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Rajesh Sampath to join Springer Editorial Advisory Board

Professor Rajesh Sampath, GDS Center’s Lead Investigator for Social Exclusion has been invited to join the Editorial Advisory Board of the Springer Series in Social Work and Social Change & Springer Briefs in Social Work and Social Change. Both book series are published by Springer Nature, United States.

JSTOR has invited Brandeis’ first peer-reviewed academic journal, CASTE: A Global Journal on Social Exclusion, to join its archive

JSTOR, an academic research platform and one of the major sources of scholarly content for over 9,000 universities and libraries, has invited Brandeis’ first peer-reviewed academic journal, CASTE: A Global Journal on Social Exclusion, to join its archive.
Blue illustration of heads for J-CASTE journal

Brandeis publishes its first academic journal on caste and social exclusion

“CASTE: A Global Journal on Social Exclusion” released its first issue on Feb. 26, 2020, marking Brandeis University’s first-ever peer-reviewed academic journal. J-CASTE advances peer-reviewed scholarship across disciplines into caste systems in South Asia and beyond.
Painting from cover of CASTE Journal

J-CASTE announces the competition for the Bluestone Rising Scholar Prize 2020

The Joint Editors-in-Chief of J-CASTE announce the 2020 Bluestone Rising Scholar Competition in Caste Studies. The Award recognizes individuals who show great promise to make outstanding scholarly contributions in their future careers to the study of caste. Submissions are due June 1, 2020.

Brandeis University adds caste to its non-discrimination and harassment policy

In his December 2019 announcement President Ron Liebowitz said, “Guided by our founding values, Brandeis is a leader in making this addition; we know of no other institutions of higher education in the United States that currently include caste in their non-discrimination policies.” The decision was covered by Inside Higher Ed in the article “Prohibiting Caste Prejudice on Campus,” in which GDS Director Laurence Simon is quoted extensively.