BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 15.1//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Eastern Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:Eastern Standard Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250301T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:Eastern Daylight Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:This talk emerges from the recently published edited volume Cas te\, COVID-19 and Inequalities of Care: Lessons from South Asia (Springer 2022). The core theme is how casteism and other forms of marginalization c ontribute to both biological and psychosocial health disparities. Sanghmit ra Acharya will frame the broad discussion of the social determinants of w ellbeing. Jay Sharma and Stephen Christopher will present their chapters\, which are about two tribes\, separated by 1\,000 miles\, both struggling with legacies of colonialism\, belonging\, and establishing their place in 21st-century India. Sharma will present about the Ho's reaction to state mandates during the pandemic and Christopher will present about Gaddi Dali ts who have fallen into administrative limbo and are deprived of affirmati ve action opportunities. In both cases\, tribal relations to the State cau ses considerable anguish. \;Sanghmitra S. Acharya is a Professor in th e Centre of Social Medicine and Community Health. Jawaharlal Nehru Univers ity (JNU)\, New Delhi. She has been Visiting Faculty at CASS\, China\; Bal l State University\, USA\; UPPI\, Manila\; East West Center\, Honolulu\; a nd the University of Botswana. She has received fellowships and grants by UNFPA\, the Asian Scholarship Foundation\, USEFI\, ICSSR-CASS and SICI. Sh e works on the issues of health and discrimination. \;Jay Prakash Shar ma is a doctoral candidate specializing in cultural anthropology and Adiva si (indigenous) studies. His Ph.D. dissertation is titled\, “Revisiting Su baltern Politics: Memory\, Spirituality\, and Law”. His dissertation inves tigates how a local movement against limestone mining in a remote village of Jharkhand in India\, is mediated by indigenous faith (religion)\, ethni c identity\, and memory among Ho tribal community in Jharkhand. He receive d the American Institute of Indian Studies (AIIS) Junior Fellowship (2021- 22) for conducting his year-long dissertation fieldwork. He has published his previous work in Economic and Political Weekly and the International J ournal of Indigenous and Marginalized Affairs. He recently contributed a c hapter on the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the Ho tribal community o f Jharkhand\, in an ed. volume Caste\, COVID-19\, and Inequalities of Care : Lessons from South Asia\, Springer.Stephen Christopher completed his PhD from Syracuse University in 2018. In 2019\, he was a JSPS Postdoctoral Fe llow at Kyoto University. He is currently a Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fello w at the University of Copenhagen. Stephen has taught anthropology\, South Asian studies and academic writing at Beijing Normal University\, Vietnam National University\, University of Bremen\, Pitt in the Himalayas\, Syra cuse University\, Semester at Sea\, Tokyo Metropolitan University and Denk i-Tsushin University and Appalachian State University. DTEND:20220426T151500Z DTSTAMP:20260514T220136Z DTSTART:20220426T140000Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Tribes and the Indian State: The Ho of Jharkhand and Gaddis of Hima chal Pradesh UID:RFCALITEM639143784968640720 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

This talk emerges from the recently publish ed edited volume Caste\, COVID-19 and Inequalities of Care: Lessons fr om South Asia (Springer 2022). The core theme is how casteism and oth er forms of marginalization contribute to both biological and psychosocial health disparities. Sanghmitra Acharya will frame the broad discussion of the social determinants of wellbeing. Jay Sharma and Stephen Christopher will present their chapters\, which are about two tribes\, separated by 1\ ,000 miles\, both struggling with legacies of colonialism\, belonging\, an d establishing their place in 21st-century India. Sharma will present abou t the Ho's reaction to state mandates during the pandemic and Christopher will present about Gaddi Dalits who have fallen into administrative limbo and are deprived of affirmative action opportunities. In both cases\, trib al relations to the State causes considerable anguish. \;

Sanghmitra S. Acharya is a Professor in the Centre of Socia l Medicine and Community Health. Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU)\, New D elhi. She has been Visiting Faculty at CASS\, China\; Ball State Universit y\, USA\; UPPI\, Manila\; East West Center\, Honolulu\; and the University of Botswana. She has received fellowships and grants by UNFPA\, the Asian Scholarship Foundation\, USEFI\, ICSSR-CASS and SICI. She works on the is sues of health and discrimination. \;

Jay Prakash Sh arma is a doctoral candidate specializing in cultural anthropolog y and Adivasi (indigenous) studies. His Ph.D. dissertation is titled\, “Re visiting Subaltern Politics: Memory\, Spirituality\, and Law”. His dissert ation investigates how a local movement against limestone mining in a remo te village of Jharkhand in India\, is mediated by indigenous faith (religi on)\, ethnic identity\, and memory among Ho tribal community in Jharkhand. He received the American Institute of Indian Studies (AIIS) Junior Fellow ship (2021-22) for conducting his year-long dissertation fieldwork. He has published his previous work in Economic and Political Weekly and the International Journal of Indigenous and Marginalized Affairs . He recently contributed a chapter on the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the Ho tribal community of Jharkhand\, in an ed. volume Caste\, CO VID-19\, and Inequalities of Care: Lessons from South Asia\, Springer .

Stephen Christopher completed his PhD from Sy racuse University in 2018. In 2019\, he was a JSPS Postdoctoral Fellow at Kyoto University. He is currently a Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Copenhagen. Stephen has taught anthropology\, South Asian s tudies and academic writing at Beijing Normal University\, Vietnam Nationa l University\, University of Bremen\, Pitt in the Himalayas\, Syracuse Uni versity\, Semester at Sea\, Tokyo Metropolitan University and Denki-Tsushi n University and Appalachian State University.


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