04/17/2026
Next Tuesday, April 21st join Ethnic Studies Prof Monisha Das Gupta in conversation with K. Satyanarayana about caste and race as social categories. K. Satyanarayana will also be joining the Race and Caste reading group at the UH on Wednesday, April 22nd and Friday, April 24th — swipe for more details.
Dalit is the preferred term for the caste-oppressed communities in India formerly known as “untouchable.” Prof. Monisha Das Gupta of the Ethnic Studies Department and Prof. S. Shankar of the English Department engage in a wide ranging conversation with K. SATYANARAYANA, a leading Dalit Studies scholar and anti-caste activist, about “race” and “caste” as social categories, the histories of engagement with these categories in the United States, India and globally for social mobilization, and the state of Dalit organizing for liberation in the past and at present in India and elsewhere. The event will begin with introductory remarks by K. Satyanarayana, following which Profs. Das Gupta and Shankar will engage him in a conversation before moving to questions from the audience.
WHEN: April 21, 2026
TIME: 3:00pm - 4:30pm
WHERE: Kuykendall 410
