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:
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
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