June 30 - July 4, 2025 | Campus Luigi Einaudi, University of Turin, Torino

ToIndia Summer School 2025

Politics, Development and Social Change in Contemporary India

Applications closed

Learn More
decoration

The persistence of caste in contemporary India

An intersectional exploration into discrimination, mobilisation and exploitation

The 2025 edition will deal with issues of marginalisation, cultural and economic discrimination from the perspective of the still existing caste segregation. Using an interdisciplinary approach, this year’s programme will explore the multidimensional forms of caste discrimination in contemporary India, looking at the persistence of the stigma of untouchability and its intersecting dimension with forms of segregation based on class, belonging and gender. Moreover, the religious dimension of caste urges us to also consider the changing nature of caste in the context of the various actors and dynamics that have fostered forms of Hindu revivalism and brought religious identity as a catalyst – and polariser – at the centre of the political arena.

The weekly programme will thus include lectures, talks and discussions addressing issues related to exclusion, resistance, mobilisation, labour, as well as cultural productions.

Through an interdisciplinary approach, the School provides students with an opportunity to analyse key political, social and cultural issues of contemporary India.
Important recent trajectories of social change – as well as continuity – will be explored, encouraging critical reflection among students.

 

 

Do you need more informations? Read our FAQ
With the support of
Talks
Time
Lecturers
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Prashant Bansode
Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Pune
2:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Anupama Rao
Barnard College NY
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Nicolas Jaoul
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
2:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Karin Kapadia
University of Oxford
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Nicolas Jaoul
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

Themes

1. Untouchability
2. Dalit/Adivasi issues
3. Racism
4. Resilience
5. Resistence

Lecturers talks

Anupama Rao

Anupama Rao

Barnard College NY
Barbara Harris-White

Barbara Harris-White

University of Oxford
Ganga Sahay Meena

Ganga Sahay Meena

Jawaharlal Nehru University
Jens Lerche

Jens Lerche

SOAS, University of London
Karin Kapadia

Karin Kapadia

University of Oxford
Nicolas Jaoul

Nicolas Jaoul

Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Prashant Bansode

Prashant Bansode

Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Pune
arrow-up icon