A5031772902- Asian American and Pacific Histories
- Race, History, and American Society
- Latin American and Latino Studies
- Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy
- South Asian Studies and Conflicts
- Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East
- Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies
- Diaspora, migration, transnational identity
- Islamic Studies and History
- Service-Learning and Community Engagement
- Caribbean history, culture, and politics
- Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts
- Cuban History and Society
- Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics
- Asian Culture and Media Studies
- Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence
- Homelessness and Social Issues
- Indian Economic and Social Development
- South African History and Culture
- Gender, Security, and Conflict
- Bangladesh Politics, Society, and Development
- HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
- Posthumanist Ethics and Activism
- Environmental Justice and Health Disparities
- Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies
University of Massachusetts Boston
2004-2025
Temple University
1999
This is not an essay about the marginalization of South Asian Americans within American studies. And yet, ironically, it is--about moving from margin-center terminologies, California-centric, 1968-genesis theories, and "we were here first" mentalities, towards a progressive, intellectual paradigmatic shift, new vision studies scholarship pedagogy. focuses on emerging field (SAAS) what can contribute to (AAS) as discipline at turn-of-the-century.
This book grows out of the question, \u0022At this particular moment tense geopolitics and inter-linked economies, what insights can South Asian American writing offer us about living in world?\u0022 literature, with its focus on multiple geographies histories global dispersal Asians, pulls back from a close-up view United States to reveal wider landscape many nations peoples. poets, novelists, playwrights depict nation as simultaneously discrete entwined urgencies places diverse Bangladesh,...
A century of Asian American writing has generated a forceful cascade hold words. This anthology covers all genres, sixty authors from the early years twentieth to present. Chinese, Fllipinoa, Japanese, Korean, South Asian, and Southeast writers are well represented, with an equal split between male female writers. The collection is divided into four genre sections, memoir, fiction, poetry, drama. Each section opens introductory essay expert in that genre: Meena Alexander on memoir. Gary Pak...
A college freshman orientation activity incorporating citizen science was designed and implemented by a partnership between the University of Massachusetts Boston National Park Service. The goals this study were to create an engaging experience for first-year students who did not have prior background in field, iterate improve (three consecutive summers, 2017–2019) so as generate insights that may future projects. Over three years, (468 total) largely unfamiliar with (92.6%) or iNaturalist...
(2007). South Asia and the Challenge of Intimacy in “Global War on Terror”. Asian Review: Vol. 28, No. 1, pp. 68-86.
Collecting and Translating the Non-Western OtherThe Perils Possibilities of a World Literature Website Rajini Srikanth The founders website “Words Without Borders: Online Magazine for International Literature”—at url www.wordswithoutborders.org —launched in July 2003 funded part by National Endowment Arts W. Norton, are not unaware political dimensions project they have undertaken. In describing initiative, say, “[W]e hope to present international literature as static, elite phenomenon, but...
Click to increase image sizeClick decrease size Notes Qawmi madrassahs in Bangladesh are historically linked a religious institution established Deoband, Uttar Pradesh, following the failed Sepoy Mutiny of 1857 British India. Thousands attached this across South Asia. These privately funded by Gulf Arab states and Bangladeshis residing Middle East UK, unlike state-funded Aliya Moderesin Madrassah, they follow orthodox curriculum Deoband institution. Initially as an anti-colonial enterprise,...
Research Article| April 01 2007 Overwhelmed by the World: Teaching Literature and Difference of Nations Rajini Srikanth Search for other works this author on: This Site Google Pedagogy (2007) 7 (2): 192–206. https://doi.org/10.1215/15314200-2006-030 Views Icon Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Tools Permissions Cite Citation Srikanth; Nations. 1 2007; doi: Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib...