cfp: ‘Punjab: Past, Present, Future’ Punjab Research Group Conference, March 25, 2017
The Punjab Research Group has been hosting conferences at least twice a year since 1984, and was established as an inclusive and all-embracing forum to provide a platform for discussion and debate on issues pertaining to East and West Punjab as well as the Punjabi diaspora. During the past 33 years, the PRG has provided space for academics to interact with each other regardless of territorial or disciplinary boundaries. This is especially important given the often-strained relationship between India and Pakistan, which has prevented discussion and dialogue between scholars of East and West Punjab.
Our first conference for 2017 will be held as a one-day event on 25th March in Oxford. We welcome submissions from scholars, academics, young researchers, journalists, artists, and activists for an inter-disciplinary discussion focusing on the theme of ‘Punjab: Past, Present and Future’.
Speakers are invited to give paper-presentations/performances that can cover a broad range of content, including, but not limited to: history, philosophy, politics, gender, religion, environmental studies, economics, diaspora issues, linguistics, literature, poetry, arts, and culture.
We particularly welcome proposals exploring the genesis of Punjab, intersections between the ‘3 Punjabs’, going beyond the 1947 borders: to deepen our perspective on the ‘connected histories’, and to envision interrelated futures, of the region.
Please send 200-word abstracts and expressions of interest to R.S.Mann, Nadia Singh and Geeta Sinha at punjabresearchgroup@gmail.com by 17th February 2017.
Notification of Acceptance: 25th February 2017
If you would like to register as a guest for this event, please book a ticket using our
online form: http://www.punjabresearchgroup.eventbrite.com
We look forward to seeing you in Oxford soon!
‘Punjab: Past, Present, Future’ : Punjab Research Group Conference, 2016
Please the updated programme for the PRG conference taking place today.
Description
The Punjab Research Group has been hosting conferences at least twice a year since 1984, and was established as an inclusive and all- embracing forum for discussion and debate on issues pertaining to East and West Punjab as well as the Punjabi diaspora. During the past 32 years, the PRG has provided space for academics to interact with each other regardless of territorial or disciplinary boundaries. This is especially important given the strained relationship between India and Pakistan, which has prevented discussion and dialogue between scholars of East and West Punjab.
Our second conference for 2016 will be held as a one-day event on 29 October in Oxford. We are pleased to welcome academics, young researchers, journalists, artists and activists from across the globe for an inter-disciplinary discussion focusing on the theme of ‘Punjab: Past, Present and Future’.
PROGRAMME OUTLINE
09.00- 09.30: Registration
09.30- 09.45: Welcome Address: Prof. Pritam Singh, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford.
09.45 -11.15: Session I Colonial Punjab: Multiple Facets
Chair: Prof. Iftikhar Malik, Bath Spa University
09.45 – 10.05: The Martial Race Theory & The Self-Identification of Sikh Soldiers in World War One
Amrit Kaur Lohia, Musician and MA History,
SOAS, University of London
10.05-10.25: Mule-breeding in the colonial Punjab: A Frustrated Enterprise
Prof. William G. Clarence-Smith, SOAS, University of London
10.25-10.45: Charhdee Kala: Akali Morchas, Indian Nationalism, and the Politics of Selfhood
Avinash Singh, Independent Researcher, USA
10.45-11.15: Discussion
11.15-11.30: Coffee Break
11.30-12.40: Session II Cultures: Material and Literary
Chair: Prof. Eleanor Nesbitt, Professor Emerita,
University of Warwick
11.30-11.50: Sikh Interpretations of the Mughal Shalamar Garden in Lahore
Dr. Nadhra Shahbaz Naeem Khan, Assistant Professor, Lahore University of Management Sciences
11.50 -12.10: Political Consciousness of Punjabi Poetry of the post-1990s
Amandeep Kaur, PhD Candidate, Panjab University, Chandigarh
12.10 -12.40: Discussion
12.40 -13.30: Lunch Break
13.30-14.00: Conference Announcements regarding Publications, Scholarships and Research Projects
14.00-15.10: Session III Postcolonial Punjab: Economic Trajectories
Chair: Dr. Navtej Purewal, Deputy Director, SOAS South Asia Institute
14:00-14:20: Punjab: The Long Road to Social Protection
Nadia Singh, PhD Candidate, Oxford Brookes University
14:20-14:40 Merchant’s Capital in Punjab’s Agriculture: Reflections on Farmer-Arhtia Relations
Shreya Sinha, PhD Candidate, SOAS, University of London
14.40-15.10: Discussion
15.10-15.30: Coffee Break
15.30-16.40: Session IV Postcolonial Punjab: Political Trajectories
Chair: Dr. Meena Dhanda, Reader, University of Wolverhampton
15.30-15.50: The Migrant, Migrant-in-Waiting and the Non-Migrant: Diverse Trajectories of Social Mobility
Sugandha Nagpal, PhD Candidate, University of East Anglia
15.50-16.10: Pakistan and the Christians: Creating a Sense of Belonging
Dr. Yaqoob Bangash, IT University of the Punjab, Lahore
16:10-16:40 Discussion
16.40-17.00: Deliberation on/Announcement of Best Presenter Award
17.00-17.45: Open Session including Poetry and Music
17.45-18.00 Note of Thanks
PRG conference, Saturday, 29 October, Wolfson College, Oxford
Attached is the programme for the upcoming PRG conference on Saturday, 29 October, at Wolfson College, Oxford.
