Talk:Prof. Junaid Rana

By Sachi Anjunkar

Junaid Rana is an Associate Professor, Asian American Studies Head, Asian American Studies at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign as of April 2024. According to his university profile, his research interests include the Sociocultural anthropology, critical race studies, transnational cultural studies, diaspora studies; cities and urbanization, social movements, social justice activism and organizing; aesthetics, cultural production, political economy; critical Muslim studies, South Asia/Pakistan/America.

He has published no books, papers, or research pertaining to Hindus, the Indus Civilization, or caste.

In 2016, he signed a letter addressed to the State Board of Education, California Department of Education, dated May 17, 2016. The letter stated the following:

1. "There is no established connection between Hinduism and the Indus Civilization. The Rg Veda contains numerous mentions of horses and chariots but there is no conclusive material or fossil evidence for either at any Indus valley archeological site."
2. "It is inappropriate to remove mention of the connection of caste to Hinduism."

Publications related to India

Books

1. Rana, Junaid. Terrifying Muslims: Race and Labor in the South Asian Diaspora. Duke University Press, 2011.
2. Rana, Junaid. Policing Kashmiri Brooklyn. The FBI and Religion: Faith and National Security before and after 9/11, edited by Sylvester Johnson and Steve Weitzman, University of California Press, 2017.