Dr. Michael Nijhawan
Department of Sociology, York University
In this presentation, Dr. Michael Nijhawan will discuss his recently published work on “precarious diasporas,” focusing on the issue of memory work as it is generated and carried by a younger generation of Sikhs and Ahmadiyya Muslims. Dr. Nijhawan examines institutional sites in the legal, political, social and religious fields to better understand how the governance of religion affects religious identities today.
Thursday, January 26, 2017, 2:00 p.m.
EV 2002, University of Waterloo
MICHAEL NIJHAWAN is an anthropologist and associate professor in Sociology at York University, Toronto. His Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)-funded research focuses on violence, memory, religion and migration, with a focus on South Asian communities. His recently published book is titled The Precarious Diasporas of Sikh and Ahmadiyya Generations (Palgrave Macmillan, 2016).
All are welcome. Refreshments will be served.
Sponsored by the Department of Religious Studies, University of Waterloo