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Oct 23, 2023

Resisting Exclusion: Women’s Defense of Democracy in India

Please join us for the 2023 Alice Cook-Lois Gray Distinguished Lecture. Our honored speaker is Amrita Basu, Amherst College's Domenic J. Paino 1955 Professor of Political Science, and Sexuality, Women's and Gender Studies.

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Date & Time

Oct 23, 2023
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
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Location

423 King-Shaw Hall
140 Garden Avenue
Ithaca, NY 14853
United States

Overview

We hear many stories about Muslim women’s subservience as a result of victimization by Muslim men. Less common are stories of Muslim women’s resistance as a result of exclusionary state policies. This talk on Muslim women in Shaheen Bagh, New Delhi, in 2019 tells a story about how marginalization can inspire demands for inclusive, secular, democratic citizenship rights.

This event is geared toward an in-person audience, so we strongly prefer you join us on our Ithaca campus. If this is not possible, Zoom information will be included in the registration confirmation email.

This lecture is co-sponsored by: Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, The Center for the Study of Inequality, The Cornell Center for the Social Sciences, The Cornell Population Center, The Brooks School of Public Policy and the South Asia Program.

Honored Speaker

Amrita Basu

Amrita Basu

Domenic J. Paino 1955 Professor of Political Science, and Sexuality, Women's and Gender Studies

Political Science, Sexuality, Women’s and Gender Studies, Asian Languages and Civilizations and Black Studies at Amherst College

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The Distinguished Lecture In Honor of Alice Cook & Lois Gray
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