{"id":379,"date":"2023-10-19T23:39:58","date_gmt":"2023-10-19T21:39:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/womenandthecourt\/?page_id=379"},"modified":"2025-11-10T14:40:28","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T13:40:28","slug":"people","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/womenandthecourt\/people\/","title":{"rendered":"People"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-cyan-bluish-gray-color has-text-color has-large-font-size\">Convenors<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignfull has-primary-color has-text-color has-background is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"background-color:#fffefe\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading is-style-default has-light-green-cyan-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:20px;line-height:1.3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/womenandthecourt\/nadia-cattoni\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"473\"><strong>Nadia Cattoni<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details has-primary-color has-text-color is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\" style=\"font-size:18px\"><summary>Nadia Cattoni is a literary historian, Assistant Professor at the South Asian Studies Department, University of Lausanne. <br><br><\/summary>\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\">Her research focuses on&nbsp;early modern North Indian literature, particularly court poetry, erotics and aesthetics. She is also interested in understanding how literature relates to Indian miniature painting.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading is-style-default\" style=\"font-size:20px;line-height:1.3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/womenandthecourt\/melina-gravier\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"476\"><strong>Melina Gravier <\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\" style=\"font-size:18px\"><summary>Melina Gravier is a PhD candidate in the history of modern South Asia at the South Asian Studies Department, University of Lausanne.<br><br><\/summary>\n<p>Her research focuses on women&rsquo;s economic rights, Personal Law, Hindi and Urdu print cultures in modern South Asia. <\/p>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-cyan-bluish-gray-color has-text-color has-large-font-size\"><strong>Participants<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-vivid-green-cyan-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size is-vertical is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-4b2eccd6 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignfull has-text-color has-background is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:15px\">A<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/womenandthecourt\/nicholas-abbott\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"436\">Nicholas Abbott <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/womenandthecourt\/vrinda-agrawal\/\">Vrinda Agrawal<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/womenandthecourt\/raziuddin-aquil\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"440\">Raziuddin Aquil <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/womenandthecourt\/blain-auer\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"401\">Blain Auer <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:15px\">C<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-580e3dbedff654b35196f7561d4d1488\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/womenandthecourt\/nandini-chatterjee\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1265\">Nandini Chatterjee<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/womenandthecourt\/mehreen-chida-razv\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"432\">Mehreen Chida-Razvi <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:15px\">D<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/womenandthecourt\/rohit-de\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"448\">Rohit De<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:15px\">H<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/womenandthecourt\/wissam-halawi\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"469\">Wissam Halawi <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/womenandthecourt\/henna-henna\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"416\">Heena Heena <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:15px\">K<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/womenandthecourt\/razak-khan\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1392\">Razak Khan<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:15px\">L<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/womenandthecourt\/siobhan-t-lambert-hurley\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1479\">Siobhan T. Lambert-Hurley<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/womenandthecourt\/elizabeth-lhost\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"406\">Elizabeth Lhost <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:15px\"><strong>M<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/womenandthecourt\/daniel-majchrowicz\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1521\">Daniel Majchrowicz<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:15px\">N<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/womenandthecourt\/sumaira-nawaz\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"463\">Sumaira Nawaz <\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:15px\">O<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/womenandthecourt\/francesca-orsini\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"411\">Francesca Orsini<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:15px\">P<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/womenandthecourt\/heidi-pawels\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"420\">Heidi Pauwels <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-4490884d102c21552a1f779c5a79b684\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/womenandthecourt\/apurva-prasad\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1226\">Apurva Prasad<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:15px\">S<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/womenandthecourt\/sophie-schrago\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"460\">Sophie Schrago <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/womenandthecourt\/sabeena-shaikh\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"452\">Sabeena Shaikh <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/womenandthecourt\/people\/kanika-sharma\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1387\">Kanika Sharma<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/womenandthecourt\/julia-stephens-2\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1134\">Julia Stephens<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:15px\">W<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/womenandthecourt\/richard-williams\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"444\">Richard Williams <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:15px\">Y<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-light-green-cyan-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/womenandthecourt\/anjali-yadav\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"396\">Anjali Yadav <\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-cyan-bluish-gray-color has-text-color has-large-font-size\"><strong>Organizing staff <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><em><strong>Administration<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Adrian Spillmann<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Adrian Spillmann is the secretary of the South Asian Studies Department and a member of the organizing committee for the conference in Lausanne.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><em><strong>Design<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Jegaruni Sivakumarsarma<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jegaruni Sivakumarsarma is a minimalist graphic designer based in Sri Lanka. 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