Talk:Alissa Trotz

Alissa Trotz is a Professor of Caribbean Studies at New College and the Director of Women and Gender Studies in the University of Toronto. She is also affiliate faculty at the Dame Nita Barrow Institute of Gender and Development Studies at the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill, Barbados. She is a member of Red Thread Women’s Organization in Guyana.

Her research interests include transnational feminist studies, Caribbean studies with a focus on radical intellectual traditions and feminist political economy, transnational migration and diaspora, social movements, political violence, history, memory and archives.

In her 2003 article - "Behind the banner of culture? Gender, race, and the family in Guyana" In: New West Indian Guide/ Nieuwe West-Indische Gids 77 (2003), no: 1/2, Leiden, 5-29, there are several references to India, Indian indentured labour and Indian women. However, the paper has been written considering Indian diaspora in Guyana, focusing on their historical standing. May not be necessarily relevant for us to study. https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://brill.com/downloadpdf/journals/nwig/77/1-2/article-p5_1.xml&ved=2ahUKEwio4MfLlZf6AhVR4WEKHZDcCoIQFnoECBgQAQ&usg=AOvVaw3MtmNWWMR0H-eJGOJoNuID

As per her bio, she has published no books, papers or research pertaining to Hindus, rights of Hindus, the impact or relationship between Islam and Hinduism / Hindutva or the Indian Government.

In 2021, she endorsed the "Dismantling Global Hindutva" conference 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."

Publications related to India

• Trotz A. (2003) "Behind the banner of culture? Gender, race, and the family in Guyana" In: New West Indian Guide/ Nieuwe West-Indische Gids

References

• Alissa Trotz page on University of Toronto accessed September 15, 2022