Conference Schedule

Dalit Conference/ICDR Board Meeting Schedule
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11:30 to 1:00   ICDR Board lunch

                        Location TBD

1:00 to 4:00     ICDR Board meeting and brainstorming session (with Conference Speakers)

                        Piccolo 122 or LAM Museum Education Room

                        Presentation by Dr. Joshua Goocey on Financial Management

4:30 to 5:00     Refreshments

5:00 to 7:00     Conference Opening

                        DRS Building 001

5:00. Introduction to the Conference                                                 Steve Folmar

5:10. Water Sharing Ceremony (Paani Loti)                                       All Attendees

5:20. Welcoming Remarks                                                                  Jose Villalba

5:30. Keynote Address: Caste                                                             Surinder Jodkha

6:30. Long Term Implications off Caste as Race in the Legal Code    Kevin Brown

7:00 to 9:00     Dinner for Conference Speakers and ICDR Board Members

                        Location TBD

Friday, April 14, 2023                          DSR Building 001

8:15 to 8:45     Registration – Coffee – Snack

8:50                 Welcome

Session One: Education and Scholarship

9:00 – 10:30    Laura Brueck

                        Engaged Scholarship: The Challenges and Opportunities of Critical Caste Studies

                        Gaurav Pathania

                        Caste in Higher Education

10:30 – 10:45  Break

Session Two: Caste through History: Past and Present

10:45 – 11:45  Rais Rahman

                        19th Century Intellectual History and Caste

                        Prakash BK

                        Caste and Contemporary Anthropological Teaching in Nepal

11:45 – 1:15    Lunch

Session Three: Legal and Governmental Implications

1:15 – 2:45      Dil Bishkarma

                        Academic/Advocacy Partnership       

                        JB Biswokarma

Principle versus Practice: A Critical Analysis of Dalit Representation in Federal Nepal

                        Purvi Mehta

                        The Seattle Resolution

2:45 – 3:15      Break

Session Four: Dalit Wellbeing Present and Future

3:15 – 4:15      Steve Folmar

                        Enhancing Dalit Wellbeing

                        Prem Pariyar

                        Caste Equity as a Social Justice Issue

4:15 – 5:00      Closing Discussion