agitate, Organize: Trans/Queer/Caste
Dr. Anjali Arondekar
WHEN & WHERE
Tuesday, September 17, 1:00pm-3:00pm
Buchanan Tower 323
Please RSVP below in advance.
Light refreshments will be provided
Can an anti-caste movement politics found trans/queer histories? Using the framework of caste abolition and queer/trans legal struggles in South Asia, our workshop will offer some potential pathways for radical trans/queer/caste futurities.
Two (rather ambitious!) questions will animate our gathering:
- How has the escalation of authoritarianism and religious violence in South Asia impacted queer/trans/caste projects of dissent?
- What do trans/queer/caste movements teach us about navigating crisis amidst a climate of constant conflict?
Arondekar is currently working on a third project, tentatively entitled, Oceanic Sex: Archives of Caste and Indenture, that couples the archival forms of indenture with the oceanic voyages of caste and sexuality.
This event is presented by the Queer and Trans Anti-Fascisms Research Cluster, funded by the Public Humanities Hub.
Co-sponsors: Department of Asian Studies, Centre for Migration Studies, Centre for Climate Justice, Department of Geography, Department of English Language & Literatures, and the Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality & Social Justice.