BASAS ANNUAL CONFERENCE

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BASAS Annual Conference & AGM 2006

19-21 April 2006, Birkbeck College, University of London, UK

With support from the British Academy Society for South Asian Studies

BASAS annual conferences are noted for their friendliness, informality, and open interdisciplinary intellectual exchange.

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Conference Photographs

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Dr. Deana Heath (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland) giving her paper on Genealogizing modernity: imperial hygiene, obscenity, and moral regulation in colonial India Discussion for Panel 2A: Censorship in colonial and post-colonial India and the diaspora, L-R: Dr. Anindita Ghosh (University of Manchester), Dr. Rajinder Dudrah (University of Manchester), Dr. John Zavos (University of Manchester) CSA Drinks Reception, L-R: Dr. Martin Menski (King's College London), Professor Zoya Hasan (Jawaharlal Nehru University), Alexander Evans, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, British Government CSA Drinks Reception, L-R: Dr. Pritam Singh (Oxford Brookes University), Dr. Kunal Sen (University of East Anglia) CSA Drinks Reception, L-R: Professor Sumit Guha (Rutgers University), Professor Patricia Jeffery (University of Edinburgh), Urs Geiser (University of Zurich-Irchel) CSA Drinks Reception, L-R: Dr. Richard Gale (University of Birmingham), Dr. Tina Basi (University of Bristol), Salla Sariola (University of Edinburgh) CSA Drinks Reception, L-R: Hemant Ojha (University of East Anglia), Professor Roger Jeffery (University of Edinburgh), Dr. Manoj Agarwal (University of Lucknow, India) CSA Drinks Reception, L-R: Dr. Andrea Major (University of Edinburgh), Dr. Martin Menski (King's College London) CSA Drinks Reception, L-R: Palash Kamruzzaman (University of Liverpool), Professor Graham Chapman (Lancaster University) CSA Drinks Reception, L-R: Dr. William Gould (University of Leeds), Namita Koppa (University of Leeds) CSA Drinks Reception, L-R: Dr. Katharine Adeney (University of Sheffield), Shreeyash Palshikar (University of Chicago), Dr. Shalini Sharma (Keele University) Attendees listening to Panel 6C New destinations and different routes: exploring South Asian migration to Europe Speakers from the University of Ghent, Belgium for Panel 6A: Asian description or European experience?, L-R: Professor Balagangadhara, Marianne Keppens, Dr. Jakob de Roover, Raf Gelders Coffee break Coffee break, L-R: Richard Bingle, Dr. Deana Heath (Trinity College Dublin), Dr. Muralidhar (S.V. University, Tirupati, India), Dr. Tim Beal (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand) Coffee break Coffee break, foreground L-R: Professor Roger Jeffery (University of Edinburgh), Dr. Emma Mawdsley (Birkbeck College) Attendees listening to Panel 7B: Rethinking the mutiny-rebellion of 1857-8 Speakers for Panel 7B: Rethinking the mutiny-rebellion of 1857-8, L-R: Dr. Clare Anderson (University of Leicester), Dr. Jon Wilson (King's College London), Professor Sumit Guha (Rutgers University, USA), Dr. Andrea Major (University of Edinburgh)

Conference delegates are encouraged to send additional images (including a caption naming all persons in the image) to Dr Apurba Kundu at a.kundu@bradford.ac.uk

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Annual BASAS Nirman Foundation Lecture

Professor Zoya Hasan

"Bridging the Growing Divide? The Congress and Indian Democracy"

Professor Zoya Hasan

Centre for Political Studies, and Director of the Women's Studies Program, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India

The lecture will be held on Wednesday 19 April 2006, from 18.00 in Lecture Theatre B34 on the basement level of Birkbeck College, University of London, Malet Street, London, WC1E 7HX, UK. A drinks reception will follow from 19.00 onwards in Room B04 of the basement level of Birkbeck College. This annual lecture takes place thanks to the generosity of the Nirman Foundation.

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Full Programme and Abstracts

The full Programme [pdf] includes details of all the panels and papers, as well as information about:

  • Plenary session: "20 years of BASAS — past, present and future" by Professor Peter Robb, Pro-Director of the School of Oriental and African Studies, UK, and Chair of the Council of the Society for South Asian Studies at the British Academy.
  • Nirman Foundation Lecture and Reception
  • Drinks reception hosted by Contemporary South Asia (sponsored by Taylor & Francis)
  • Conference Dinner
  • AGM

The Abstracts [pdf] for all papers are also available.

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BASAS Prize 2006

CONGRATULATIONS to BASAS Prize winner Sonia Benjamin (School of Oriental and African Studies, UK) for her presentation and paper, A Rose by Any Other Name: Exploring the Politics of Roja. An updated version of this paper will be invited for publication in Contemporary South Asia BASAS annual issue.

Special commendation also to Srijana Mitra Das (University of Cambridge, UK) for her presentation and paper, "Say Shava Shava!" Self-Censorship, Changing States and the Cultural Economy of Punjabiyat in Bombay Cinema

Each year, the British Association of South Asian Studies (BASAS) awards a prize for the most outstanding paper given by a student at its annual conference. The paper may be on any subject relevant to the conference.

  • NB: To be eligible for the Prize, a written paper of no more than 8000 words must be submitted to the BASAS Secretary by 14 April 2006.
  • The deadline for submissions will be posted here shortly.
  • See full details the award, eligibility and judging criteria, as well as the current holder and previous winners.

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Registration Form

View the Registration Form [pdf] for the conference, with details of costs and accommodation.

  • The deadline for registration has been extended to 31 March 2006.

Note that any bursaries awarded will be announced on 7 April 2006.

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Accommodation Guide

Read a Guide to Accommodation [pdf] around Birkbeck College.

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Executive Committee Elections

There will be an election for membership of the British Association for South Asian Studies (BASAS) Executive Committee at the annual AGM to be held in London on Thursday, 20 April 2006.

NOTE that forms must be returned to the Secretary by 12 April 2006 together with a 200 word statement in support of the candidacy.

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Contact Details and Directions

Please feel free to email any queries and/or further details about the BASAS conference to contact organiser Dr Martin Menski at martin@menski.net.

If you are new to London, see "Finding Birkbeck" for full details of how to get to the conference venue.

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