2019 Rustgi Undergraduate Conference on South Asia

In person: Capen 107, University at Buffalo, North Campus

Chair: Dr. Sharmistha Bagchi-Sen (University at Buffalo)

Mahwesh Buland (KIIT University), “Analyzing the Possible Impact of Climate Change Based Migration in South Asia and the Role of International Organisations.”

Phariha Rahman (Binghamton University), “The Effects of Climate Change on Bangladesh.”

Anuush Vejalla (Cornell University), “The Effects of Migration and Earthquakes on Indigenous-Dalit Interactions within the Hill Region of Nepal.”

Chair: Dr. Peter Samuels (SUNY Geneseo)

Peter Diamond (Brandeis University), “Queer Citizenship, Caste, and the Literary Public Sphere in Contemporary India.”

Araxie Mehrotra (Ithaca College), “Love, Life, Marriage, Troubles, Alone: The Struggle for Indian Identity in Guyana.”

Rory Green (Newcastle University), “The Colonial Ghost Haunting Myanmar: The Rohingya Crisis in Historical Context.”

Rubab Hyder (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), “Indian Anticolonial Partnerships and Nationalism in Berlin, Germany.”

Chair: Dr. Shaanta Murshid (University at Buffalo)

Oishika Neogi (Symbiosis School for Liberal Arts), “Global to Grassroots Transformations: The Effect of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women(CEDAW) on Muslim Women in Bangladesh and India.”

Jordan Pilant (Yale University), “Sex Work in Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan: De Jure and De Facto.”

Rina Lakhlani (Yale University), “A Legal Analysis of Transgender Rights in India.”

Chair: Dr. Samina Raja (University at Buffalo)

Aditi Natarajan (Symbiosis School for Liberal Arts), “Exploring the ‘Gemeinschaft’: An Ethnographic Study on the Role of Community in Conservation in Uttarakhand.”

Jon Bessette (University at Buffalo), “Water Quality Pilot Study for Traditional Water Structure Revitalization in the Deccan Plateau of India.”

Shermeen Imam (University of Virginia), “The Integration of Both Class and Workshop Based Approaches to Development and Empowerment Creates Longer, More Sustainable Development Towards Equity."

Keynote Sepaker: Suraj Yengde, Global Impacts of Caste and Racism

Sponsors:

This conference is made possible by a generous gift from Anil and Vinod Rustgi and their family, the University at Buffalo Asian Studies Program, Department of English, Department of History, Department of Comparative Literature, Department of Linguistics, Department of Anthropology, Department of Sociology, UB Humanities Institute, and Community for Global Health Equity.