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Come join us for New Books in South Asian Legal Studies panel F May 29 at 11am-12.45 ET for a convo with 5 authors. Each author will speak on their own book + another. This is becoming a South Asia CRN22 tradition--our 3rd since 2017 LSA in Mexico City! #LSA2020
The panel will feature: 1. Arvind Elangovan, Norms and Politics: Sir Benegal Narsing Rau in the Making of the Indian Constitution, 1935-50 (OUP, 2019): https://global.oup.com/academic/product/norms-and-politics-9780199491445?lang=en&cc=gb
2. Jinee Lokaneeta, The Truth Machines: Policing, Violence, and Scientific Interrogations in India (U. of Michigan Press, 2019): https://www.press.umich.edu/9729771/truth_machines #LSA2020
3. Gowri Nanayakkara, Performers' Rights in Sri Lanka: Singers' Melancholia (Palgrave Macmillan, 2019): https://www.palgrave.com/gp/book/9789811366673 #LSA2020
4. Jeff Redding, A Secular Need: Islamic Law and State Governance in Contemporary India (U. of Washington Press, 2020): https://uwapress.uw.edu/book/9780295747088/a-secular-need/ #LSA2020
And finally: 5. Ather Zia, Resisting Disappearance: Military Occupation and Women's Activism in Kashmir (U. of Washington Press, 2019): https://uwapress.uw.edu/book/9780295744988/resisting-disappearance/ #LSA2020 @aziakashmir
