To: Jessica Einhorn,
Dean of the School of Advanced International Studies
Sunil Khilnani, Director of South Asia
Studies, SAIS
Walter Andersen, Associate
Director of South Asia Studies, SAIS
Anjali Sharan, Program Coordinator, South Asian Studies,
SAIS
cc: William Brody, President, Johns Hopkins University
Dear Colleagues at the School of
Advanced International Studies,
We are
dismayed to learn that the
The line between hate speech and free speech can be blurred, and
Either the
Yours Sincerely,
Kamala Visweswaran, Associate Professor of
Anthropology and South Asian Studies,
Laura M. Ahearn, Associate Professor,
Department of Anthropology
Director, South Asian Studies Program,
Sanjam Ahluwalia, Assistant Professor, Dept of History and Program
in Women's Studies, Northern
Arjun Appadurai, Provost and John Dewey Professor in the Social
Sciences, New
Kamran Asdar Ali, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, University
of Texas-Austin
Lisa
Armstrong, Assistant Professor of Women’s Studies,
Anjali Arondekar, Assistant Professor of Women's Studies,
Catherine
Asher, Professor, Department of Art History,
Fredrick
Asher, Chair, Department of Art History,
Paola Bacchetta, Associate Professor of Women's Studies,
University of California-Berkeley
Swami Badrinath, Professor of Economics,
Kim Berry,
Associate Professor and Program Leader, Women's
Manu Bhagavan,
Assistant Professor, Hunter College-CUNY
Radhika Balakrishnan, Professor of Economics, Marymount
Manhattan
Srimati Basu, Associate Professor of Anthropology,
Purnima Bose,
Associate Professor of English,
Carol
Breckenridge, Associate Professor of History, Graduate Faculty,
New
Antoinette Burton, Professor of History,
Indrani Chatterjee, Associate Professor of History,
Piya Chatterjee, Associate Professor, Department of Women's
Studies, UC-Riverside
Angana Chatterji, Associate Professor of Anthropology, CIIS
Vasudha Dalmia, Professor of South Asian Studies, UC Berkeley
Samir Dayal, Associate Professor of English,
Manali Desai,
Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology,
Shelley
Feldman, Professor of Sociology,
Geraldine
Forbes, Professor of History,
Keya Ganguly,
Associate Professor, Cultural Studies & Comparative Literature,
Rosemary Marangoly George, Associate Professor of Literature,
UCSD
Bishnupriya Ghosh, Associate Professor of English, UC Davis
Gayathri Gopinath, Assistant Professor of Asian American Studies UC
Davis
Paul R. Greenough, Professor of History, University of
Shubhra Gururani, Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology,
Mary
Hancock, Associate Professor of Anthropology,
Hans
Heinrich Hock, Professor of
Linguisitics and Sanskrit, University
of Illinois-Urbana
Syed Akbar Hyder, Assistant Professor
of South Asian Studies, University of
Sanjay Joshi, Associate Professor of History,
Northern Arizona University
Sangeeta Kamat, Associate Professor,
School of Education, University of Massachussetts,
Amherst
Suvir Kaul, Professor of English, University of
Satish Kolluri, Assistant Professor, Department of Communication
Studies, Pace University
Jayati Lal, Assistant Professor of
Sociology and Women's Studies,
Ruby Lal,
Assistant Professor of Anthropology, The
Vinay Lal, Associate Professor, Department of History, UCLA
Smita Lahiri, Assistant Professor of Anthropology,
Sarah Lamb,
Associate Professor of Anthropology & Director of Graduate
Studies, Women's Studies,
Frederique Apffel-Marglin, Professor, Deparment
of Anthropology,
Biju Mathew,
Associate Professor of Information Systems,
Sucheta Mazumdar, Professor of History,
Christi Merrill, Assistant Professor,
Comparative Literature/Asian Languages and Cultures,
Barbara
Metcalf, Professor of History,
Ali Mir, Associate Professor of
Management, College of
Raza Mir,
Associate Professor of Management, College of
Chandra Talpade
Mohanty, Professor of Women's Studies and Dean's
Professor of the Humanities,
Padmini Mongia, Professor of English,
Radhika Mongia, Assistant
Professor of
Women's Studies,
Richa Nagar, Associate Professor of Women's Studies,
Savita Nair,
Assistant Professor of South Asian History,
Balmurli Natrajan, Assistant Professor of Anthropology,
Anuradha Dingwaney
Patrick Olivelle, Professor of Sanskrit and South Asian Studies,
Veena Talwar Oldenburg, Professor of History,
Rupal Oza, Assistant Professor of Geography,
Gyan Pandey, Professor of Anthropology,
Kavita Philip
Associate Professor, Women's Studies Program, UC Irvine
Sheldon Pollock, George V. Bobrinskoy Professor of Sanskrit and Indic Studies,
Steven M. Poulos,
Director,
Vijay Prashad,
Associate Professor of International Studies,
Gautam Premnath, Assistant Professor of English,
Jyoti Puri, Associate Professor, Sociology,
Gloria Raheja, Professor of Anthropology,
Kasturi Ray, Assistant Professor, Global Studies,
Velcheru Narayana Rao, Professor of
Languages and Cultures of
Chandan Reddy,
Assistant Professor of English,
Anindyo Roy, Associate
Professor of English,
Modhumita
Roy, Associate Professor of English and Director of Women's Studies,
Parama Roy,
Associate Professor of English, UC Riverside
Bhaskar Sarkar, Assistant Professor of Film Studies, UC Santa
Barbara
Mahua Sarkar, Assistant Professor of History, SUNY-Binghampton
Sabina Sawhney,
Associate Professsor, English,
Simona Sawhney, Assistant Professor, South Asian Literature,
Malini Johar Schueller, Professor of
English, University of
Martha
Selby, Associate Professor of
Sanskrit and South Asian Studies,
Kalpana Seshadri-Crooks, Associate Professor of English, Director
of Women’s Studies,
Sahar Shafqat, Assistant Professor, Department of Political
Science, St. Mary’s
Nayan Shah,
Associate Professor, History,
Aradhana
Sharma, Assistant Professor, Departments of Anthropology and Women's Studies,
Zoe Sherinian, Assistant Professor of Ethnomusicology,
Amritjit
Singh, Professor of English and African American Studies,
Nikhil Pal
Singh Associate Professor, Department of History
Mrinalini Sinha, Associate Professor of History and Women's Studies,
Rajini Srikanth, Associate Professor English,
Nidhi Srinivas, Assistant Professor of Nonprofit Management, Milano School of
Management and Urban Policy, New School University
Rachel Sturman,
Assistant Professor of History and Asian Studies,
Narendra Subramaniam, Associate Professor, Department of Political
Science,
Roli Verma, Regent’s Lecturer, Associate Professor,
David Gordon White, Professor and
Chair, Department of Religious Studies,