BASAS ANNUAL CONFERENCE

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BASAS Annual Conference 2008

University of Leicester, UK
26-28 March 2008

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

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Key Dates

Panels

  • Submission of panel abstracts — 30 November 2007
  • Notification of acceptance of panels — 14 December 2007
  • Submission of papers for panels: 18 January 2008
  • Final confirmation of panels: 8 February 2008

Independent papers

  • Submission of independent paper abstracts: 25 January 2008
  • Notification of acceptance of independent papers: 8 February 2008

BASAS Prize

  • Submission of eligible papers to BOTH the panel convenor(s) AND conference organiser Clare Anderson: 14 March 2008.

Registration/Booking Form

  • "Early bird" registration deadline: 15 February 2008.
  • Click on the link above to go to the "late" registration form.
  • Due to unprecedented demand, registration closes on Tuesday, 18 March 2008.

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Provisional Programme

The Provisional Programme (updated 17 March 2008) contains full details of the panels, papers (including abstracts) and other events taking place at the annual conference, including:

Key Note Lecture

Signifying practices: The violent Other in placeless-place

Vishvajit Pandya

Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology, Gandhinagar, Gujarat

6.15-7.00pm , Thursday, 27 March

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BASAS Prize 2008

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. NOTE:

  • The student (a) must be studying for a degree in an institution of higher learning at the time of the BASAS Annual Conference, but (b) need not be a member of BASAS.
  • The paper must be (c) accepted in advance by a panel convenor, (d) submitted in advance to BOTH the panel convenor AND conference organiser(s), (e) presented in person by the student at the BASAS annual conference, and (e) not have been presented elsewhere or published previously.
  • For this year, an electronic copy of the full paper must be submitted to BOTH the panel convenor(s) AND conference organiser Clare Anderson at clare.anderson@warwick.ac.uk by 14 March 2008.
  • See full details the award (now increased to £250), eligibility and judging criteria, as well as the current holder and previous winners.

NB: The winner of this year's BASAS Prize for the best paper and presentation by a student at the BASAS 22nd Annual Conference is Nico Slate of Harvard University, USA, for "I am a coloured woman": Kamaladevi Chattopadhyaya in the United States, 1939-41.

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Registration/Booking Form

To register for the conference, please download, complete and submit the booking form now available as a WORD or PDF file. Please note:

  • The "early bird" registration deadline is Friday, 15 February 2008 has now closed.
  • The booking form includes information on how to apply for one of the 20 bursaries for registered postgraduates and participants from South Asia presenting papers at the conference.
  • The conference dinners will be held at the Halli restaurant.

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Location

The conference will be held in the John Foster Hall, Manor Road, Oadby Student Village, Leicester LE2 2LG, UK.

  • Click for a map [PDF] of the Oadby Student Village, and how to reach it by car [PDF] or public transport [PDF].

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Contact details and correspondence

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

Dr Prashant Kidambi

Dr Prashant Kidambi

School of Historical Studies, 5 Salisbury Road, University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 7QR, UK

Email: pk64@le.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0)116 252 2766
Web: http://www.le.ac.uk/hi/people/pk64.html

 
Dr Clare Anderson

Dr Clare Anderson

Department of Sociology, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK

Email: clare.anderson@warwick.ac.uk
Web: http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/ sociology/staff/academicstaff/ clareanderson/

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