Professor, Asian Languages and Cultures

Arvind-Pal Mandair

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Thoughts On The January 6th American Insurrection

It seems 2022 was an interesting year for you in terms of publications. Your bookViolence and the Sikhs came out in March, and this was followed barely 6 months later with the release of your new monograph Sikh Philosophy: Exploring Gurmat Concepts in a Decolonizing Age. And in November there was a panel around this book at the American…

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Thoughts On The January 6th American Insurrection

So it seems you decided to teach AS334 (Race, Religion, and Caste in India and America) again in WN21? In our earlier conversation from March 2020, you talked a little bit about this course but you weren’t thinking of teaching it until FA21—at least not until the pandemic might (hopefully) be under control and universities could begin returning to in-person teaching. So what…

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Syllabus Notes: Updating My Race, Caste & Religion Course

So it seems you decided to teach AS334 (Race, Religion, and Caste in India and America) again in WN21? In our earlier conversation from March 2020, you talked a little bit about this course but you weren’t thinking of teaching it until FA21—at least not until the pandemic might (hopefully) be under control and universities could begin returning to in-person teaching. So what…

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