Panels at the 18th European Conference
on Modern South Asian Studies, 6–9 July 2004
Key note address at Conference Inauguration
by Prof. Dipankar Gupta,
Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi: “Democratic
Potentials in Cultural Politics: Caste Based Reservations and the
Issues of Citizenship”. FULL
DIPANKAR GIPTA’S PAPER (as a
pdf-file)
Joint Session at the 18th ECMSAS conference
Poverty and Human Development in South Asia
– Challenges before the State, Market and Civil Society in
the post-modern Era. FULL
PANEL REPORT WITH PAPER ABSTRACTS
Chairperson, convenor: Alia Ahmad,
Lund University
Speakers:
Prof. Ghanshyam Shah, JNU, New Delhi
Prof. Zulfiqar Bhutta, Aga Khan University,
Karachi
Dr. Meera Nanda, Hartford, Connecticut Venue:
Stora Salen in the Academic Society Building, Sandgatan 2.
Thursday 8 July, 19.30–22-00
Anthropology:
1. Do Villages Matter? A forum on the place
of villages for contemporary anthropology in South Asia. FULL
PANEL REPORT WITH PAPER ABSTRACTS
Convenor: Diane Mines,
Appalachian State University, USA
Co-convenor: Nicolas Yazgi,
Neuchâtel University, Switzerland
Wednesday 7 July, 8–12 & 13–17
7. Social and Political Implications of Economic
Liberalization in South Asia. FULL
PANEL REPORT WITH PAPER ABSTRACTS
Convenor: Prof. S.T. Hettige,
Dept of Sociology, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka
Co-convenors: Dr. Markus Meyer,
South Asia Institute, University of Heidelberg; and Dr
K Ravi Raman, Associate Fellow, Centre for Development Studies,
Thiruvananthapuram, India Wednesday 7 July, 8–12
8. Institutions and Agricultural Development. FULL
PANEL REPORT WITH PAPER ABSTRACTS
Convenor: R S Deshpande,
Institute for Social and Economic Change, ISEC, Bangalore, India
Co-convenor: Neelambar
Hatti, Dept of Economic History, Lund University, Sweden Friday 9 July, 8–12 & 13–18
10. Violence against Women in South Asia.
FULL
PANEL REPORT WITH PAPER ABSTRACTS
Convenor: Adeel Khan, School
of Health, University of New England, Armidale, Australia.
Co-convenor: Rafat Hussain,
School of Health, University of New England, Armidale, Australia Time: Thursday 8 July,
8–12
11. Education, health and demographic changes
in South Asia. FULL
PANEL REPORT WITH PAPER ABSTRACTS
Convenor: Neelambar Hatti,
Dept of Economic History, Lund University, Sweden
Co-convenor: T.V. Sekher,
Population Research Center, Institute for Social and Economic Change,
Bangalore, India. Time: Wednesday 7 July, 8–12 & 13–17
Environment & Technology:
12. Industrialisation in South Asia –
economic, social and environmental aspects. FULL
PANEL REPORT WITH PAPER ABSTRACTS
Convenor: Prof. Gunnar Jacks,
Dept of Land and Water Resources Engineering, Royal Institute of
Technology (KTH), Stockholm, Sweden Tuesday
6 July, 13–18
13. The stress on culture and ecology by
past and present changes in environment. FULL
PANEL REPORT WITH PAPER ABSTRACTS
Convenor: Michael
Mann, Fern Universität in Hagen, Historisches Institut,
Hagen, Germany
Co-convenors: Paul
Sinclair, Dept of Archeology, Uppsala University, Sweden &
Nils-Axel Mörner,
Unit of Palegeophysics and Geodynamics, at Stockholm University,
Sweden Wednesday
7 July, 8–12 & 13–17
15. From Landscapes to Genomes: Authoritative
Knowledge in Contested Domains. FULL
PANEL REPORT WITH PAPER ABSTRACTS
Convenor: Stig Toft Madsen, Associate
Professor, International Development Studies, Roskilde University,
Denmark Thursday
8 July, 13–18
Gender studies:
16. Gender and the local state
in South Asia. FULL
PANEL REPORT WITH PAPER ABSTRACTS
Convenor: Patricia
Jeffery, Department of Sociology, School of Social and Political
Studies, Edinburgh, UK Tuesday 6 July, 13–18, and Wednesday
7 July, 13–17
17. Exploring Masculinities in politics,
culture and society in India. FULL
PANEL REPORT WITH PAPER ABSTRACTS
Convenor: Kamlesh Mohan,
Chairperson, Dept. of History, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India Thursday 8 July, 13–18
History & Society:
18. Empires, Nationalisms and the Containment
of Labour in South Asia: Historical and Contemporary Issues.
