cfp: ‘Punjab: Past, Present, Future’ Punjab Research Group Conference, October 27, 2018 (St Antony’s College, Oxford)
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 34 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 second conference for 2018 will be held as a one-day event on 27th October at St Antony’s College, University of 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 submit abstracts (200 words) and CV to Raj (RS Mann) at punjabresearchgroup@gmail.com by 30th June 2018. Submissions from grad/postgraduate students are encouraged. Best Presenter Award will be presented to a doctoral student whose presentation is judged to be the best from amongst all the full time doctoral student presentations. The Award includes cash and a certificate.
If you would like to register as a guest for this event, please book a ticket using our online form at (https://tinyurl.com/yb23pw2o). The registration fee is £10 per person.
We look forward to seeing you in Oxford soon!
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
A small world in a faraway land
A small world in a faraway land
(this article is also available at http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/spectrum/a-small-world-in-a-faraway-land/544596.html)
Spectrum
Posted at: Feb 18, 2018, 1:30 AM; last updated: Feb 18, 2018, 1:30 AM (IST)
A small world in a faraway land
The history of Sikh heritage in Canada boasts of values of community living. It tells about Punjabi immigrants who moved to Paldi and Abbotsford and painted strokes of inherited culture
Rishi Singh
The Sikhs who first stepped on the western-Canadian soil were on their way to attend commemoration of Queen Victoria of England Diamond Jubilee in 1897. These soldiers were followed by more Sikh soldiers who travelled through Canada for the celebrations of the Kind Edward VII in 1902. The number of Sikh settlers began to rise, especially, 1904 onwards. The ‘white community’ thought that the Sikhs were getting better jobs and this lead to racial tensions. Realising the challenges, Sikhs organised themselves socially and politically and formed Khalsa Diwan Society in 1907. It was during this time that the first gurdwara was established at West 2nd Avenue, Vancouver.
In an attempt to dishearten South Asians from settling down in Canada, the then Canadian government introduced the infamous “continuous journey” regulation in 1908. The regulation put forward a condition that only those who reached Canadian ports after travelling continuously from their country would be allowed to land on its soil. In the year 1914, a large number of passengers, majority of them Sikhs, sailed to Canada on the ship Komagata Maru were refused entry under the new law. To make matters worse, women and children under 18 were not permitted to come along with men to Canada until 1920s, when the law changed and families began moving in.
A high engagement with the democratic institution of the nation prompted the Sikhs, led by Khalsa Diwan Society, to ask for the right to vote. In 1945, war veterans from the World Wars were granted the right to cast votes in the provincial elections. In 1947-48, the Canadians from South Asian descent were allowed to vote both in provincial and federal elections. Thus, gaining full rights of a Canadian citizen.
Paldi — When a town became home
In Western Canada, the Sikh communities began prospering in cities like Duncan, Victoria, Vancouver, Abbotsford and Mission. Soon a sawmill town was established by Mayo Singh, a Sikh, who named the town Paldi after his native place Paldi in Hoshiarpur. In 1916, he went to Cowichan Valley seeking better source of timber and an appropriate site for establishing a sawmill. Slowly and steadily, the area around his sawmill began to grow like a town. Many workers, who were Japanese, South Asian, Chinese and whites began to settle there. The place had a Gurdwara, company store, post office and a Japanese community hall. As Paldi prospered, the place became a home away from home for many families. In tandem with the Sikh principles, Mayo Singh shared his earnings with the Duncan community. His donations to the Duncan hospitals are still talked about and appreciated. The sawmill stopped working in 1945 and that slowly put an end to the community living that saw amalgamation of several cultures in Canada.
Another fascinating fact that takes one to the golden days of Paldi is the making of a school.
In 1920, the first school in Paldi was built on a hill amidst huge stumps and debris of a former logging area, as mentioned by Carolyn Prellwitz in her article in Cowichan Valley Citizen. At the time when Canada celebrated its 150th year of existence, the one-room school at Paldi became symbolic of diversity and inclusion. Carolyn informs that all building material for the school was donated by the Mayo Lumber Company. Parents and others provided the labour and other equipment. The piano was personally given by Mayo Singh. The school photographs from the 1920s to 1960s featured Sikhs, Japanese, Chinese and Caucasian students, demonstrating rich diversity at Paldi.
