Punjab Research Group

Detailed programme: Punjab Research Group Conference 31 March 2018

Saturday, March 31, 2018

DETAILED PROGRAMME

09.30- 09.45:         Registration

09.45- 10.00:         Welcome Address: Prof. Pritam Singh, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford.

10.00-11.30:          Session I     Language and music  

Chair: Jaskiran Bhogal, London School of Economics, United Kingdom

10.00 – 10.25:       Breaking Barriers: Role of Punjabipedia in Reaching out to Global Readers of Punjabi Language

Dr. Rajwinder Singh¹ and Dr. Jasvir Kaur²,  1. Assistant Professor, Department of English, Punjabi University Patiala and 2. Assistant Professor, Department of Literary Studies, Punjabi University Patiala

10.25-10.50:         Punjabi Popular Music Past and Present: Cultural Assertion or Cultural Erosion

Dr. Ajay Verma¹ and Dr. Kulbir Singh Dhillon², 1. Assistant Professor, Department of English, Punjabi University Regional Centre, Bathinda and 2. Professor & Head, Department of History, and Dean Colleges, Punjabi University Patiala

10.50-11.30:          Discussion

11.30-11.50:          Coffee Break

11.50-13.20:          Session II    Gender studies  

Chair: Dr. Meena Dhanda, University of Wolverhampton, United Kingdom                   

11.50-12.15:          Punjab’s modernity still leaving behind menstruation as an un-talked taboo topic.

Aleena Qaiser, Forman Christian College, Lahore

12.15-12.40:          Nevertheless She Persists

Simi Singh, Universty of British Columbia, Vancouver

 12.40-13.20:          Discussion

13.20-14.00:          Lunch Break

14.00-14.15:          Conference Announcements regarding Publications, Scholarships and Research Projects

14.15-15:45:         Session III Social and art studies   

 Chair: Prof. Eleanor Nesbitt, University of Warwick, United Kingdom

 14:15-14:40:         British Punjab 1849-58: A Study in Imperialism

 Fozia Umar, PhD Candidate, Department of History, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad and Visiting Fellow, Royal Holloway University of London

14:40-15:05:        Scheduled Castes Welfare in Punjab: Exploring the Extent of Awareness about Government Schemes
Dr. Lakhvir Singh, Assistant Professor, Department of Social Work, Punjabi University Patiala

15.05- 15.45: Discussion

15.45-16.05: Coffee Break

16.05-16.50: Session IV History and study of religions

Chair: Prabhsharandeep Singh, University of Oxford, United Kingdom

16.05-16.30: Journey of Jamia Khair Ul Madaris from Jalandhar, India, to Multan, Pakistan (1931-1951)
Fakhar Bilal, PhD Candidate, Department of History, Royal Holloway University of London

16.30-16.50:          Discussion 

16.50-17.05:         Deliberation on/Announcement of Best Presenter Award

17.05-17.30:          Coffee Break

17.30-18.30:          1984-When the sun didn’t rise (film screening)

Teenaa Kaur Pasricha, Independent Film Maker

We would expect everyone in the audience to make a voluntary contribution of atleast £3 to this which goes to the film maker Teenaa Kaur Pasricha.

18.30-19.00:         Discussion and interaction with the film maker Teenaa Kaur Pasricha, Independent Film Maker

19.00-19.15:         Vote of Thanks