Remembering Dr. Gail Omvedt: An Early Voice of the Voiceless | WEBINAR

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When:
September 1, 2021 @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm Asia/Kolkata Timezone
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Remembering Dr Gail Omvedt: An Early Voice of the Voiceless

Jointly organized by The Department of History, Tetso College, Dimapur and The Department of History, Assam University, Diphu Campus

Date: Wednesday, 1st September 2021
Time: 3:00 – 5:00 pm
Meet link: https://meet.google.com/utj-tfma-vnq

Chairperson

Dr Vulli Dhanaraju
Assistant Professor, Department of History, Assam University, Diphu Campus

Order of the Programme

  • Commemoration                : Prof. Sivasish Biswas
    Pro-Vice Chancellor, Assam University, Diphu Campus

: Dr. Paul B. Chonzik
Head, Department of History, Assam University, Diphu Campus

: Dr. Tatongkala Ao
Head, Department of History, Tetso College

  • Tributes                                : Prof G. Aloysius
    Noted Sociologist

: Chittibabu Padavala
Dalit Marxist Scholar, IIT Mumbai

  • Concluding Remarks          : Dr K Deepanjan
    Assistant Professor, Department of History, Tetso College

Brief bio about the speakers:

Prof G. Aloysius
A renowned scholar in the field of sociology and history. He is known across the world for his quite influential book,  Nationalism Without A Nation in India (1997) published through Oxford University Press, New Delhi (13th reprint in 2011). Apart from this book he has published several booklets through Critical Quest, articles in national and international journals of repute on sociological aspects of Indian nationalism, cultural politics of caste, anti-caste movements in south India, the question of tribal identity and autonomy. Besides this, he was a visiting professor in various universities such as Delhi University, University of Heidelberg, University of Hyderabad, Jamia Millia Islamia, EFLU (Hyderabad), and also a recipient of various academic fellowships in India and abroad.

Chittibabu Padavala
A well-known Dalit Marxist scholar. He has written several articles, editorials, and critical reviews for various journals like EPW and national dailies. He was a recipient of DAAD visiting fellowship in the Centre for Modern Indian Studies (CeMIS), Göttingen University, Germany for his research work. He is currently working on his research entitled, “The Holocaust and the Social Sciences” from IIT Mumbai.