Talk:Adam Miyashiro
Adam Miyashiro is Associate Professor of Literature at Stockholm University. He also serves on the Executive Committee of the Delaware Valley Medieval Association and is the Secretary of the Stockton Federation of Teachers[1] as of September 2022. He is an Advisory Board member of the journal Early Middle English and was a founding member of the Medievalists of Color Collective. According to his university profile, his research interests include comparative medieval literature, Old and Middle English, Old French and Anglo-Norman literature, Mediterranean Studies, historiography, travel narratives, Arthurian literature, postcolonial theory.
He has published no books, papers, or research pertaining to Hindus, the rights of Hindus, the impact or relationship between Islam and Hinduism / Hindutva, India, the Indian Government in the context of BJP government, the Indus Civilization, caste as of May 2023.
In 2021, he along with Hibatullah Akhundzada, the supreme leader of the Taliban, co-signed a letter supporting "Dismantling Global Hindutva" Conference, as an academic and scholar and made the allegation
"the current government of India [in 2021] has instituted discriminatory policies including beef bans, restrictions on religious conversion and interfaith weddings, and the introduction of religious discrimination into India’s citizenship laws. The result has been a horrifying rise in religious and caste-based violence, including hate crimes, lynchings, and rapes directed against Muslims, non-conforming Dalits, Sikhs, Christians, adivasis and other dissident Hindus. Women of these communities are especially targeted. Meanwhile, the government has used every tool of harassment and intimidation to muzzle dissent. Dozens of student activists and human rights defenders are currently languishing in jail indefinitely without due process under repressive anti-terrorism laws."[2]
In 2016, he signed a letter endorsing a letter submitted by the South Asia Faculty Group[3][4] where it addressed the State Board of Education, California Department of Education, dated May 17, 2016. In this letter they requested removing the word India from textbooks. In addition, they falsely[5] stated:
- "There is no established connection between Hinduism and the Indus Civilization."
- "It is inappropriate to remove mention of the connection of caste to Hinduism."
References[edit]
- ↑ Adam Miyashiro page on Stockholm University accessed September 30, 2022
- ↑ "Letter of Support", Dismantling Global Hindutva Conference website, accessed August 7, 2022
- ↑ 5-17 Prof. S. Shankar et al support letter
- ↑ 5-17 Kamala Visweswaran South Asian Faculty Group
- ↑ Gupta, S. P. 'The Dawn of Civilization.' In History of Science, Philosophy and Culture in Indian Civilization: Volume I: Part 1, edited by G. C. Pandey and D. P. Chattopadhyaya. New Delhi: Centre for Studies in Civilizations, 1999.