Centre for Migration and Mobility Studies

Hello Everyone!
The Center for Migration and Mobility Studies is back and is happy to invite you to its first Doctoral Seminar on 24th March.

Time- 6:30pm to 8pm IST

We will have Paresh Hate (doctoral scholar, Center for Comparative Politics and Political Theory, JNU) discuss his PhD research on “State regulation and the figure of the ‘Bangladeshi Infiltrator’: a study of immigration law in India”, and Prof Salah Punathil (Center for Regional Studies, University of Hyderabad) acting as a discussant.

Zoom Link- https://zoom.us/j/95730539246

Our Paper Sugandha Nagpal on media representations of South Asian and Punjabi Canadians during the pandemic, published in Studies in Social Justice Brock University. We point out some interesting forms of discursive resistance that emerge in response to the culturalist explanations of high Covid numbers in South Asian communities

https://journals.library.brocku.ca/index.php/SSJ/article/view/3471?fbclid=IwAR3TyI0mMvmJBQY96KNt2FCzHG9V8b8sZB9H37kgU5a4xWcGolhEoX1aKro

Unravelling Discourses on COVID-19, South Asians and Punjabi Canadians | Studies in Social Justice Unravelling Discourses on COVID-19, South Asians and Punjabi Canadians Authors Tania Das Gupta York University https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6147-2517 Sugandha Nagpal https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3542-2935 DOI: https://doi.org/10.26522/ssj.v16i1.3471 Abstract This article uses critical discourse analys...

We are pleased to invite you to the third guest lecture from our Fall ’21 Seminar Series to be held on 18th November 2021 at 6:30 PM. We look forward to seeing you there.
Meeting link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83124101640
Password:- JGU

We are pleased to invite you to the second guest lecture from our Fall 21 seminar series. Please find below the details of the same. We look forward to your presence.

Date: 21st October 2021
Time: 6:30 PM-8 PM
Meeting link:- https://lnkd.in/giErtHX4
Password: JGU

The first lecture from the Fall '21 seminar series was an interactive and enriching session. We would like to extend our thanks to Dr Reena Kukreja for sharing her insights and anecdotes with us. Thank you to the students and the scholars who joined us and added varied perspectives to the conversation.

We are pleased to invite you to the first guest lecture from our Fall 21 seminar series. Join us for a riveting session on 'Undocumented male migrants in Greece' with Dr Reena Kukreja, convened by Professor Christine Moliner.

Date: 30th September 2021
Time: 6:30 pm to 8 pm
Link - https://lnkd.in/e-DX8rP2
Password - JGU

Jindal School of International Affairs O.P. Jindal Global University

You can catch Dr. Sugandha Nagpal's talk at the Canada India Research Centre for Learning and Engagement on Mobility and Self-Making of Middle Class Dalit Women here:

Mobility and Self-Making of Middle-Class Dalit Women | CIRCLE The webinar will discuss the experiences of Punjabi Dalit women from upwardly mobile families in the Doaba region of Punjab. These young women have strong aspirations tied to international migration and government employment. Often due to their compromised access to resources and social networks, th...

Dr. Sugandha Nagpal will be speaking about the Mobility and Self-Making of Young Dalit Women on Wednesday July 7th at 8:30pm IST and 11am EST (Canada time) at the Canada India Research Centre for Learning and Engagement.
If you would like to attend, please register using the link below:

Mobility and Self-Making of Middle-Class Dalit Women | CIRCLE The webinar will discuss the experiences of Punjabi Dalit women from upwardly mobile families in the Doaba region of Punjab. These young women have strong aspirations tied to international migration and government employment. Often due to their compromised access to resources and social networks, th...

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