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South Asia by the Bay: Graduate Conference 2014, UC Santa Cruz, May 2-3, 2014
Image by Sheba Chhachhi. A full program awaited attendees of this year’s graduate conference, organized annually by South Asia by the Bay, a consortium of California Universities (UC Santa Cruz, UC Berkeley, UC Davis and Stanford. The two days of stimulating panels featured graduate students from many locations in Canada and the US as well as one from the UK and two from India. Panels had been expertly grou ped by organizer Anjali Arondekar, and memorable keynote addresses were given by UC Santa Barbara Pr
The first day treated the audience to subjects as diverse as the art of Zarina Hasmi (particularly her woodcut Divided Line ), paternal familial sovereignty in 19th century India, and a deconstructive history of the colonial Indian jails that housed women. The second day showcased many essays including ones on the female renunciant in exile, the search for the disappeared in Kashmir, and the militarization of the India-Bangladesh border. This last essay, presented by Sahana Ghosh of Yale University describe
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