Talk:Alka Kurian

By Sachi Anjunkar

Alka Kurian is an Associate Teaching Professor in the School of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences at University of Washington Bothell as of May 2024. According to her profile, her research interests center on gender studies, digital feminism in the Global South, feminist politics in South Asia, gender and cinema, world literature, and cinemas of opposition, border, and of displacement.

She has published no books, papers, or research pertaining to Hindus, the Indus Civilization, or caste.

In 2016, she signed a letter endorsing a letter submitted by the South Asia Faculty Group 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 stated:

1. "There is no established connection between Hinduism and the Indus Civilization."
2. "It is inappropriate to remove mention of the connection of caste to Hinduism."

Publications related to India

Books

1. Kurian,, Alka. Narratives of Gendered Dissent in South Asian Cinemas. Routledge, 2014.
2. Kurian,, Alka, and Sonora Jha, editors. New Feminisms in South Asia: Disrupting the Discourse through Social Media, Film, and Literature. Routledge, 2017.

Book Chapters

1. Kurian,, Alka, and co-author. Social Media-Led Fourth Wave Feminism in Morocco. Handbook of Media and Culture in the Middle East, edited by Wiley and the International Association for Media and Communication Research, 2023.
2. Kurian,, Alka. Bad Girls of Pinjra Tod. Carceral Liberalism, edited by Subramanian, University of Illinois Press, 2022.
3. Kurian,, Alka. Films, Web Series, and the Feminist Fourth Wave: Alankrita Shrivastava’s Bombay Begums and Dolly Kitty Aur Voh Chamakte Sitare. Synergies Inde, edited by GERFLINT, 2022.
4. Kurian,, Alka. Siren Song: Understanding Pakistan through Its Women Singers. Journal of African Gender Studies, edited by Fatima Sadiqi, Indiana University Press, 2023.
5. Kurian,, Alka. Gender, War, and Resistance: A Case of Kashmir. South Asian Filmscapes: Transregional Encounters, edited by Chowdhury and Niyogi, University of Washington, 2021.
6. Kurian,, Alka. Gender and Indian Cinema: Continuation and Change. Signifying the Self: Women and Literature, edited by Lal and Panda, 2nd ed., Macmillan, 2018.
7. Kurian,, Alka. Decolonizing the Body: Fourth Wave Feminism in India. New Feminisms in South Asia: Disrupting the Discourse Through Social Media, Film and Literature, edited by Alka #Kurian, and Sonora Jha, Routledge, 2017.
8. Kurian,, Alka. Solidarity Through Dissidence: Violence and Community in Indian Cinema. Dissident Friendships: Imperialism, Feminism and Transnational Solidarity, edited by Elora Chowdhury and L. Philipose, University of Illinois Press, 2016.
9. Kurian,, Alka. Postcolonial Transgression in Deepa Mehta’s Feminist Quartet. Behind the Scenes: Contemporary Bollywood Directors and their Cinema, edited by Viswamohan, Aysha Iqbal, and Vimal Mohan John, Sage, 2016.