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SEMINARS / WORKSHOPS Aspects of Reproductive Health and Sexuality, Feb. 28, 2008 Cities Social Lives and Poverty, Feb. 26-27, 2008 Can Microcredit be an effective strategy for gender mainstreaming?, Feb. 26, 2008 Denotified – Nomadic Tribes: Issues and Perspective, Jan. 21-22, 2008 Caste in the Curriculum: Documentary Films as Pedagogical Tools, Jan.8-9, 2008 Family Violence and Human Rights, (UGC/CSS sponsored) September 25-26, 2006 Formation of Sociology in India: Documenting Knowledge, Scholars, Practices and Institutions, (ICSSR/CSS sponsored) February 3-4, 2007 Exploring Masculinities: A Traveling Seminar (Collaboration wit NGOs and other Univ Depts.) February 16-17, 2007. MAHATMA PHULE MEMORIAL LECTURES (2005-2008) Samajik Nyaya Ki Niti Or Rajniti: Kuch Nayi Chunautiya, Yogendra Yadav, CSDS, New Delhi, March 2008 Discussion on Sachar Committee Report: Razia Patel, IIE, Pune & Com. Vilas Sonawane, March 2007 Reorienting Caste Histories: Comparing Andhra Pradesh & Maharashtra, A.Satyanarayan, University of Hyderabad & Shriram Gundekar, Latur, January 2006 SENAPATI BAPAT MEMORIAL LECTURE SERIES (2005-08) Politics of Conservation, Ashish Kothari, Kalpavrisha, Pune, March 2008 Capitalism and the Caste Question, Anand Teltumbde, Independent Researcher, Mumbai, March 2007 Innovative techniques in rural employment, Anand Karve, Appropriate Rural Technology Institute (ARTI), Pune, March 2006 REFRESHER COURSE Refresher Course - Caste Studies in India: 1990s and After, December 29-January 18, 2006 SEMINAR SERIES (2005-08) The Bedia Case: Implications for the Debate on Prostitution, Anu Agarwal, Department of Sociology, University of Delhi, March 2008 Rumour and the postcolonial imagination in India, Anjan Ghosh, Centre for Social Studies, Kolkatta, March 2008 The Postcolonial momentum of Conversion - Reflections from Goa, Alito Siqueira, Department of Sociology, University of Goa, February 2008 The Work of Religion in the Dalit Struggle, Gyanendra Pandey, Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor, Department of History, Emory University, USA, February 2008 Urbanization and Segregation of Scheduled Castes , Ranvinder Singh Sandhu, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, October 2007 Precarious Existence & Deteriorating Work: Conditions For Women in India: Implications for Health & Well-being, Padmini Swaminathan, MIDS, Chennai, October 2007 The Cultural Politics of Environment and Development: The Indian Experience, Amita Baviskar, Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi, October 2007 Different Shades of Dalit Mobilization, Vivek Kumar, Centre for the Study of Social Systems, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, October 2007 Independent India at 60: Democratic Politics at Cross Roads, Praful Bidwai, Eminent Journalist and Political Analyst, September 2007 After Media: Revisiting the Urban Experience, Ravi Sundaram, Sarai, CSDS, Delhi, March 2007 Agricultural Biotechnology, Peasantry and The State in India, E.Haribabu, University of Hyderabad, March 2007 Who Will Speak for the Village?: Agrarian Change and Marginalising Ruralities in Contemporary India, Surinder S. Jodhaka, JNU, February 2007 The Sociology of Prof. Y.B. Damle, T.K.Oommen, Delhi, February 2007 Hurricane Katrina: Social Autopsy Of An American Disaster, Michael Burawoy, University of California, Berkeley, January 2007 Sociology And The Fate Of Society, Michael Burawoy, University of California, Berkeley. January 2007 The Poverty Regime in Village India, Jan Breman, University of