You are very welcome to forward this on to any friends who you think might also be interested in attending as a guest. If you would like to book a place for the day, please complete the guest registration form online as soon as possible at :
Full Programme:programme-outline-prg-22-october-2016
Abstracts: prg-conference-abstracts_-22-october-2016
We would also encourage you to use the above link to spread the word about the conference on social media and elsewhere.
Looking forward to meeting you on the 29th!
Best wishes,
Radha
on behalf of the PRG
PRG meeting 27 June 2015, SOAS
The Politics of the Social and Beyond:
Hegemonies, Resistances, and Negotiations
B102, Brunei Gallery, SOAS, University of London, WC1H OXG
27 June 2015 at 10:00 AM
https://www.soas.ac.uk/visitors/location/maps/#RussellSquareCampusMap
Full Programme: PRG Programme June 2015
Samina Bashir (Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad)
The Communal Award in Colonial Punjab: Implications and Impacts for Sikhs
Michael Nijhawan (Department of Sociology, York University, Canada)
The Asylum Courts’ Radiating Effect on Religion
Nicola Mooney (University of the Fraser Valley, Canada)
Caste, Dominance, and the Question of Form
Kavita Bhanot (University of Manchester)
Unpacking Multiculturalism and Hybridity: ‘Self’ and ‘Other’ in ‘Third Generation’ British Asian Literature
Yaqoob Khan Bangash (Forman Christian College, Lahore)
Bahawalpur State and Pakistan, 1947-55: Accession and Integration
And book launch of A Princely Affair: The Accession and Integration of the Princely States of Pakistan, 1947-1955 (OUP, 2015)
Radhika Chopra (Department of Sociology, University of Delhi)
Seeing off the dead: Post mortem photographs in the Durbar Sahib
Silas Webb (Doctoral Candidate, Department of History, Syracuse University)
State Surveillance, Neighbourhood Formation and Diaspora Politics: The ‘Pedlar Fraternity’ in Glasgow, 1925-1949
Virinder S. Kalra (School of Social Sciences, University of Manchester)
Book Launch and reception, with musical performance and dialogue with Rajveer Singh, Hardeep Singh Siera and Amrit Kaur Lohia: Sacred and Secular Musics: A Postcolonial Approach (Bloomsbury Press, 2015)
cfp: THAAP CONFERENCE 2015: PEOPLE’S HISTORY OF PAKISTAN
Date: 06-08 November, 2015
Venue: THAAP, 43-G, Gulberg-III, Lahore, Pakistan.
Dear Friend,
THAAP is a forum of academics and professionals dedicated to improving the state of education, particularly in the field of Arts, Architecture and Culture. Friends and colleagues made THAAP Conferences 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 successful and now, I am happy to announce the launch of THAAP Conference 2015. With your contributions I am sure this too will be a great success.
THAAP has organized five international conferences, various talks, evening series and cultural events from year 2010 onwards. First Thaap Conference 2010, titled ‘Historiography of Architecture in Pakistan and the Region’ projected various viewpoints in the writing of history. A consensus developed that history acquires a meaning for the people if written from their perspective. Second Thaap Conference 2011 on ‘Portrait of Lahore: Capital City of the Punjab’ projected the city as an integrated human endeavor. Third Thaap Conference 2012 on ‘Life in Small Towns’ studied various small towns from all over the world in which life becomes the focal point of any composite and meaningful study of towns. Fourth Thaap Conference 2013 on ‘Cultural Roots of Art and Architecture of the Punjab’ explored different dimensions of the sub-continental Punjab to resolve the identity crisis we are in today as Punjabis. Fifth THAAP Conference 2014 focused on exploring the ‘Culture, Art and Architecture of the Marginalized and the Poor’. This year Sixth THAAP Conference 2015 sets out to shed light on ‘People’s History of Pakistan’. Please see the attached Call for Paper for details.
