Category: Department Events
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Conference 2020 | Panel 4 | Violence, Protest and Resistance
Read more: Conference 2020 | Panel 4 | Violence, Protest and ResistanceThe 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…
3–5 minutes
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Conference 2020 | Panel 3 | Violence, Memory and Trauma
Read more: Conference 2020 | Panel 3 | Violence, Memory and TraumaThe 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”.…
5–7 minutes
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Conference 2020 | Lecture – Role of Youth in Ending Violence Against Women and Children
Read more: Conference 2020 | Lecture – Role of Youth in Ending Violence Against Women and ChildrenThe 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.…
3–4 minutes
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Conference 2020 | Panel 2 | Violence and Space
Read more: Conference 2020 | Panel 2 | Violence and SpaceThe second panel was on the theme ‘Violence and Space’ and was moderated by Dr. Solomon J. Benjamin. Unfortunately, the first two presenters were absent due to personal reasons. The third presenter, Mansa’s paper on ‘Mapping Space and Gender in Nihal Vihar: Young Women’s Aspirations and Experiences of Violence in the Lower Middle Class Neighbourhood…
2–4 minutes
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Conference 2020 | Keynote Lecture | Everyday Violence and Ethical Loneliness
Read more: Conference 2020 | Keynote Lecture | Everyday Violence and Ethical LonelinessThe keynote lecture on the second day of the DoHSS Conference 2020 was delivered by Dr. Mahuya Bandyopadhyay, titled “Everyday Violence and ‘Ethical Loneliness’: Narratives from Prison”. The speaker used two main narratives recollected by prison inmates as punctums (a concept borrowed from Roland Barthes’ Camera Lucida) to explore the various kinds of violence experienced…
4–6 minutes
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Conference 2020 | Panel 1 | Violence, Subjectivity and Marginality
Read more: Conference 2020 | Panel 1 | Violence, Subjectivity and MarginalityPanel 1 of the Conference was moderated by Professor Kalpana. Of the three speakers, only one was able to present her paper as the other two were unable to make it to the conference – Sulthana Nasrin, a Masters student of EFLU. Sulthana’s paper was titled “Reflections on Death as an Ability: Questioning the ‘Body’,…
3–5 minutes
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Conference 2020 | Children’s Books as Change Agents | Lecture by Ms. Praba Ram
Read more: Conference 2020 | Children’s Books as Change Agents | Lecture by Ms. Praba RamThe second lecture of the DoHSS Conference was by storyteller and founder of Saffron Tree, Ms Praba Ram. Her creation, Saffron Tree, is a blog known for reviewing and listing new and diverse forms of children’s literature. In her lecture on Children’s Books as Change Agents, she focused on the need for diversity in children’s…
3–4 minutes
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Conference 2020 | The Geopolitical Matrix of Violence | Lecture by Dr. Mayilvaganan
Read more: Conference 2020 | The Geopolitical Matrix of Violence | Lecture by Dr. MayilvagananThe Annual Academic Conference of the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences was kickstarted by a series of talks on various topics by renowned researchers as well as representatives from the main sponsor of the event, the International Justice Mission. The first talk by a guest speaker was on ‘The Geopolitical Matrix of Violence’, by…
3–4 minutes
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Conference 2020 | Inaugural Ceremony
Read more: Conference 2020 | Inaugural CeremonyThe 9th Annual Academic Conference organized by the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Madras, was held from January 23, 2020-January 25, 2020. The theme of the Conference was ‘Rethinking Violence’. Across three days, nine panels and six lectures were held on various subjects such as gender and sexuality, literature, language, history, disability, memory,…
3–5 minutes
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Annual Academic Conference 2020 | Katha Storytelling Workshop
Read more: Annual Academic Conference 2020 | Katha Storytelling WorkshopThe Annual Academic Conference of the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences kicked off with the first pre-conference event on 25th October. After the customary tea and snacks, the students gathered at HSB357 for the Storytelling workshop by Deepa Kiran. The welcome address was delivered by Gayathri, the events head, who introduced the speaker of…
6–10 minutes
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