Programme
For details of papers presented in each panel, please go the the Panels page, using the navigation bar on the left.
Tuesday 8th July 2008
11 - 12.30: Panel Sessions
Panel 8: National Parks and Landscapes of Resistance in South Asia
Panel10: Gender and Party Politics in South Asia
Panel 14: Darbah, Daftah, Kanqah, Math
Panel 18: Writing the Social: Popular Literary Traditions in South Asia
Panel 20: Medialised Realities in South Asia
Panel 24: Migration in South Asia: Causes, Patterns and Consequences
Panel 26: The Kerala Model: Trajectories in Transition
Panel 30: Religion and Governance in South Asia
Panel 37: South Asian Transnational Families and Negotiated Relationships
12.30 - 2.00: Lunch
2.00 - 5.30: Panel Sessions
Panel 8: National Parks and Landscapes of Resistance in South Asia
Panel10: Gender and Party Politics in South Asia
Panel 14: Darbah, Daftah, Kanqah, Math
Panel 18: Writing the Social: Popular Literary Traditions in South Asia
Panel 20: Medialised Realities in South Asia
Panel 24: Migration in South Asia: Causes, Patterns and Consequences
Panel 26: The Kerala Model: Trajectories in Transition
Panel 27: Roots and Routes of Democracy in the Himalayas
Panel 30: Religion and Governance in South Asia
6.00 - 7.00: Keynote Lecture
Professor Sanjay Subrahmanyam, UCLA: 'Cultures of Travel between Anjou and Agra: Europe and Asia in the Early Modern
Convener: Dr Nile Green, UCLA
7.30 - 8.30: Welcome Reception at Manchester City Town Hall
Refreshments will be served in the spectacular Great Hall of the Town Hall, and delegates will be welcomed with addresses by Councillor Mavis Smitheman, the Lord Mayor of Manchester, Professor Graham Ward, Head of the School of Arts, Histories and Cultures, University of Manchester and Dr Nile Green.
9.00 - 12.30: Panel Sessions
Panel 3: Colonised Antiquities: Archaeology and South Asia's Material Past
Panel 11: Disease, Possession and Healing in South Asia
Panel 16: Religion, Literature and Film in South Asia and the South Asian Diaspora
Panel 17: Censorship, Subjectivity and Subversion: Cultural Regulation in India from the Colonial Era to the Present
Panel 25: Legal Pluralism and Tribal Politics in South Asia
Panel 26: the Kerala Model: Trajectories in Transition
Panel 29: Political Economy of Federalism
Panel 33: the Public Representation of a Religion called Hinduism
Panel 38: Writing the Cities of the South Asian Diaspora
Panel 41: Pakistan in Transition
12.30 - 2.00: Lunch
Plenary Lecture 1 (1.00 - 1.45): Professor Tariq Modood, University of Bristol: 'From "Race" to "Ethno-religious": the Asianing of British Race Relations'
Convener: Dr John Zavos
2.00 - 5.30: Panel Sessions
Panel 2: Art History after independence: South Asian reconfigurations
Panel 3: Colonised Antiquities: Archaeology and South Asia's Material Past
Panel 7: The Political Economy of Bangladesh
Panel 11: Disease, Possession and Healing in South Asia
Panel 16: Religion, Literature and Film in South Asia and the South Asian Diaspora
Panel 28: Social Exclusion, Social Legislation and Religious Freedom: the Relevance of Ambedkar in India Then and Now
Panel 33: The Public Representation of a Religion called Hinduism
Panel 38: Writing the Cities of the South Asian Diaspora
Panel 39: Management of Development Projects in South Asian Countries
Panel 41: Pakistan in Transition
6.30 - 7.30: Talk and Reception
Whitworth Art Gallery: the Global Trade in Indian Textiles and and the Whitworth Textiles Collection
8.30 til late: Conference Club Night
Asian Sounds at the Glass Bar, Fallowfield
Thursday 10th July 2008
9.00 - 12.30: Panel Sessions
Panel 4: Slavery and the Raj: Representing Unfree Labour in South Asia
Panel 5: Gender and Performance in Princely India: New perspectives
Panel 7: The Political Economy of Bangladesh
Panel 12: Hagiographies, Topics, Canonisation and Interculturality
Panel 16: Religion, Literature and Film in South Asia and the South Asian Diaspora
Panel 21: Sri Lanka
Panel 23: Crime and Punishment in South Asia
Panel 32: Vegetarianisms: the Communicative Power of Meat in South Asia
Panel 36: Christians, Cultural Interactions and South Asian Religious Traditions
Panel 39: Management of Development Projects in South Asian Countries
12.30 - 2.00: Lunch
Plenary Lecture 1 (1.00 - 1.45): Professor Christopher Minkowski, University of Oxford: 'Sanskrit and Early Modern Knowledge Systems in South Asia'
Convener: Dr Jacqueline Suthren Hirst
2.00 - 5.30: Panel Sessions
Panel 1: Visual Cultures in South Asia
Panel 4: Slavery and the Raj: Representing Unfree Labour in South Asia
Panel 6: Indian Foreign Policy in the 21st Century: Prospects and Challenges
Panel 9: Bengal Studies
Panel 13: History and the South Asian Novel Written in English
Panel 22: Karnataka Studies
Panel 23: Crime and Punishment in South Asia
Panel 35: Lived Islam in Contemporary South Asia
Panel 36: Christians, Cultural Interactions and South Asian Religious Traditions
Panel 39: Management of Development Projects in South Asian Countries
7.00 onwards: Conference Dinner
At the Lal Qila Restaurant on Manchester's 'Curry Mile', Rusholme
Friday 11th July 2008
9.00 - 12.30: Panel Sessions
Panel 1: Visual Cultures in South Asia
Panel 6: Indian Foreign Policy in the 21st Century: Prospects and Challenges
Panel 9: Bengal Studies
Panel 13: History and the South Asian Novel Written in English
Panel 15: Sanskrit Traditions in the Modern World
Panel 22: Karnataka Studies
Panel 31: Citizenship and Education in South Asia
Panel 34: Re-use: the Art and Politics of Integration and Anxiety
Panel 35: Lived Islam in Contemporary South Asia
Panel 40: Does Decentralisation Necessarily Imply Pro-poor Service Delivery? Issues in the Context of Developing Economies
12.30 - 2.00 Lunch
EASAS Business Meeting (1.00 - 1.50)
How to get published (12.45 - 1.50): Meet the Publisher, Journal Editor and Book Review Editor and discuss strategies for getting published in South Asian Studies
2.00 - 5.30: Panel Sessions
Panel 6: Indian Foreign Policy in the 21st Century: Prospects and Challenges
Panel 9: Bengal Studies
Panel 13: History and the South Asian Novel Written in English
Panel 15: Sanskrit Traditions in the Modern World
Panel 22: Karnataka Studies
Panel 31: Citizenship and Education in South Asia
Panel 34: Re-use: the Art and Politics of Integration and Anxiety
Panel 35: Lived Islam in Contemporary South Asia
Panel 40: Does Decentralisation Necessarily Imply Pro-poor Service Delivery? Issues in the Context of Developing Economies
6.30 - 8.00 Ambedkar Lecture
Unfortunately the Ambedkar lecture speaker has had to withdraw at short notice - this event is now cancelled.