FULL
PANEL REPORT WITH PAPER ABSTRACTS
Convenor: Ravi
Ahuja, Dept of History, South Asia Institute, Heidelberg University,
Germany
Co-convenor: Benjamin
Zachariah, Dept of History, Sheffield University, UK Wednesday 7 July, 8–12 & 13–17
19. Merging the unsuitable? Brittish India
and Burma 1850-1948. FULL
PANEL REPORT WITH PAPER ABSTRACTS
Convenor: Tilman Frasch,
Manchester Metropolitan University, UK
Co-convenor: Swapna Bhattacharya,
Department of South & South East Asian Studies, Calcutta University,
Kolkata, India Thursday 8 July, 8–12
20. Rural Livelihood and Social Capital:
The Case of Bangladesh and South Asia. FULL
PANEL REPORT WITH PAPER ABSTRACTS
Convenor: Dr. Rita Afsar, Bangladesh
Institute of Development Studies, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Co-convenor: Dr. Alia Ahmad,
Dept of Economics, Lund University Tuesday 6 July, 13–18
22. Maginalized groups. On Pilgrims, Paupers,
Pirates and Prostitutes. Discovering “Spaces of Disorder”
in the Colonial Societies of Maritime South and South-East Asia
(ca. 1700-1950). FULL
PANEL REPORT WITH PAPER ABSTRACTS
Convenor: Dr.
Harald Fischer-Tiné, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin,
Institut für Asien- und Afrikawissenschaften, Seminar für
Geschichte Südasiens, Germany
Co-convenor: Dr. Friedhelm
Hartwig, Centre of Modern Oriental Studies, Berlin, Germany Friday 9 July, 8–12
& 13–18
23. History of the Indian Princely States.
FULL
PANEL REPORT WITH PAPER ABSTRACTS
Convenor: Dick Kooiman,
Dept of Anthropology (Asian History), Amsterdam Free University,
the Netherlands Friday
9 July, 8–12 & 13–18
International relations & Diaspora studies:
24. International Relations and the South
Asian Security Order. FULL
PANEL REPORT WITH PAPER ABSTRACTS
Convenor: Dr. Christian
Wagner, German Institute for International and Security Affairs,
Berlin
Co-convenors: Dr. Mohammed
B. Alam, Professor of History and Political Science, Miyazaki
International College, Japan, & Karsten
Frey, Dept. of Political Science, South Asia Institute, University
of Heidelberg Friday
9 July, 8–12
26. Globalization, technological advances
and minority languages in South Asia. FULL
PANEL REPORT WITH PAPER ABSTRACTS
Convenor: Anju Saxena,
Department of Linguistics, Uppsala University Friday
9 July, 8–12 & 13–18
27. South Asian languages in linguistic focus.
FULL
PANEL REPORT WITH PAPER ABSTRACTS
Convenor: Dr. Ruth Laila
Schmidt, Dept of East-European and Oriental Studies, University
of Oslo, Norway
Co-convenor: Dr. Vit Bubenik,
Department of Linguistics, Memorial University of Newfoundland,
Canada Tuesday
6 July, 13–18
30. Crisis of State and Nation – South
Asian states between Nation Building and Fragmentation.
FULL
PANEL REPORT WITH PAPER ABSTRACTS
Convenor: Prof. Dipak Malik,
Faculty of Commerce, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India
Co-convenor: Prof. John P. Neelsen,
Institute of Sociology, Tübingen University, Germany Tuesday 6 July, 13–18
31. Political Development and the Process
of Democratization in South Asia. FULL
PANEL REPORT WITH PAPER ABSTRACTS
Convenor: Erik Komarov,
Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow Tuesday 6 July, 13–18
& Wednesday 7 July, 8–12
32. Problems of democracy in South Asia: •
Terrorism and Separatism; • Communal Politics and Religious
Fundamentalism; • Ethnic division. FULL
PANEL REPORT WITH PAPER ABSTRACTS
Convenor: Tatu Vanhanen,
Professor Emeritus, Klaukkala, Finland
Co-convenors: Prof. M
A Hussain & Dr.
