Religion,Violence, Nation: A Cross-Regional Conversation
Thursday, March 3 / 4:30 PM / Oakes Mural Room

GYANENDRA PANDEY Anthropology, Johns Hopkins University
Dalits, Hindus and Buddhists

Respondent: CHARLES HIRSCHKIND Anthropology, UC Berkeley

Moderator: ANJALI ARONDEKAR Women’s Studies, UC Santa Cruz

This event explores sectarian violence in and around South Asia as a globally significant problem. Professor Gyanendra Pandey will initiate this cross-regional conversation about the political importance of religion with a discussion of the Dalit question in India. Professor Charles Hirschkind will provide some reflections on the practical and theoretical questions these issues engender. This event will facilitate conversations on religion as it relates to group formation, geopolitics, and power.

Sponsored by the Religion and Culture Research Cluster, with cosponsorship from the Anthropology Department, the Center for Justice, Tolerance, and Community, the Literature Department and the Department of Women’s Studies

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