Conference Organisation
The European Conference on Modern South Asian Studies (ECMSAS) is held every two years. The previous conference was held in June 2006 in Leiden.
The Organizing Committee
The 20th ECMSAS 2008 conference was hosted and organized by the School of Arts, Histories and Cultures, University of Manchester.
The Organizing Committee consists of the following persons:
- Drs Nile Green , Department of History, University of California Los Angeles, and John Zavos, School of Arts, Histories and Cultures (SAHC), University of Manchester - Convenors
- Ms Alexandra Toye - SAHC Conference Co-ordinator
- Ms Hazel Collinson - ECMSAS Administrator
The Academic Committee
The Organizing Committee is supported by the Academic Committee (in alphabetical order):
- Dr Katherine Adeney, University of Sheffield
- Dr Burjor Avari, Manchester Metropolitan University
- Dr Roger Ballard, Centre for Applied South Asian Studies, University of Manchester
- Dr Rajinder Dudrah, SAHC, University of Manchester
- Dr Tilman Frasch, Manchester Metropolitan University
- Dr Anindita Ghosh, SAHC, University of Manchester
- Dr Julia Hegewald, SAHC, University of Manchester
- Dr Sean McLoughlin, University of Leeds
- Dr Tej Purewal, School of Social Sciences, University of Manchester
- Dr Ravi Raman, School of Social Sciences, University of Manchester
- Dr Atreyee Sen, SAHC, University of Manchester
- Professor Kunal Sen, Institute of Development Policy and Management, University of Manchester
- Dr Jacqueline Suthren Hirst, SAHC, University of Manchester
- Professor James Thompson, SAHC, University of Manchester
- Dr Soumhya Venkatesan, School of Social Sciences, University of Manchester