BASAS ANNUAL CONFERENCE

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BASAS Annual Conference & AGM 2007

St Catharine's College
Cambridge, UK
28-30 March 2007

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

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Conference Photographs

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Professor Tor Halfdan Aase High Commissioner Dr Maleeha Lodhi and conference delegates at St Catharine's College
Professor Ronald Herring 		Marek Moron presents 'Baluchistan: remarks on historical circumstances of national aspirations'
Richard Bingle and BASAS Chair Professor Graham Chapman 		Professor Emeritus Frank Conlon
Professor Wolfgang Danspeckgruber and Dr Bhaskar Vira Conference delgates deep in conversation at The Eagle public house Conference delgates putting the world to rights at The Eagle public house Dr Bhaskar Vira presents the BASAS Prize 2007 to Radhika Govinda

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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Nirman Foundation Lecture 2007

photo of Professor Tor Halfdan Aase

"Local Responses to Globalisation in the Himalayas"

[See full lecture as a pdf file with accompanying ppt images.]

Professor Tor Halfdan Aase

Department of Geography, University of Bergen, Norway

From 2001 to 2004, Professor Aase was President of the Nordic Association of South Asia Studies. He is presently a member of the Council of the Nordic Institute for Asian Studies, Copenhagen, Co-Director of the International Migration and Ethnic Relations at the University of Bergen, and a member of the Board, Nordic Centre in India.

The Nirman Lecture starts at 6pm on 29 March 2007 in Cambridge. Venue to be announced.

PUBLIC: While the lecture is open to the public and admission is free, tickets MUST be obtained in advance from Professor Graham Chapman at g.chapman@lancaster.ac.uk

CONFERENCE DELEGATES will be given entrance tickets automatically.

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Conference Brochure with Full Programme

The Conference Brochure with Full programme (updated 27 March 2007) is now available in PDF and WORD formats, showing:

  • Maps
  • Registration
  • Panels and panel chairs
  • Titles of papers and presenters
  • Nirman Foundation lecture
  • Lunch, tea and dinner sessions
  • Executive Committee meeting
  • AGM

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BASAS Prize 2007

Dr Bhaskar Vira presents the BASAS Prize 2007 to Radhika Govinda

CONGRATULATIONS to BASAS Prize winner Radhika Govinda (University of Cambridge) for her presentation and paper, Re-inventing Dalit Women's Identity? Dynamics of Social Activism and Electoral Politics in North India.

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. Both the paper and its presentation from part of the judging criteria. The paper may be on any subject relevant to the conference.

Please note that:

  • Papers for consideration for the above prize must be submitted by 15 March 2007.
  • Papers which are below 8,000 words (including, footnotes and bibliography) are eligible for consideration. Those above the 8,000 word limit will be rejected.
  • Papers must be submitted by 15 March 2007.

Further information about the BASAS Prize 2007 is available as a PDF or WORD file.

  • See also full details the award, eligibility and judging criteria, as well as the current holder and previous winners.

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Registration

  • Full registration details and a registration form are available in PDF or WORD formats.

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Contact details and correspondence

photo of Bhaskar Vira

All correspondence (abstracts, proposals and further enquiries) should be sent to the BASAS conference organiser:

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Poster

Download an A4 poster [pdf] of the conference announcement and submission details.

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