Article 19

Category: Conference 2020

  • Conference 2020 | Panel 9 | Violence and Language

    The ninth and final panel of the Conference was on Violence and Language, moderated by Prof. Rajesh Kumar. With three speakers from across the country, it covered topics of semantic, linguistic and emotional violence. The first panelist was Afrida Aainun Murshida from Sikkim University, who presented her paper on ‘Linguistic Violence in Salman Rushdie’s Shalimar Read More

    3–4 minutes

  • Conference 2020 | Lecture by Prof. K. Chockalingam

    On Saturday, 25 January 2020, the last keynote lecture of this year’s Annual Academic Conference was delivered by Professor K. Chockalingam, Chairperson- Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development. He began by stating that his lecture will provide insights on violence from the perspectives of criminology and victimology. He defined criminology as a scientific angle Read More

    4–7 minutes

  • Conference 2020 | Panel 8 | Violence, Children and Childhood

    The 8th panel of this year’s annual conference was titled “Violence, Children and Childhood”. The panel was moderated by Dr. Hemachandran Karah. There were two panelists, Ms. Sana Thasneem VA from the University of Calicut and Ms. Mary Theresa K. from Pondicherry University. Dr. Hemachandran opened the session with a note on the varied forms Read More

    2–4 minutes

  • Conference 2020 | Panel 7 | Violence and Literature

    The 7th panel of the conference was titled Violence and Literature, and was moderated by Dr. Divya. The first speaker, Baishali, began by referring to Elaine Scarry’s The Body in Pain. She described how experiencing physical pain leads to the destruction of language, since language becomes inadequate to communicate or express the reality of that Read More

    4–6 minutes

  • Conference 2020 | Keynote Lecture | Women and the Partition: Rethinking Violence

    The second Keynote Lecture of the Conference was given by Dr. Paulomi Chakraborty, on the topic of Women and the Partition. Dr Chakraborty explained how the partition was a time of population transfers and migration, both on the east and west of India, but what was common on both sides was the rampant violence against Read More

    4–6 minutes

  • Conference 2020 | Panel 6 | Colonial/Historical Violence

    The sixth panel of the Conference was titled “Colonial/Historical Violence” and was moderated by Dr Arvind Sivaramakrishnan. The first presentation, ‘Paper Citizens of South Asia: Delineating “Violence” in the Identification Regimes of Post-colonial India and East Pakistan’, was presented by Jigme Wangdi of Jawaharlal Nehru University. The paper examined the documentary practices of India and Read More

    4–6 minutes

  • Conference 2020 | Panel 5 | Gender, Sexuality and Violence

    The fifth panel of the conference was titled “Gender, Sexuality and Violence, and was moderated by Prof. Binitha Thampi. The session started off with Priyam Sinha investigating the representation of disability in Bollywood cinema, not just how it is, but how it was and how it has changed over the years. She used a methodology Read More

    4–7 minutes

  • Conference 2020 | Panel 4 | Violence, Protest and Resistance

    The fourth panel featured the speakers Bushra Punjabi, Ivy Roy Sarkar, and Ruth Susan Mathew, and moderated by Santosh R. The speakers all spoke about a similar form of protest against the state which came from unconventional positions. As the state clamped down on regular forms of protest against laws, especially in Kashmir which was Read More

    3–5 minutes

  • Conference 2020 | Panel 3 | Violence, Memory and Trauma

    The third panel of the Annual DoHSS Conference 2020 was titled “Violence, Memory and Trauma”, and was moderated by Dr. Avishek Parui. Dr. Parui began by introducing the presenters of this panel – Jasmine Sharma, Nirmala Raja Cynthia, and Anshu Saluja. The first paper was titled “Exploring Techno-archival Violence in Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale”. Read More

    5–7 minutes

  • Conference 2020 | Lecture – Role of Youth in Ending Violence Against Women and Children

    The session hosted Dr M Devasitham, the Associate Director of Strategic Development at International Justice Mission, Chennai and Dr P M Nair, a UN recognised expert on human trafficking, from IJM. After the welcome address, the session began with Mr Devasitham, who talked of the hidden violence that many victims of trafficking are inflicted with. Read More

    3–4 minutes