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Nosheen Ali — Delusional States: Empire, Literature and Affective Histories of Kashmir

Friday, October 2, 2020

12 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.

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Nosheen Ali is a sociologist serving as Global Faculty-in-Residence at the Gallatin School, New York University. She researches state-making, ecology and Muslim cultural politics in South Asia, with a focus on Pakistan and Kashmir. She is author of the book, "Delusional States: Feeling Rule and Development in Pakistan's Northern Frontier was published by Cambridge University Press" (2019). Ali is the founder of UmangPoetry, a digital humanities initiative for understanding poetic knowledges in South Asia, and Karti Dharti, an alternative learning space for ecological inquiry.

Saxena Center for Contemporary South Asia