Talk:Cheryl Narumi Naruse
Cheryl Narumi Naruse is an Assistant Professor of English & Andrew W. Mellon Assistant Professor in the Humanities at Tulane University[1] as of May 2024. According to her profile, her research and teaching interests include contemporary Anglophone literatures and cultures (particularly those from Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands), diasporic Asian and Asian American literature, postcolonial theory, cultural histories of capitalism, and genre studies.
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[2][3] 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[4] 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]
- ↑ Cheryl Narumi Naruse University Profile accessed 16 May, 2024
- ↑ 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.