In the joint keynote address that forms the inaugural session of this Webinar series, speakers Darshana Mitra & Jinee Lokaneeta reflect on pertinent themes and questions surrounding the imagination of an anti-carceral politics in a post-colonial society like India that is divided along lines of caste, class, sex and, religion among other issues. Drawing from recent examples of arrest and detentions under the criminal provisions and measures like the National Register of Citizens (NRC), the speakers bring forth pertinent issues of carcerality when it comes to issues concerning citizenship and use of torture as a means of determination of identities in liberal states.

Keynote Speakers

Darshana Mitra teaches citizenship law at the West Bengal National University of juridical sciences. She is also one of the founders at Parichay, a collaborative legal aid clinic that provides legal assistance to persons at the risk of exclusion in citizenship determination processes in Assam. Darshana completed her BA LL.B. from NUJS and her LL.M. from Columbia University, where she was a Nehru Full Bright Scholar and Human Rights Fellow.

Dr. Jinee Lokaneeta is the Chair and Professor in political science and international relations at Drew University in New Jersey. Her interests include law and violence, critical legal and political theory, human rights, and inter-disciplinary legal studies.

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