Amsterdam, October 2006 Women’s Empowerment in India: Opportunities and Challenges, Kanchan Mathur, Centre for Development Studies, Jaipur, September 2006 From Feminist Fieldwork to Collaborative Praxis, Richa Nagar, University of Minnesota, August 2006 Ritual Enactments in a Hindi 'Mythological': Betab's *Mahabharat* in the Parsi Theatre, Kathryn Hanse, University of Texas at Austin, August 2006 What skills do Social Sciences give? , Savyasaachi, Jamia Millia Islamia, March 2006 Religion dissent and civil society, Savyasaachi, Jamia Millia Islamia, March 2006 Civil Society and the poor in Gujarat, Ghanashyam Shah, Ahmedabad, March 2006 Civil Society and the poor, Ghanashyam Shah, Ahmedabad, March 2006 Sociology & the question of Social Policy, Maitrayee Choudhary, JNU, February 2006 How poststructuralist criticism structures the third world?, Dorothy Figueira, University of Georjia, February 2006 Brahmanization of theory: Commodity fetishism and False consciousness, Dorothy Figueira, University of Georjia, February 2006 Metropolitanization of Indian Economy – Lessons in Urban Development, R.N.Sharma, TISS, November 2005 What democracy has done to South Asia and what South Asia has done to democracy?, Suhas Palshikar, University of Pune, October 2005 Gender Citizenship and Diversity: The Case of Hidjab, Martine Spensky, Universite Blaise Pascal, France, July 2005 OCCASIONAL PAPER SERIES Samajik Nyaya Ki Niti Or Rajniti: Kuch Nayi Chunautiya, Yogendra Yadav, 2007-2008 (In Press) The Postcolonial momentum of Conversion - Reflections from Goa, 2007-2008 (In press) Social Exclusion and Different Shades of Dalit Movement, Vivek Kumar, 2007-2008 Capitalism and the Caste Question, Anand Teltumbde, 2007-2008 Y.B.Damle: The Teacher, the Researcher and the Scholar, T.K.Oommen, 2007-2008 'Who Will Speak for the Village?: Agrarian Change and Marginalising Ruralities in Contemporary India‘, Surinder Jodhaka, 2006-2007 From Knowledge Production to Knowledge Transmission: Exploring the Learning Context of Sociology at the undergraduate level, Edward Rodrigues, 2006-2007 Denotified and Nomadic Tribes: The Challenge of Free and Equal Citizenship, Rudolf C. Heredia, 2006-2007 Reorienting Caste Histories: Comparing Andhra Pradesh & Maharashtra, A. Satyanarayana & Shriram Gundekar, 2006-2007 Indian and International Sociological Perspectives, In Marathi, Sujata Patel (translated by Shruti Tambe), 2006-2007 Cities, Social Lives and Poverty: Issues of Infrastructure, Governance and Citizenship, Ed. Shruti Tambe, 2006-2007. Family Violence & Human Rights: Critical Global Perspectives, Ed. Swati Shirwadkar, 2006-2007 Sexuality & Reproductive Health of Youth: Socio-Legal & Health dimensions, Ed. Swati Shirwadkar & K.Asha, 2006-2007. GATS and Higher Education - The Journey So Far, Rohini Sahni & Sumita Kale, 2003-2004 Understanding Indian Society: The Relevance of Perspective from Below, T.K.Oommen, 2001-2002 Nationalism and Globalization by Aijaz Ahmed, 1999-2000. Violence and Minorities, Masood Ali Khan, 1999-2000. The Impact of New Economic Policy on Employment and Poverty of the Scheduled Castes by S.K.Thorat, 1997-1998 . Impact of New Economic Reforms on Dalits in India by Anand Teltumbde, 1997-1998. STUDENT CAPACITY BUILDING PROGRAMMES(2005-08) SET Training Workshop Research Students – Summer Workshops Computer Skills –Quantitative and Qualitative Packages Remedial English & Developing Conceptual language in Marathi NGO – contact programme Developing Manuals/Movement Literature Collaborative workshops (with NGOs, Research Institutes & People’s Movements) Campus interviews