Political Conflict, Gender and People’s Rights Initiative

Political Conflict, Gender and People’s Rights Initiative

Angana P. Chatterji

Angana P. Chatterji

RESEARCH ANTHROPOLOGIST, UC BERKELEY
FOUNDING CHAIR, POLITICAL CONFLICT, GENDER AND PEOPLE'S RIGHTS INITIATIVE

History for Peace: Experiments in Counter-Memory in India

October 24, 2025

History for Peace: Experiments in Counter-Memory in India
10.24.2025 | 5 -6:30 PM | 10 Stephens Hall (ISAS Conference Room)
with Meena Megha Malhotra, The Seagull Foundation for the Arts, Kolkata, India

Meena Megha Malhotra, Director of History for Peace, shares about the initiative of The Seagull Foundation for the Arts, a network of educators and members of civil society. The History for Peace project serves as a platform for discussion, debate and the exchange of...

Big Tech, Democracy and Human Rights in South Asia

November 12, 2025

Big Tech, Democracy and Human Rights in South Asia
11.12.2025 | 3 - 6:30 PM | 10 Stephens Hall (ISAS Conference Room)

Technologies connect nations, regions, communities,and peoples in a world that is increasingly polarized and in conflict with itself. The digital age is surfeit with disinformation and ideological and political extremes that are weaponized by authoritarian regimes across the globe. The transmission of disinformation and hate within and across borders in the contemporary era significantly relies on digital media platforms that...

Big Tech, Democracy and Human Rights in South Asia

CRG Research Initiative Event + CRG Symposium

"Breaking Worlds: Religion, Law and Citizenship In Majoritarian India -- The Story Of Assam”

September 9, 2021

Monograph Release, “Breaking Worlds: Religion, Law and Citizenship In Majoritarian India -- The Story Of Assam”

09.09.2021| 9:00 – 10:30 AM | Virtual - Zoom Webinar

Join us for a virtual event to release the monograph,BREAKING WORLDS: Religion, Law, Citizenship in Majoritarian India -- The Story of Assam with a keynote from Dr. Navi Pillay (UN High Commissioner for Human Rights 2008-2014...

What Is “Populism”? From Zombie Neoliberalism To Racial Nationalism In Global Right Organizing

April 11, 2018

What Is “Populism”? From Zombie Neoliberalism To Racial Nationalism In Global Right Organizing

04.11.2018| 5:00 – 6:30 PM | 370 Dwinelle Hall

with Lisa Duggan, Professor of Social and Cultural Analysis, New York University

Presided and Moderated by: Professor Paola Bacchetta, Department of Gender and Women’s Studies; Co-chair, Project on Political Conflict, Gender and People’s Rights, Center for Race & Gender, UC Berkeley

Speaker Introduced by: Angana Chatterji, Visiting Research...

"Where is My Story?": Erasure, Violence and Counter-Memory

January 29, 2023

"Where is My Story?": Erasure, Violence and Counter-Memory

01.29.2023 | 5:00 PM IST / 3:30 AM PST | Virtual - Zoom Webinar

with Angana P. Chatterji (Research Anthropologist, Co-chair, Political Conflict, Gender and People's Rights Initiative, Center for Race & Gender).

Hosted by Karwaan: The Heritage Exploration Initiative. Co-sponsored by...

Majoritarian Nationalism and Islamophobia in India Today

November 4, 2022

Majoritarian Nationalism and Islamophobia in India Today

11.04.2022 | 4:00 PM EST| Zoom Webinar

Mohsin And Fauzia Jaffer Center for Muslim World Studies' - Khalid and Diana Mirza Distinguished Lecture Series
with Dr. Angana P. Chatterji (Research Anthropologist and Founding Co-chair, Political Conflict, Gender and People’s Rights Initiative at the Center for Race...

Atrocity in Nuh: Racialization, Islamomisia, and the Hindu Right

November 11, 2023

Atrocity in Nuh: Racialization, Islamomisia, and the Hindu Right

11.11.2023 | 8:00 AM PST, 11:00 AM EST | Zoom Webinar

with Angana P. Chatterji (Founding Co-Chair, Political Conflict, Gender and People’s Rights, Center for Race and Gender and Research Anthropologist, UC Berkeley).

Introduction by Ziya Us Salam (Journalist, The Hindu Newspaper (Delhi, India)), and concluding remarks by Dr. Amritjit Singh (Professor Emeritus, Ohio University).

Event hosted by the...

Bollywood: Representations of Muslims in Culture & Society

October 3, 2023

Bollywood: Representations of Muslims in Culture & Society

10.03.2023 | 5:00 – 6:30 PM | 10 Stephens Hall (ISAS Conference Room)

with Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub (Actor, Appeared in more than 40 films, including "No One Killed Jessica," "Raees," "Article 15," and "Mission Mangal," and Prime and Netflix Series, “Tandav“ and “Scoop“)
in conversation with Angana P. Chatterji (Founding Co-Chair, Political Conflict, Gender, and People’s Rights, Center for Race and Gender and Research Anthropologist, UC Berkeley).

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