Bay of Blood (Documentary Screening & Discussion)
Join the CUNY Law South Asia Law Student Association for a screening and discussion of the documentary, Bay of Blood (2023), directed by Krishnendu Bose.
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Maneuvering Mixedness: Interpreting Dougla in the Caribbean Diaspora
The Dougla experience in Caribbean spaces and the diaspora provides an epistemology of mixedness, particularly as situated within an Indian/ African binary. Prof. Aleah N. Ranjitsingh centers maneuvering as a descriptive and explanatory tool that summarizes how Douglas contemplate their experience of mixedness outside of Caribbean homeland spaces—maneuvering defaults (Blackness), maneuvering ambiguity, and maneuvering privilege.
Anandibai Joshee and the Insurgence of International Students
This presentation focuses on the writings and performances of Dr. Anandibai Joshee, who graduated from the Woman’s Medical College of Pennsylvania in 1886 and became the first Indian woman to gain a degree in medicine. Param Ajmera investigates how Anandibai used the influence provided by her university to develop relationships with the American feminist movement to gain support for the social and economic upliftment of women in India.
From ‘Women on the Loose’ to ‘Women in the Lead’: Indian Nurses Navigate the International Division of Nursing Labor
How is nursing tied to histories of capitalist imperialism in India and the United States? How was it divided by gender, race, class, caste, sexuality, region and religion? How do we find the stories of marginalized women workers in the archives? What happens when we ask Indian nurses about their own life stories? A talk that traces the shifting positions of Indian nurses within an international division of nursing labor, and connects the colonization of the Indian subcontinent, the racial apartheid of the Jim and Jane Crow United States, the construction of Cold War neocolonialism, and the last major overhaul of U.S. immigration law over fifty years ago.
Navigating Model Minority Stereotypes: Asian Indian Youth in South Asian Diaspora
Though Asian Indians are typically thought of as a “model minority”, not much is known about the school experiences of their children. Positive stereotyping of these immigrants and their children often masks educational needs and issues, creates class divides within the Indian-American community, and triggers stress for many Asian Indian students. In her new book, … Read more
Accomplished Dancer to be City’s First Female Indian-American JudgeVoices of NY
Poised to become the city’s first female judge of South Asian descent, Staten Island assistant district attorney Raja Rajeswari is also an accomplished dancer of Bharatnatyam and Kucchipudi, reports Desi Talk. Source: Accomplished Dancer to be City’s First Female Indian-American JudgeVoices of NY