CSASA-ACESA 2022 Annual Meeting
Conference Schedule
Session 1: Emplacing Pasts and Presents
Zoom Room 1
9:30h – 11:30h
Anne Murphy, University of British Columbia, Beyond the Past: Poetry as a Notation of the Present
Mukti Patel, University of Toronto, The Spiritual Spatial in Maṇḍalīka’s Girnar
Andrea Pinkney, McGill University, Imperial Cartography, Republican Pilgrimage in the Western Himalayas
Session Moderator: Raj Balkaran, Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies
Session 2: (Social) Media, Music, and Memory
Zoom Room 2
9:30h – 11:30h
Elliot Montpellier, Kwantlen Polytechnic University, “Feedback Time”: Digital Media and Recursive Religiosity in Pakistani TV Dramas
Ryan D’Souza, Chatham University, Rohail Hyatt’s Metamorphosis with Quantum Physics and Sufism
Michelle Folk, University of Regina, Why Mementoes Aren’t Just Memories: Ephemera as a Site of Colonialist Narratives on India
Sananda Sahoo, Western University, Nonsensical Tweets Negotiate Agency through Misnaming
Session Moderator: Julie Vig, York University
Session 3: CSASA-ACESA Business Meeting
Zoom Room 1
12:00h – 13:00h
Study of South Asia in Canadian Academic Contexts: How can we collaborate across regions, and share resources to enhance engagements with South Asian Canadian studies? The one-day program will include a business meeting and general planning session where members can share suggestions and ideas for CSASA-ACESA to serve the needs of our community.
Session Moderators: Julie Vig, York University; Andrea Pinkney, McGill University
Session 4: Reading between the Lines in South Asian Literatures
Zoom Room 1
13:30h – 15:30h
Jesse Pruitt, University of Toronto, Childhood’s End: Ramalinga Swamigal’s Reappraisal of the Devotion of Youth
Timothy Lorndale, University of Pennsylvania, Inscriptions are like Onions: Peeling Back the Compositional Layers of the Attimabbĕ Inscriptions at Lakkuṇḍi
Gal Gvili, McGill University, Śakuntalā in Modern China
Meera Kachroo, St. Thomas More College, A Mid-Century Mantra for the Guhānanda Maṇḍalī: Cidānandanātha’s Śrīvidyā
Session Moderator: Andrea Pinkney, McGill University
Session 5: Social Issues in South Asia and Beyond
Zoom Room 2
13:30h – 15:30h
Tania Das Gupta, York University, and Sugandha Nagpal, OP Jindal Global University, The Resilience of Punjabi Migration and Mobility during the Pandemic
Bidushy Sadika, Western University, Darker-Skinned and Unmarriageable? Experiencing and Coping with Shadism amongst South Asian Women in Canada
Aditya Bhattacharjee, University of Pennsylvania, An Elephant amid Rice Fields: Ganesha’s Thai Diaspora
Session Moderator: Julie Vig, York University
Session 6: Exploring South Asian Food Cultures in Canada
Zoom Room 1
16:00h – 18:00h
Shelley Boyd, Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Recipes for Reading Drama: Mixing Genres in A Brimful of Asha
Asma Sayed & Jacqueline Walker, Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Biryani Poutine and Halal Burgers: The Poetics and Politics of Food in Uzma Jalaluddin’s Hana Khan Carries On
Sameena Siddiqui, University of British Columbia, Culinary Politics, Farmers’ Protest and Diaspora Art
Aqeel Ihsan, York University, “I’m Goan Because I Eat Goan Food”: A Critical Look at the History of Goan Canadians
Session Moderator: Timothy Lorndale, University of Pennsylvania
Session 7: The Jigsaw Puzzle of Hindutva
Zoom Room 1
16:00h – 18:00h
Harshita Yalamarty, York University, The Jigsaw Puzzle of Hindutva
Sabika Zaidi, York University, Transnational Hindutva
Arpita Bajpeyi, York University, Performances of Hindutva
Yasir Hameed, York University, Digital Realm of Hindutva
Session Moderator: Andrea Pinkney, McGill University
Session 8: CSASA-ACESA Networking Lounge
Zoom Room 3
Open all day from 9:30am–18:00h