All interested scholars are invited to participate and write a paper. We welcome contributions from all over the world. We learn from each other.
Kindly email us 300-word abstract of your paper by APRIL 15, 2015. A confirmation email will be sent to you when we receive your abstract. If you do not get the confirmation email within a week of sending your abstract, please assume that we have not received your abstract and send us the abstract again.
The Paper Selection Committee will inform the selected paper readers by May 01, 2015. The full paper will be due by September 30, 2015.
Travel costs of selected paper readers (Economy Class Fare from point of origin to Lahore and return) and local hospitality will be provided during the conference.
Looking forward for your active participation in THAAP Conference 2015.
Email: thaap.conference@gmail.com
Address: 43-G, Gulberg-III
Lahore, Pakistan
THAAP Talk Series: People’s History of Pakistan
23rd THAAP Talk by Mr. Tahir Mehdi
Mr. Tahir Mehdi has kindly agreed to give the 23rd THAAP Talk on
“GAWALAY OF LAHORE: A history of resistance against land grabbers and corporate onslaught”
SATURDAY, APRIL 04, 2015 at 6 pm, 43-G, Gulberg-III, Lahore, Pakistan
Presentation:
“Gawalay of Lahore: A history of resistance against land grabbers and corporate onslaught”
Speaker: Mr. Tahir Mehdi
Chairperson: Prof. Dr. Anis A. Siddiqi
The talk is about the untold story of peri-urban milk entrepreneurs of Lahore who fought against much more powerful and highly sophisticated adversaries in market, in ‘battlefield’ and in courts of law and survived.
Mr. Tahir Mehdi works at Punjab Lok Sujag, an advocacy and research organization that aims to put ‘local issues high on global agenda’. He is also a part-time journalist writing mostly for dawn.com
cfp: SOAS South Asia Institute and Punjab Research Group
The Politics of the Social and Beyond: Hegemonies, Resistances, and Negotiations
Date: 27 June 2015 at 10:00 AM
Venue: B 104, Brunei Gallery, SOAS, University of London
Call for Papers
A one-day workshop hosted by the SOAS South Asia Institute, University of London
“The Politics of the Social and Beyond: Hegemonies, Resistances, and Negotiations”.
The SOAS South Asia Institute (SSAI) is pleased to announce a call for papers for the next Punjab Research Group meeting in June. The SSAI welcomes this opportunity to host the bi-annual PRG meeting and is supporting a number of Punjab-related initiatives, including teaching and research as well as the hosting of a monthly poetry/study group Sangat: Dialog Punjab open to the public.
The realm of the social is often viewed primarily through relations and interactions which exist alongside or even in spite of wider political, historical and economic processes. This one-day workshop aims to bring together a number of papers which focus on the ways in which the social informs and is informed by these broader processes by focusing upon how domination, governance, resistance, and negotiation have taken place over time.
Paper presenters are invited to submit expressions of interest, titles, and abstracts of 200 words. While the theme is a broadly stated one on the politics of the social, this can be interpreted in a plethora of ways. The invitation to submit titles and abstracts is extended to all disciplines, and the intention is that the day will result in an inter-disciplinary dialogue.
This PRG meeting will be co-organised by Navtej Purewal (SOAS) and Pippa Virdee (De Montfort University).
Please send 200 word abstracts, titles, and expressions of interest by May 1st to ssai@soas.ac.uk.
Registration:
This workshop will charge a minimal fee towards lunch.
Further information: http://www.soas.ac.uk/south-asia-institute/events/
State Formation and the Establishment of Non-Muslim Hegemony Post-Mughal 19th-century Punjab by Rishi Singh
State Formation and the Establishment of Non-Muslim Hegemony Post-Mughal 19th-century Punjab by Rishi Singh
This book explores one of the most crucial factors leading to the non-Islamic paradigm in the political and social fabric of Punjab—the emergence of a Sikh ‘space’ from the time of advent of the gurus.
It examines the Punjab state under Maharaja Ranjit Singh and his rightful domination over the majority Muslim subjects.
The conversion of Punjabis both from Hindu and Muslim backgrounds to Sikhism began to create problems for the Muslim elites in Punjab, even though Muslim and Sikh leaderships engaged with each other. The book traces how Ranjit Singh derived legitimacy from Muslim subjects in five crucial areas of governance: religion, justice, army, agrarian policy and the formation of new Muslim elites.
