“Punjab: Past, Present and Future,” Punjab Research Group Conference, 27 October, 2018 (St Antony’s College, Oxford)
DETAILED PROGRAMME
09.00- 09.15: Registration
09.15- 09.30: Welcome address: Prof. Pritam Singh, Oxford School of Global and Area Studies, University of Oxford
09.30-11.15: Session I Religion and Punjab studies
Chair: Jaskiran Bhogal, PhD Candidate, London School of Economics, United Kingdom
09.30-09.55: Punjab and Sind Bank and the Creation of Sikh Heritage
Kanika Singh, Director, Centre for Writing & Communication, Ashoka University
09.55-10.20: Referendum 2020: A view from Punjab
Kiranpreet Kaur, PhD Student, Department of African Studies and Anthropology, University of Birmingham
10.20-10.45: The jama’at of Allah’s Friends: Maulana Allahyar’s reformist Movement and sacralising the space of the Armed Forces of Pakistan
Saadia Sumbal, Assistant Professor, Department of History, Forman Christian College University Lahore
10.45-11.15: Discussion
11.15-11.45: Tea/Coffee Break
11.45-01.30: Session II Land reforms, rural economy, politics and governance
Chair: Prof. Pritam Singh, Oxford School of Global and Area Studies, University of Oxford
11.45-12.10: Killing the two birds with one stone? Land Reforms as Power Sustenance and Peasants’ Suppression Tool in the West Punjab
Mazhar Abbas, PhD Candidate1 and Lecturer2
1. World History, Shanghai University, China and
2. History and Pakistan Studies, Government College University, Faisalabad, Pakistan
12.10-12.35: The Quality of Employment in Rural Non-Farm Sector of Punjab
Anupama Uppal, Professor, Economics Department of Economics, Punjabi University, Patiala,
Punjab – India
12.35-13.00: Governing (In-) Security Practices in the Punjab Borderland
Raphaela Kormoll, PhD Candidate, School of Government and International Affairs, Durham University
13.00-13.30: Discussion
13.30-14.15: Lunch Break
14.15-14.30: Conference Announcements regarding Publications, Scholarships and Research Projects
14.30-16:15: Session III Gender studies
Chair: Dr. Pippa Virdee, Senior Lecturer, De Montfort University, Leicester
14:30-14:55: The role of East Punjabi women in textiles manufacturing – Sewing for success
Harminder Kaur Bhogal, Project Director of Community Education Academy of Leadership (CEAL), West Midlands, England
14:55-15:20: Christian lenses, Christian goals? Two centuries of western women’s reporting of Sikhs
Eleanor Nesbitt, Professor Emeritus, Warwick Religions and Education Research Unit, Centre for Education Studies, University of Warwick
15:20-15:45: Women freedom in Bahawalpur State and the Colonial Punjab
Samia Khalid, Assistant Professor at the Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan
15.45- 16.15: Discussion
16.15-16.45: Tea/Coffee Break
16.45-17.20: Session IV History and art studies
Chair: Professor Iftikhar H. Malik, Bath Spa University
16.45-17.10: Heer Waris Shah: A Meme of Punjabiyat
Simple Kochar, PhD Candidate, Dept. of English, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar
17.10-17.20: Discussion
17.20-17.40: Deliberation on/Announcement of Best Presenter Award
17.40-18.00: Vote of Thanks
Prof. Pritam Singh, Conference Director
Registration: Please register for the event at http://www.punjabresearchgroup.eventbrite.com (or https://tinyurl.com/yb23pw2o)
“Punjab: Past, Present and Future,” Punjab Research Group Conference, 27 October, 2018
DETAILED PROGRAMME
09.00- 09.15: Registration
09.15- 09.30: Welcome address: Pritam Singh, Visiting Professor, Oxford School of Global and Area Studies, University of Oxford
09.30-11.15: Session I Religion and Punjab studies Chair: Jaskiran Bhogal, PhD Candidate, London School of Economics, United Kingdom
09.30-09.55: Punjab and Sind Bank and the Creation of Sikh Heritage Kanika Singh, Director, Centre for Writing & Communication, Ashoka University
09.55-10.20: Referendum 2020: A view from Punjab Kiranpreet Kaur, PhD Student, Department of African Studies and Anthropology, University of Birmingham
10.20-10.45: The jama’at of Allah’s Friends: Maulana Allahyar’s reformist Movement and sacralising the space of the Armed Forces of Pakistan Saadia Sumbal, Assistant Professor, Department of History, Forman Christian College University Lahore
10.45-11.15: Discussion
11.15-11.45: Tea/Coffee Break
11.45-01.30: Session II Land reforms, rural economy, politics and governance Chair: Pritam Singh, Visiting Professor, Oxford School of Global and Area Studies, University of Oxford
11.45-12.10: Killing the two birds with one stone? Land Reforms as Power Sustenance and Peasants’ Suppression Tool in the West Punjab Mazhar Abbas, PhD Candidate (World History, Shanghai University, China) and and Lecturer (History and Pakistan Studies, Government College University, Faisalabad, Pakistan)
12.10-12.35: The Quality of Employment in Rural Non-Farm Sector of Punjab Anupama Uppal, Professor, Economics Department of Economics, Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab – India
12.35-13.00: Governing (In-) Security Practices in the Punjab Borderland
Raphaela Kormoll, PhD Candidate, School of Government and International Affairs, Durham University
13.00-13.30: Discussion
13.30-14.15: Lunch Break
14.15-14.30: Conference Announcements regarding Publications, Scholarships and Research Projects
14.30-16:15: Session III Gender studies Chair: Dr. Pippa Virdee, Senior Lecturer, De Montfort University, Leicester
14:30-14:55: The role of East Punjabi women in textiles manufacturing – Sewing for success Harminder Kaur Bhogal, Project Director of Community Education Academy of Leadership (CEAL), West Midlands, England
14:55-15:20: Christian lenses, Christian goals: two centuries of western women’s reporting of Sikhs Eleanor Nesbitt, Professor Emeritus, Warwick Religions and Education Research Unit, Centre for Education Studies, University of Warwick
15:20-15:45: Women Freedom in Bahawalpur State and the Colonial Punjab, Samia Khalid, Assistant Professor at the Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan
15.45- 16.15: Discussion
16.15-16.45: Tea/Coffee Break
16.45-17.20: Session IV History and art studies Chair: Professor Iftikhar H. Malik, Bath Spa University
16.45-17.10: Heer Waris Shah: A Meme of Punjabiyat Simple Kochar, PhD Candidate, Dept. of English, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar
17.10-17.20: Discussion
17.20-17.40: Deliberation on/Announcement of Best Presenter Award
17.40-18.00: Vote of Thanks Prof. Pritam Singh, Conference Director
Please register via: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/punjab-past-present-and-future-punjab-research-group-conference-2018-tickets-46647517982
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