Creeping Conservatism: Neo-liberalism at Home, Militarism Abroad

With the 2016 Election Cycle in full swing, it has become apparent that the country has moved away from establishment politics towards the fringes of both parties; the phenomenon has caught most by surpise, and has caused many to question the process and possible results of this poltical polarization.

To better understand the current poltical climate, RISE has collaborrated with the Ahlul Bayt Student Organization at the University of Houston to host Professor Snehal SInghavi at the Univeristy of Houston to present his analysis on the subject.

Dr. Snehal Shingavi received his Ph.D. in English from the University of California, Berkeley in 2008 after earning BAs in English and Economics from Trinity University in 1997. His interests include Anglophone South Asian literature, Hindi/Urdu literature, Literature in Translation and Translation Theory, Theories of “the nation” (anticolonialism, nationalism, statism, postcolonialism, postnationalism, cosmopolitanism, globalization), and Classical Marxism. He won the Mellon Fellowship in Humanistic Studies, has published articles in several journals including International Socialist Review, and has appeared as a commentator on programs such as Hardball on CNN.

We wil meeting in the Senate Chamber room in the UC North, there will be a Q&A following the main presentation.