Sangat: Dialog Punjab
Sangat: Dialog Punjab
Poetry is engrained in every aspect of the lives, stories, music, politics, philosophy, faith and culture of Punjabis. A number of us are gathering together to explore Punjabi poetry through time (and through this, a history of Punjab), meeting once a month at SOAS.
Starting with Baba Farid (12th century) through to Najm Hosain Syed and Amarjit Chandan writing today, we will focus in each session, on one or two poets; reading their poetry, listening to it being sung, and discussing it along with the historical/political/ philosophical context. We hope to have leading Punjabi poet Amarjit Chandan joining us for most of the sessions, sharing his knowledge, along with other guest writers/scholars/singers.
We welcome those of all ages and levels, those with knowledge, passion and interest that can be shared and developed, but also those who are new to Punjabi poetry/literature, who may not read Gurmukhi/Shahmukhi or be proficient in Punjabi, but want to listen and explore – we especially encourage you to join us.
For further information please contact ssai@soas.ac.uk.
Forthcoming Events
Session 2: Baba Nanak
7 April 2015, Russell Square: College Buildings, 4429, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Session 3: Ravidas and Kabir
5 May 2015, Russell Square: College Buildings, 4429, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Session 4: Guru Gobind Singh
9 June 2015, Brunei Gallery, B104, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Session 5: Sultan Bahu and Bulleh Shah
7 July 2015, Brunei Gallery, B102, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Session 6: Waris Shah & Damoodar (Heer)
4 August 2015, Russell Square: College Buildings, 4429, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Sangat: Dialog Punjab
Sangat: Dialog Punjab
Poetry is engrained in every aspect of the lives, stories, music, politics, philosophy, faith and culture of Punjabis. A number of us are gathering together to explore Punjabi poetry through time (and through this, a history of Punjab), meeting once a month at SOAS.
Starting with Baba Farid (12th century) through to Najm Hosain Syed and Amarjit Chandan writing today, we will focus in each session, on one or two poets; reading their poetry, listening to it being sung, and discussing it along with the historical/political/ philosophical context. We hope to have leading Punjabi poet Amarjit Chandan joining us for most of the sessions, sharing his knowledge, along with other guest writers/scholars/singers.
We welcome those of all ages and levels, those with knowledge, passion and interest that can be shared and developed, but also those who are new to Punjabi poetry/literature, who may not read Gurmukhi/Shahmukhi or be proficient in Punjabi, but want to listen and explore – we especially encourage you to join us.
The first session is on Monday 9th March 2015, 6-8 pm at SOAS Russell Square (Room T102) and after that, on the first Monday of every month.
Session 1 (Monday March 9th): Baba Farid and Shah Hussain
Session 2 (Monday April 6th): Guru Nanak
Session 3 (Monday May 4th): Sant Ravidas and Kabir
Session 4 (Monday June 1st): Guru Gobind Singh
Session 5 (Monday July 6th): Sultan Bahu and Bulleh Shah
Session 6 (Monday August 3rd): Waris Shah and Damoodar (Heer)
Future sessions (open to suggestions): Women’s folk songs, Peero, Amrita Pritam, Shiv Kumar Batalvi, Paash and Lal Singh Dil, Sant Ram Udasi, Gurdas Ram Alam, Najm Hosain Syed, Amarjit Chandan
For more information, email sangat.punjab@gmail.com
cfp: International Sikh Research Conference (ISRC)
We are pleased to announce the call for papers (C4p) and registrations for the second International Sikh Research Conference (ISRC). The conference will take place at the prestigious University of Warwick on the 28 June 2015.
The second conference draws on the unprecedented success of the first ISRC, 2014 by bringing together academics, scholars and researchers and to encourage a spirit of collaboration within international Sikh studies academia.
Scholars, researchers and academics are encouraged to submit a paper which highlights research on any of the following themes: Musicology, History, Philosophy, Scripture, Diaspora, Identity, and Politics.
The call for papers for the second Sikh Research Conference is now live at http://www.sikhconference.co.uk.
See attachment for further details: Call for Papers
Regards
Gurinder Singh Mann
http://www.sikhscholar.co.uk
Lahore Literary Festival: 2015
The programme for the LLF 2015 has been published and can be viewed via http://www.lahorelitfest.com/llf-2015/program-2015/
You might be interested in reading Ahmed Rashid’s endorsement of the Festival in his article, ‘Literary festival breathes life into Lahore’ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-31377138
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