Mangala Subramaniam

Associate Professor &

Director of Graduate Studies

Department of Sociology

My primary areas of interest are: Gender (and its intersections with race, ethnicity, caste, and class), Social Movements and Transnational Movements, Global Politics (State Power); Development; Research Methods; South Asia (particularly India)

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Symposium titled ‘State and Social Movements: Violence, Health, Food Security’ at IIT, Madras in collaboration with the Humanities and Social Sciences Department, IIT, Madras.  Made possible by an 'Engaging India' grant from Purdue's Office of Engagement [PI: Mangala Subramaniam). March 13-14, 2013

The symposium is an initiative to promote research through a partnership between Purdue and institutions of higher education in India.  It was made possible by an 'Engaging India' grant from the Purdue's Office of Engagement and the support of IIT, Madras.  I put together the call for paper and the program. The two-day program comprised seven paper sessions and a set of three roundtables.  Collaborative workshops and research projects between Purdue and IIT, Madras are being discussed.

For pictures from the symposium Click Here

FOR CALL FOR PAPERS Click Here Submission is closed

FOR SYMPOSIUM PROGRAM Final Symposium Program.pdf

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PUBLICATIONS

Forthcoming

Subramaniam, Mangala.  Social Movements: Local, National, and Transnational Contexts (provisional title). New York & Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Subramaniam, Mangala, Robert Perrucci, and David Whitlock. “Intellectual Closure: A Theoretical Framework Linking Knowledge, Power, and the Corporate University,” Critical Sociology, forthcoming

Subramaniam, Mangala.  "Resisting Gendered Religious Nationalism: Case of Religious Based Violence in Gujarat, India," Advances in Gender Research Volume 18b (annual volume) edited by Marcia Texler Segal and Valsilikie Demos, forthcoming 2014

Subramaniam, Mangala.  “The Medicalization of HIV/AIDS: The Case of India.” Chapter in Global HIV/AIDS Politics, Policy and Activism: Persistent Challenges and Emerging Issues (three-volume book set) edited by Raymond Smith. Praeger Publishers, forthcoming 2013

Recent Publications

Lowrie, Patricia, Lisa Greenhill, Mangala Subramaniam, and Ken Gorczyka. 2013. "Origins of Coordinates: The Dilemma of Social Constructs."  Pp. 41-54 in A Strategy for Inclusiveness in Veterinary Medicine edited by Sandy Amass and Pat Lowrie.  West Lafayette, IN: Purdue University Press

Subramaniam, Mangala and Chris Bunka.  2012. Food Security and State: Policy Considerations for the Contemporary Food Crisis. Policy Education Brief, Global Policy Research Institute, Purdue University (Incentive award)

Subramaniam, Mangala. 2012. “Grassroots Groups and Poor Women’s Empowerment in Rural India,” International Sociology 27 (1): 70 - 93.

Subramaniam, Mangala and Beth Williford. 2012. “Contesting Water Rights: Collective Ownership & Struggles against Privatization,” Sociology Compass 6(5): 413-24

Subramaniam, Mangala, David Whitlock, and Beth Williford. 2012. “Water Crisis” in Encyclopedia of Globalization edited by George Ritzer. Wiley-Blackwell Publisher

 Williford, Beth, Mangala Subramaniam , and David Whitlock. 2012. “Liberalization” in Encyclopedia of Globalization edited by George Ritzer. Wiley-Blackwell Publisher

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CURRENT GRADUATE STUDENTS (see CV for details)

Christopher Bunka, PhD Student.  Interests: Globalization, Global Politics, State Power

Lori Lundell, Phd Student. Interests: Gender, Race, Class