Gaddi Politics and Identity in the Western Himalaya

Please note that the event will now be hosted online and not in-person as previously listed. If you registered, you will receive the zoom link to your email account. 

Join us for a roundtable discussion of the newly released Special Issue, Gaddi Politics and Identity in the Western Himalaya. The event brings together anthropologists from various generations and a historian, presenting a myriad of perspectives on the Gaddis that offer insights into changes in their identity, beliefs, social formations, folk music, collective memories and politics. Each contributor will present the main findings of their article, followed by a general conversation and Q&A. Reeta Purhaan, the Gaddi folk musician who is on the cover of the Special Issue, will also sing a short selection of Gaddi music. 

Panelists: 

• Richard Axelby is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Development Studies at SOAS. 
• Maura Bulgheroni is a PhD candidate at Free University of Brussels. 
• Stephen Christopher is a Marie Curie Postdoc at the University of Copenhagen. 
• Peter Phillimore is an Emeritus Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Newcastle. 
• Mahesh Sharma is a Professor of History at Panjab University-Chandigarh. 
• Nikita Simpson is a Lecturer in Anthropology at SOAS. 
• Anja Wagner is an independent scholar. 

Discussants: 

• Kriti Kapila is a Lecturer in Social Anthropology and Law at  Kings college 
• Vasant Saberwal is the Director of the Centre for Pastoralism.
• Aniruddh Sheth is an independent researcher based in New Delhi. 
• Vikramaditya Thakur is an Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Delaware. 

Click here for the link to the Special Issue.