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I am delighted to share my article, The Odour of Segregation, where I explore how odours associated with the spatial boundaries of caste ghettos act as a powerful mechanism for reproducing caste boundaries.
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Join us on October 26 for a fascinating book talk, with author @UjithraP and @ShannonKPhilip, on ‘Becoming Agarwal: The Manufacture of a Close-Knit Mercantile Caste’. In-person session, in the Sociology Boardroom, Cambridge, with @CRASSHlive, @CamSociology @JusmeetS
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Cambridge Inequality Lab @CRASSHlive kicks off its inaugural session on Oct 8, with the first of two research labs on Mapping the Elites: methods, new data, caste and class feat @jaffrelotc, @GillesVerniers & @NaimBroKhomasi. Register to attend in person: crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/5239…
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Not a bad time to point out that plagiarism is not taken seriously by universities at any level or by any ethnicity b/c they are shit scared of litigation. As a head examiner, I once documented an open and shut case. It was sent to a, yes, vicar who just shrugged & dropped it.
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Join us for our second seminar of the term on Caste and the Limits of Mobility on 11 March, 1-3 pm GMT, with Ajantha Subramanian, Divya Vaid and Priyanka Kotamraju, @JusmeetS, @CamSociology. Register here:
cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/webinar/re…
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New year, new session! Caste as Practice network’s next one on Caste and Democracy: What the data reveal, featuring Lucia Michelutti, @GillesVerniers & Pavithra Suryanarayan. Happening Jan 28, 12-2 pm UK time. Register here: cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/webinar/re… @CamSociology @JusmeetS
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Our speakers include: Trina Vithayathil, Christophe Guilmoto, @_YogendraYadav, and @JusmeetS. If you would like more information about the "Caste as Practice" research network, you can find it via this link: research.sociology.cam.ac.uk…
Do register to join for our Hybrid Webinar tomorrow! Please come to listen to @_YogendraYadav in person in the Sociology Seminar Room!
Happening tomorrow at 4-6 pm UK time: Caste Census panel with Trina Vithayathil, Christophe Guilmoto and @_YogendraYadav. With @JusmeetS and @CamSociology. Register today: cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/webinar/re….
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🌷 In what ways do scents shape our imagination, and how can we imagine the smellscapes of the past?
Join us on 4 June for ‘Scent and Imagination’, a multidisciplinary symposium involving academic, artistic and practical activities
crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/4556…
ALT Scents and imagination symposium, 4 June 2025.
Excited to speak at Stanford University's Center for South Asia on May 28 at 12 PM Pacific Time/BST 8 PM/IST 12:30 AM (next day). Please register to receive the zoom link.
southasia.stanford.edu/event…
@CamSociology @readingambedkar
#caste #segregation #urban #inequalities
Recorded sessions from the Caste as Practice research network are now live on CRASSH's YouTube channel youtube.com/playlist?list=PL…. A huge thank you to our incredible speakers for their insights and contributions:
Susan Bayly
@jaffrelotc
@manuelaciotti
@MeeraJatav
@rup_ode
Eduardo Bonilla-Silva
Hugo Gorringe
@GopalGuru10
Srilata Sircar
Bhawani Buswala
Jon Keune
Ananya Vajpeyi
Ankur Barua
Joel Robbins
Joel Lee
@ssjodhka
@desai_manali
Shannon Philip
Priyanka Kotamraju
@DamniKain
@vishalwrites
@readingambedkar
@CRASSHlive
@CamSociology
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Watch @brantfilm1 at Cambridge.
Excited to be screening ‘B R Ambedkar Now and Then’ @brantfilm1 on 7 May, 1pm GMT, followed by a discussion with @jyotinisha. In-person event only, details here: crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/4653… with @DamniKain @CRASSHlive @CamSociology @JusmeetS @desai_manali
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Excited to be screening ‘B R Ambedkar Now and Then’ @brantfilm1 on 7 May, 1pm GMT, followed by a discussion with @jyotinisha. In-person event only, details here: crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/4653… with @DamniKain @CRASSHlive @CamSociology @JusmeetS @desai_manali
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Caste as Practice is hosting a screening of ‘B R Ambedkar Now and Then’ on May 7, 1pm GMT, followed by a discussion with @jyotinisha,
@DamniKain & Priyanka K. More here: crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/4653… (in-person only)
@CRASSHlive @CamSociology @JusmeetS @desai_manali @vishalwrites
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2025 CALL FOR APPLICATIONS:
USF International Fellowships grant funding!
📢 Deadline: 16/07/25.
This fully-funded program offers 3-9 month sabbatical research visits for urban scholars from the Global South. Read more & apply here: ow.ly/AYfn50R8oou
ALT USF International Fellowships 2025 (deadline 16th July 2025)
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Early Career Research Grant Scheme (£ 10,000) provided by the Regional Studies Association. Apply by 12th May 2025. regionalstudies.org/funding/… #urban #sociology
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I am most grateful to Ruma Mukherjee for having translated by biography of Dr. Ambedkar in Bengali. We’ll release it on Dr. Ambedkar Jayanti, next Monday!
@CERI_SciencesPo @sciencespo @ScPoResearch @KingsIndiaInst @CarnegieIndia @CarnegieSAsia @ambedkariteIND @ambedkar_center
