Co-Sponsorship In-person November Annual Meeting 2025

CO-SPONSORSHIP: Hinduism Unit, Religion, Media, and Culture Unit, and South Asian Religions Unit

Call for Proposals

Bollywood, Hindutva, and Pedagogy

Contact: Francesca Chubb-Confer (fchubbco@oberlin.edu)

This roundtable seeks to explore how Bollywood films can be used in classes to teach about contemporary iterations and narratives of Hindutva, as well as portrayals of other forms of political and non-political religion in South Asia. 

Steering Member Mail Dates
Aarti Patel, Syracuse University aartipatel16@gmail.com -
Manasicha Akepiyapornchai ake.manasicha@gmail.com -
Aalekhya Malladi, Emory University amalla2@emory.edu -
Anand Taneja, Vanderbilt University anand.v.taneja… -
Arun Brahmbhatt, St. Lawrence University arun.brahmbhatt@gmail.com -
Abtsam Saleh, Harvard University asaleh@g.harvard.edu -
Avni Chag avni.chag@gmail.com -
Gloria I-Ling Chien, Gonzaga University chien@gonzaga.edu -
Caroline Matas, Princeton University cmatas@princeton.edu -
Daigengna Duoer dduoer@bu.edu -
Gaurika Mehta gm2680@columbia.edu -
Jordan Loewen-Colón, Syracuse University jbloewen@syr.edu -
Margarita Simon Guillory, Boston University mlsg@bu.edu -
Prea Persaud, University of North Carolina… preakpersaud@gmail.com -
Seema Chauhan, Trinity College, Dublin skchauhan@uchicago.edu -
Tracy Pintchman tpintch@luc.edu -
Tulasi Srinivas, emerson college tulasisrinivas07@gmail… -
Ujaan Ghosh ujaanghosh.0@gmail.com -
Laurel Zwissler, Central Michigan University Zwiss1l@cmich.edu -
Review Process: Participant names are anonymous to chairs and steering committee members until after final acceptance/rejection