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Call for Abstracts: Graduate Student Workshop on Migration in India
CASI is hosting an online conference on October 27-28, 2021 on internal migration and the special challenges faced by internal migrants in contemporary India. To accompany this event, we are hosting a closed-door workshop for graduate students in the social sciences work on October 29 via Zoom between 6.30-9.30pm IST (1:00-4:00pm GMT and 9.00am-12.00 noon EDT). Our aim is to select four papers to discuss; a faculty discussant will provide feedback on a complete working paper, which will have been read by other workshop participants.
Securitizing Health and Suppressing Democracy: COVID-19 Policy Measures and Political Implications
Vivek N. D.
August 30, 2021
In the latest issue of India in Transition's Special COVID-19 Series (Part 2), Vivek N. D., Assistant Professor, School of Law, Mahindra University, examines the Indian government's role and rhetoric in securitizing the pandemic as a national security threat.
If you'd like to have your article considered for publication in this new series, please carefully review these guidelines and submit to the enclosed email address.
If you are interested in supporting COVID-19 relief efforts in India, please view these donation opportunities.
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Please note: Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, not all of the Penn community has resumed full operations on campus. At this time, CASI is operating remotely but will resume a hybrid schedule as of Tuesday, September 7, 2021.
