Talk:Shana Sippy

By Anirudha Patel

Shana Sippy is an Associate Professor in the Religion Program and Chair at the Asian Studies Program, Centre College, as of October 2022. According to her university profile, her research concerns Readings in Caste, Caste through a Dalit Feminist Lens, and Fieldwork in Religion.

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 in the context of BJP government.

In 2021, she 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."

Publications

Books

1. Sippy, Shana, and Rachel Dobkin. Educating Ourselves: The College Women’s Handbook. NY: Workman Press, 1995.

Articles

1. Sippy, Shana, et al. “Auntylectuals: An Anti-Taxonomy of Aunty-Power.” Text and Performance Quarterly, vol. 43, no. 2, 2022.
2. Sippy, Shana, et al. “Feminist Critical Hindu Studies in Formation.” Religion Compass, e12392, Mar. 2021.
3. Sippy, Shana, and Samantha Baskind, editors. Beyond Borders: The Art of Siona Benjamin Exhibition Catalogue, 2022.
4. Sippy, Shana. “Ambivalent Belonging in the Fields of Home.” Fieldwork in Religion, vol. 15, nos. 1-2, 2020, pp. 80-96.
5. Sippy, Shana. “Visualizing Regimes in the Making and Molding of Jewish Subjectivities.” Critical Research on Religion, vol. 2, no. 2, 2014, pp. 165-194.
6. Sippy, Shana. “Will the Real Mango Please Stand Up?: Defending Dharma and Historicizing Hinduism.” In Public Hinduisms, edited by J. Zavos, et al., London/New Delhi: Sage Publications, 2012.
7. Sippy, Shana, and Anne Murphy. “Sita in the City: The Ramayana’s Heroine in New York.” Manushi, no. 117, Mar.-Apr. 2000.