BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//events.la.psu.edu//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20201101T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20200308T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:3391-271932ed5c43413dde42c9e82b3f1d76@events.la.psu.edu DTSTAMP:20260514T214050Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230405T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230405T110000 SUMMARY:Center for Democratic Deliberation Lecture: Scott R. Stroud DESCRIPTION:\n&ldquo\;Democracy\, Caste\, and Bhimrao Ambedkar&rsquo\;s Rhetoric of Reconstruction&rdquo\;\n\nBhimrao Ambedkar (1891&ndash\;1956 ) is one of the most pivotal figures for India&rsquo\;s democracy. Not o nly did he serve as the architect in the 1940s for India&rsquo\;s consti tution\, Ambedkar also advocated for India&rsquo\;s most oppressed&mdash \;the lower castes and the so-called "\;untouchables"\; left out of the prevailing caste hierarchy. Drawing on themes in his recent book \, The Evolution of Pragmatism in India\, Stroud argues that Ambedkar&rs quo\;s commitment to democracy and his rhetorical activity were unified in a philosophical outlook with roots in his early education at Columbia University. It was there that young Ambedkar stumbled into the classroo m of John Dewey\, starting a lifelong fascination with the pragmatist&rs quo\;s books\, ideas\, and ideals. Ambedkar&rsquo\;s elaboration of the pragmatist notion of democracy as a way of life will be explored in his own rhetorical activities and anti-caste philosophy\, revealing a new pe rspective on rhetorical reconstruction\, highlighting an overlooked figu re in Indian public address\, and affirming the value of adding caste to our narratives of social justice.\n\nScott R. Stroud is an associate pr ofessor of communication studies and affiliated faculty of the South Asi a Institute at The University of Texas at Austin. He serves as the progr am director of media ethics at the Center for Media Engagement. \;He is the co-founder of the first John Dewey Studies Center \;in India at Savitribai Phule Pune University. \n\nFor more details: https://even ts.la.psu.edu/event/cdd__scott-r-stroud/ X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

“Democ racy, Caste, and Bhimrao Ambedkar’s Rhetoric of Reconstruction&rdq uo;

Bhimrao Ambedkar (1891–1956) is one of the most pivo tal figures for India’s democracy. Not only did he serve as the ar chitect in the 1940s for India’s constitution, Ambedkar also advoc ated for India’s most oppressed—the lower castes and the so- called "untouchables" left out of the prevailing caste hierarc hy. Drawing on themes in his recent book, The Evolution of Pra gmatism in India, Stroud argues that Ambedkar’s commitment to democracy and his rhetorical activity were unified in a philosophica l outlook with roots in his early education at Columbia University. It w as there that young Ambedkar stumbled into the classroom of John Dewey, starting a lifelong fascination with the pragmatist’s books, ideas , and ideals. Ambedkar’s elaboration of the pragmatist notion of d emocracy as a way of life will be explored in his own rhetorical activit ies and anti-caste philosophy, revealing a new perspective on rhetorical reconstruction, highlighting an overlooked figure in Indian public addr ess, and affirming the value of adding caste to our narratives of social justice.

Scott R. Stroud is an associate professor of comm unication studies and affiliated faculty of the South Asia Institute at The University of Texas at Austin. He serves as the program director of media ethics at the Center for Media Engagement. He is the co-found er of the first John Dewey Studies Center in India at Savitribai Ph ule Pune University.

For more details: https://events.la.psu.edu/event/cdd __scott-r-stroud/

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