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:The Moynihan Institute’s South Asia Center presents \;Prema Kurien\, professor of sociology at Syracuse University.Claiming Citizensh ip focuses on Indian American civic and political activism in the U.S. pub lic sphere around U.S.-based and India-based issues. Indian Americans are a rising political force whose patterns of activism do not follow the unif ied model of mobilization of other powerful American ethnic groups. They h ave multiple types of advocacy organizations: those mobilizing around an I ndian American identity\; a South Asian American identity\; organizations for Indian Americans of Hindu\, Sikh\, Muslim\, Christian and Buddhist bac kgrounds\; organizations representing Indian American Democrats and Republ icans\; and even combinations of these such as the Republican Hindu Coalit ion that mobilized around Donald Trump’s candidacy in 2016. There are also generational differences between second-generation members and the immigr ant generation. Unified ethnic mobilization is rare and does not take plac e through a single professional advocacy organization\, or even through we ll-coordinated campaigns. The book examines the dialectical process throug h which immigrants conform to the structures and cultures of the society t hey have immigrated to but also work to transform it to accommodate their unique needs. It shows the relative roles played by domestic and internati onal influences on the political mobilization of immigrant groups in the U nited States as well as the importance of social media in shaping these mo bilizations.The SU Barnes and Noble College Bookstore will be onsite with copies of Claiming Citizenship for purchase.Prema Kurien \;Ph.D.\, is professor of sociology at Syracuse University and the former director of t he South Asian Center. She is a scholar of international migration\, race\ , ethnicity and religion. Kurien adopts a transnational approach in her wo rk and has also done research in India\, to show how a variety of global f actors\, including developments in the country of origin\, play a profound role in shaping community structures\, cultures\, and activism profiles o f immigrants and even the second generation. She is the author of three aw ard-winning sole-authored books and over 70 other sole-authored publicatio ns. DTEND:20250408T180000Z DTSTAMP:20260418T200223Z DTSTART:20250408T163000Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Book Talk | Claiming Citizenship: Race\, Religion\, and Political M obilization among New Americans UID:RFCALITEM639121249433294237 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

The Moynihan Institute’s South Asia Center presents \;Prema Kurien\, professor of sociology at S yracuse University.

Claiming Citizenship focuses on Indian American civic and political activism in the U.S. public sphere around U.S .-based and India-based issues. Indian Americans are a rising political fo rce whose patterns of activism do not follow the unified model of mobiliza tion of other powerful American ethnic groups. They have multiple types of advocacy organizations: those mobilizing around an Indian American identi ty\; a South Asian American identity\; organizations for Indian Americans of Hindu\, Sikh\, Muslim\, Christian and Buddhist backgrounds\; organizati ons representing Indian American Democrats and Republicans\; and even comb inations of these such as the Republican Hindu Coalition that mobilized ar ound Donald Trump’s candidacy in 2016.

There are also generational differences between second-generation members and the immigrant generation . Unified ethnic mobilization is rare and does not take place through a si ngle professional advocacy organization\, or even through well-coordinated campaigns. The book examines the dialectical process through which immigr ants conform to the structures and cultures of the society they have immig rated to but also work to transform it to accommodate their unique needs. It shows the relative roles played by domestic and international influence s on the political mobilization of immigrant groups in the United States a s well as the importance of social media in shaping these mobilizations.

The SU Barnes and Noble College Bookstore will be onsite with copies of Claiming Citizenship for purchase.

Prema Kurien< /strong> \;Ph.D.\, is professor of sociology at Syracuse University an d the former director of the South Asian Center. She is a scholar of inter national migration\, race\, ethnicity and religion. Kurien adopts a transn ational approach in her work and has also done research in India\, to show how a variety of global factors\, including developments in the country o f origin\, play a profound role in shaping community structures\, cultures \, and activism profiles of immigrants and even the second generation. She is the author of three award-winning sole-authored books and over 70 othe r sole-authored publications.

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