The once-upon-a-time town of Paldi has disappeared, but what remains there is a Gurdwara Sahib. The gurdwara building has symbolic prakash of Guru Granth Sahib on the upper floor. The ground floor has a room with some old images that are put on the wall, pointing to the glorious days of Paldi. An image shows certificate of honours given to Mayo Singh by the government of Canada. There is an image of Mayo Singh meeting Jawaharlal Nehru, the then Indian Prime Minister of India, on his visit to Canada.
Abbotsford — Footprints of history
Nearly an hour from Vancouver, on the South Fraser Way, in the city of Abbotsford is located a Canadian Heritage Site, a gurdwara, known as Gur Sikh Temple. Soon after moving to Canada, I was fortunate to engage and work with the Fraser Valley Sikh community on a Canadian Sikh Heritage project that is the Gur Sikh Temple.
The site of the gurdwara opened in the year 1912 with support from Khalsa Diwan Society. As per the newspaper reports then, during the inauguration of the Gurdwara Sahib, a large number of Sikhs and non-Sikhs joined in the congregation. There are two floors on the gurdwara — the second floor has the prakash of Sri Guru Granth Sahib and the ground floor has a kitchen. Sunder Singh Thandi and Arjan Singh were instrumental in the making of the gurdwara. The one-acre land was bought by them adjacent to the mill, where 50 Sikhs worked. The owner of the Trethway Lumber Company donated the lumber for the gurdwara. It took Sikh community three years, beginning from 1908, to construct the gurdwara that formally opened in 1912.
In 2002, Khalsa Diwan Society asked the Historic Sites and Monuments Board to consider the gurdwara for National Historic Site status. In July 2002, the gurdwara received the recognition. Khalsa Diwan Society got the gurdwara building restored and reopened in 2007. The upper floor has prakash of Guru Granth Sahib. Currently, ground floor is used as exhibition space. The exterior of the Gurdwara Sahib has a gabbed roof. There are sculptures of Bhai Kanhaiya and injured soldiers being served water by him in the gardens of the Gurdwara premises. The exhibitions and sculptures make visitors curious about the Sikh history.
The teaching of tenth Guru of Sikhs, Gobind Singh, Manaski Jaat Sabhe eke Paichanbo recognises all mankind as a single race of humanity. It connects with the Canadian core values of equality and respect for cultural differences. Embracing this ethos, the Sikh community has played an important role in enriching the country’s institutions with its contributions. Canada is marching ahead, but at the same time is not forgetting its historic defining moments. It is rather preserving, conserving and sharing them with all. Those visiting Canada must make an effort to include Paldi and Abbotsford in their itinerary to experience the feel of Punjab while away from Punjab and to celebrate Canadian Sikhs’ glorious heritage in faraway lands.
cfp: ‘Punjab: Past, Present, Future’ Punjab Research Group Conference, March 31, 2018 (Oxford)
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 34 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 2018 will be held as a one-day event on 31st 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 submit abstracts (200 words) and CV to Raj (RS Mann) at punjabresearchgroup@gmail.com by 15th February 2018. Submissions from grad/postgraduate students are encouraged.
If you would like to register as a guest for this event, please book a ticket using our online form at (https://tinyurl.com/y93n4ncd). The registration fee is £10 per person. There is no registration fee for kids under 16 when accompanied with fee paying elders.
PRG conference, 25 March 2017, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford.
We are delighted to share with you the programme for the upcoming PRG conference on Saturday, 25 March 2017, at the Oxford Brookes University, Oxford.
Please find attached the PRG PROGRAM Handbook 25 March 2017 and Programme Outline PRG 25 March 2017 containing the details of the papers to be presented and other relevant information. The booking fee for all conference guests and speakers is £10 per person. The fee can be paid at the time of registration using following modes:
1. International speakers: CASH only
2. UK speakers: Cash or cheque. The cheque should be payable to ‘Prof Eleanor Nesbitt Punjab Research Group Account’.
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 Registration
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 25th!
Best wishes,
Raj
(on behalf of the PRG)
R Mann
Research Degree Student
Oxford Brookes University
Oxford, United Kingdom
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/
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