B V Muralidhar, Faculty members, Dept. of Political Science
& Public Administration, S.V. University, Tirupati, India Wednesday
7 July, 8–12 & 13–17
33. Ethnic Cleansing, Migration, and Resettlement:
Partition & Post-Partition Experiences. FULL
PANEL REPORT WITH PAPER ABSTRACTS
Convenor: Ishtiaq
Ahmed, Associate Professor, Dept of Political Science, Stockholm
University, Sweden
Co-convenor: Professor Ian
Talbot, Director, Centre for South Asian Studies, Coventry University,
UK Thursday
8 July, 8–12 & 13–18
34. South Asia: Changing Social Structural
Bases and the Dominance of Right Wing Ideologies. FULL
PANEL REPORT WITH PAPER ABSTRACTS
Convenor: M. N. Panini,
Professor, Centre for the Study of Social Systems, Jawaharlal Nehru
University, New Delhi, India Friday
9 July, 8–12
35. Federalism in South Asia. FULL
PANEL REPORT WITH PAPER ABSTRACTS
Convenor: Dr. M.C. Lall,
Institute of Education, University of London, UK Venue:
Conference Room 1 (third floor), Dept. of
Sociology, Paradisgatan 5 (House G)
Friday 9 July, 13–18
36. Differing Organisation of Society –
Different Value-Ideas. FULL
PANEL REPORT WITH PAPER ABSTRACTS
Convenor: Judith Dick, Lawyer,
Berlin, Germany
Co-convenors: Moez Khalfaoui,
Religious Science, Erfurt University; Uwe
Skoda, Freie Universität, Berlin; and Christian
Strümpell, Freie Universität, Berlin, Germany Tuesday
6 July, 13–18
37. Politics in Gujarat: From Congress to
Hindutva. FULL
PANEL REPORT WITH PAPER ABSTRACTS
Convenor: Radhika Desai, Dept
of Political Science, University of Victoria, Canada
Co-convenor: Jayant Lele,
Professor Emeritus, Queen's University, Canada Wednesday
7 July, 8–12
39. Bengal Studies. FULL
PANEL REPORT WITH PAPER ABSTRACTS Convenor: Hans
Harder, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Institut
für Indologie und Südasienwissenschaften, Halle (Saale),
Germany
Co-convenor: Chandanashis
Laha, North Bengal University, Siliguri, India Thursday
8 July, 8–12 & 13–18
40. Afghanistan panel. Security; Constitution;
Rebuilding; Economic, Political and Social Development. PANEL
CANCELLED!
45. Change and Continuity in Hindu Rituals:
Making Sense of the Hindu Identity in the Diaspora. FULL
PANEL REPORT WITH PAPER ABSTRACTS
Convenor: P. Kumar, School
of Religion and Culture, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Thursday 8 July, 8–12
& 13–18
46. Spirit and Power of Sacred Places, and
Preservation of Cultural Heritage. FULL
PANEL REPORT WITH PAPER ABSTRACTS
Convenor: Prof. Rana P. B.
Singh, Dept of Geography, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi,
India Tuesday 6 July,
13–18, and Wednesday 7 July, 13-17
47. Hagiographies: Topics, Canonization and
Interculturality. FULL
PANEL REPORT WITH PAPER ABSTRACTS
Convenor: Johannes Beltz,
Zürich, Switzerland (Südasien-Institut der Universität
Heidelberg, Abteilung Klassische Indologie, Germany) Thursday 8 July, 8–12
48. Christians, Cultural Interactions, and
India's Religious Traditions. FULL
PANEL REPORT WITH PAPER ABSTRACTS
Convenor: Richard Fox Young,
Ph.D, Elmer K. and Ethel R. Timby Associate Professor of the History
of Religions, Department of History, Princeton Theological Seminary,
New Jersey, USA
Co-convenor: Daniel
Jeyaraj, Ph.D, Judson-DeFrietas Associate Professor of World
Christianity Andover Newton Theological School Newton Centre, Massachusetts,
USA Friday
9 July, 8–12 & 13–18
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