“The Incarcerations: BK-16 and the Fight for Justice and Democracy in Modern India”
Shah’s lecture is based on her forthcoming book The Incarcerations: BK16 and the Search for Democracy in India, which examines the 2018 violence and arrests of 16 human rights defenders (the BK-16)—professors, lawyers, journalists, and poets—who were labeled as Maoist terrorist and accused of inciting violence and plotting against Indian prime minister Narendra Modi. Liu Institute faculty fellow Aidan Seale-Feldman, assistant professor of anthropology, will moderate.
Shah's book The Incarcerations and Nightmarch will be for sale at the event.
The Justice and Asia Distinguished Lecture is co-sponsored by Notre Dame’s Department of Anthropology and the Liu Institute’s South Asia Group.
The lecture and following reception is free and open to the public.
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Graduate student research presentation by Shana Scogin, political science
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Guest lecture by Karuna Nundy, advocate, Supreme Court of India
Friday, March 22, 12-1 p.m., 1050 Jenkins Nanovic Halls
“The Incarcerations: BK-16 and the Fight for Justice and Democracy in Modern India”
Justice and Asia Distinguished Lecture with Alpa Shah, professor of anthropology, London School of Economics and Political Science
Monday, April 29, 4 p.m., 1030 Jenkins Nanovic Halls
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Wednesday, May 1, 12:00–1:00 p.m, 2148 Jenkins Nanovic Halls
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Originally published at asia.nd.edu.