BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Lewis & Clark//NONSGML v1.0//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20170312T100000 RDATE:20170312T100000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20171105T090000 RDATE:20171105T090000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170215T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170215T123000 LOCATION:Albany 207 GEO:45.451415;-122.668211 SUMMARY:"Queering Vedic Culture: Paths to Celebrating LGBTQ Relationships in India's Devout Hindu Communities" by Claire Robison (Lewis & Clar k College) DESCRIPTION:Prof. Robison will speak on research conducted along with a c olleague in 2014-2015 on the Gay and Lesbian Vaishnava Association in Mum bai (GALVA). GALVA Mumbai is a local chapter of a transnational grassroot s organization dedicated to increasing acceptance of LGBTQ identities wit hin devout Vaishnava Hindu communities. For people in Mumbai who identify as LGBTQ\, the organization seeks to foster a space that is not exclusiv e of or in opposition to the Hindu religious communities in which many of their members were raised. This project traces their efforts and the int erpretative steps they take to construct a space for queer identities in Vaishnava Hindu communities today. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
Prof. Robison will speak on research co nducted along with a colleague in 2014-2015 on the Gay and Lesbian Vaishn ava Association in Mumbai (GALVA). GALVA Mumbai is a local chapter of a t ransnational grassroots organization dedicated to increasing acceptance o f LGBTQ identities within devout Vaishnava Hindu communities. For people in Mumbai who identify as LGBTQ\, the organization seeks to foster a spac e that is not exclusive of or in opposition to the Hindu religious commun ities in which many of their members were raised. This project traces the ir efforts and the interpretative steps they take to construct a space fo r queer identities in Vaishnava Hindu communities today.
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