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Juned Shaikh: "Translation & Transmission: Marxism & Social Hierarchies in Bombay, 1928-1934"
November 5, 2014 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm | Stevenson Fireside Lounge
FreeJUNED SHAIKH
Assistant Professor of History, UCSC
Juned Shaikh works on labor, urbanity, and caste in India. His book focuses on the entanglements and contradictions of space in Bombay city in the 20th century. It explores the role of caste –more particularly the former untouchable or Dalit castes – in city planning, labor markets, trade unions, and the field of literature.
Fall 2014 Colloquium Series:
October 15: Bali Sahota
October 22: Vilashini Cooppan
October 29: Nirvikar Singh
November 5: Juned Shaikh
November 12: Dean Mathiowetz
November 19: David L. Clark
December 3: Terry Burke