Voices from Kashmir
Voices from Kashmir
April 10th, 6:00pm
Indian Social Institute
This is an independent event hosted by the Journal
(Map for Walking; it is 15 minute walk from main venue)
Panel 1: Narratives of Insecurity in Kashmir: Gendered Bodies, Gendered Practices
Chair: Emma Brännlund, University of the West of England, Bristol
- Interrupted Life: The Mother of the Disappeared, Shubranshu Mishra, Brussels School of International Studies, University of Kent, Brussels
- The Politics of Memorialisation in the Anti-Disappearance Movement in Kashmir, Niharika Pandit, Centre for Gender Studies at SOAS, University of London
- Masculinity, Violence, and the Politics of Surrender: Listening to Testimonies of Male Activists and Former Militants in Kashmir, Akanksha Mehta, Centre for Gender Studies at SOAS, University of London/University of Sussex
Panel 2: Conflict and Resistance in Kashmir: Gender as a Site of Protest
Chair: Swati Parashar, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
- Gender and Resistance in India: A Case History of Kashmir Conflict, Mushtaq Ul Haq Ahmad Sikander, independent researcher
- The Relational Indian State; Women in Kashmir’s Resistance, Inshah Malik, independent researcher
- Gender and Protest: An Analysis of the Kashmiri Unrest of Summer 2016, Seema Kazi, Centre for Women's Development Studies, New Delhi
- Feminist Disjunctions: Women’s Activism without Feminism, Emma Brännlund, University of the West of England, Bristol