LLC23: Social and Cultural Sustainability in South Asia
About
We are an interdisciplinary core group of faculty from several Corridor institutions (Cornell, Syracuse, and Rochester) each working on different aspects of sustainability in South Asia.
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Active since: 2019
- Syracuse University
- Cornell University
- University of Rochester
Collaborative Goals
We will be holding a speaker series on Environment, Sustainability, and the Future in South Asia during the 2025-2026 academic year, brining speakers to the Cornell and Syracuse campuses to present on various aspects of sustainability in South Asia, and meet with faculty and graduate students interested in similar topics. We intend to bring experts in social and cultural sustainability across a range of fields, focusing on different parts of South Asia, to reflect the depth and breadth of scholarship on the subject in the region.
We plan to bring two speakers from outside corridor institutions each semester, and also arrange for Syracuse and Rochester faculty to present at Cornell, Cornell and Rochester faculty to present at Syracuse, etc. Outside speakers will spend time at Cornell and then Syracuse, ensuring interactions on both campuses with faculty and graduate students.
Additionally, we plan to hold a one-day symposium on sustainability at Cornell in the Spring 2026 semester, bringing faculty and graduate students from both campuses together for short research presentations and discussions of research methodologies, bringing together scholars from both campuses.
Group Organizers
Matthew Baxter
Regional Programs Manager, Asia, Moynihan Institute & Assistant Professor by Courtesy Appointment, Political Science, Syracuse University
Group Members
- Tej Bhatia, Languages, Professor of Linguistics, Literatures, and Linguistics, Syracuse University
- Jeffrey Chusid, Associate Planning, City and Regional Planning, Cornell University
- Padma Kaimal, Batza Professor & Director of the Division of University Studies, Art & Art History, Colgate University
- Karim-Aly S. Kassam, International Professor of Environmental and Indigenous Studies, Cornell University
- Kamala Ramadoss, Associate Professor, Human Development and Family Science, Syracuse University
- Sudha Raj, Teaching Professor, Nutrition and Food Studies, Syracuse University
- Nagesh Rao, Lecturer in University Studies, Colgate University
- Romita Ray, Associate Professor, Art & Music Histories, Syracuse University
- Nimanthi Rajasingham, Associate Professor, English and Women's Studies, Colgate University
- Farhana Sultana, Associate Professor, Geography and the Environment, Syracuse University
- Andrew Wilford, Professor, Anthropology, Cornell University
Activities
The Next Monsoon: Climate Change and Contemporary Cultural Production in South Asia
Oct. 27, 2023, 9:30 a.m.
Group Outcomes
The Next Monsoon: Climate Change and Contemporary Cultural Production in South Asia
Project website exploring how individuals and communities are responding to a changing climate through visual arts, cinema, literature, architecture and other cultural expressions in South Asia.
Podcast: The Next Monsoon
The Next Monsoon examines how art and culture can help us navigate the uncertain future. The hosts look at contemporary cultural responses to climate change through visual arts, cinema, literature, architecture, and more in conversations with humanities scholars and practitioners.