UNESCO Chair in Vulnerability Studies

A Teaching and Research Unit

The UNESCO Chair in Vulnerability Studies will explore the multiple vulnerabilities arising from and contexts of ageing, climate change, migration, gender inequalities, technology and poverty.

Activities

Faculty Development Program (in collaboration with NIT Trichy, co-convenor VK Karthika, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences) on 'Reading and Researching the Literature of Crisis', 22-28 January 2024.
Faculty Development Program (in collaboration with NIT Trichy, co-convenor VK Karthika, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences) on 'Reading and Researching the Literature of Crisis', 22-28 January 2024.
National Seminar on Vulnerability and Urdu Literature - Social, Historical and Cultural Perspectives
National Seminar on Vulnerability and Urdu Literature - Social, Historical and Cultural Perspectives
Workshop: Doing Vulnerability Studies, 21st July
Workshop: Doing Vulnerability Studies, 21st July
Drawing Vulnerability, April 3rd onwards
Drawing Vulnerability, April 3rd onwards
Screening Vulnerability, March 28th onwards
Screening Vulnerability, March 28th onwards
Conceptualizing Vulnerability: A Roundtable Speaker: Lisa Diedrich, Stony Brook University
Conceptualizing Vulnerability: A Roundtable Speaker: Lisa Diedrich, Stony Brook University
Conceptualizing Vulnerability: A Roundtable Speakers: Melissa Wall, California State University - Northridge Scott Slovic, University of Idaho Winifred Poster, Washington University
Conceptualizing Vulnerability: A Roundtable Speakers: Melissa Wall, California State University - Northridge Scott Slovic, University of Idaho Winifred Poster, Washington University
Lecture: Environmental Vulnerability and the Literary Imagination
Lecture: Environmental Vulnerability and the Literary Imagination
Sheela Suryanarayanan, 'Vulnerability and Surrogacy: Biomarkets in India’, in the course 'Vulnerable Lives'. Department of English
Sheela Suryanarayanan, 'Vulnerability and Surrogacy: Biomarkets in India’, in the course 'Vulnerable Lives'. Department of English
Anna Kurian. ‘Vulnerable Afterlives: The Uses of Death in Shakespeare’. Open Lecture in the series 'Mortal Lives/Immortal Characters'. Department of English
Anna Kurian. ‘Vulnerable Afterlives: The Uses of Death in Shakespeare’. Open Lecture in the series 'Mortal Lives/Immortal Characters'. Department of English

Collaborations

GITAM Deemed to be University, Hyderabad
GITAM Deemed to be University, Hyderabad
National Institute of Technology, Andhra Pradesh
National Institute of Technology, Andhra Pradesh
National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirapalli
National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirapalli
Department of Library & Information Sciences, Savitribai Phule Pune University & Manthan (NGO)
Department of Library & Information Sciences, Savitribai Phule Pune University & Manthan (NGO)
School of Social Sciences, Education and Social Work Open Learning Continuing Education Programme, Queen's University Belfast, Ireland
School of Social Sciences, Education and Social Work Open Learning Continuing Education Programme, Queen's University Belfast, Ireland
Bennett University, NCR
Bennett University, NCR
VNR Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering and Technology, Hyderabad
VNR Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering and Technology, Hyderabad
Wilson College, Mumbai
Wilson College, Mumbai

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