BASAS ANNUAL CONFERENCE
BASAS 1996 ANNUAL CONFERENCE
11-12 April 1996
Department of Social and Economic Studies
University of Bradford
Bradford
UK
NB: For a post-1996 conference note, see the BASAS Bulletin issue 2:1.
FOURTH ANNOUNCEMENT (updated 28 March 1996) PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME:
The annual conference of the British Association for South Asian Studies is the UK’s premier meeting of those academics and research students from all disciplines interested in South Asia. This year, the meeting will be hosted by the University of Bradford on the 11th and 12th of April.
Bradford itself is easily accessible by road, rail and air, and the university is a 10 minute walk from the city centre. If so desired, accommodation can be arranged in halls of residence adjacent to the conference venue.(Full travel and accommodation details will be provided upon booking.)
PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME
THURSDAY 11th April
11 am -12 noon Registration
12 noon -1pm Lunch
1pm - 2.30pm PANEL 1: Economics and Economic History
Poverty in the 19th Century
Pramit Chaudhuri, AFRAS, Sussex University
Finance and Poverty: The Government of Bihar’s Revenues in the 1930s
Tricia Collins, Strathclyde University
2.30pm - 3pm Tea
3pm - 4.30pm PANEL 2: Media
The Image of the Muslims in the Indian Print Media
Charu Gupta, Queen Elizabeth House, Oxford University
Market for Murder: Communalism, Consumerism and the Production of Culture in India Today
Rangan Charkravarty, University of Sussex
Language, Globalisation, Localisation and the Indian Media
Graham Chapman, Lancaster University
4.30pm - 5.30pm AGM
6pm Drinks reception
8pm Informal dinner
Friday 12th April
9.30am - 11am PANEL 3: Diaspora I
Pakistani and Kashmiri Participation in Electoral Politics: A Dewsbury Case Study
Pat Ellis and Salman Dadd, University of Luton
South Asian Women and Multiculturalism in the United Kingdom
Sangreeta Dutt, Nottingham University
Discrepant Masculinities and the Imagining of Communities
Claire Alexander, Open University
11am -11.30am Coffee
11.30am - 1pm PANEL 4: Diaspora II
The ‘Muslim Diaspora’ in Malabar South India
L.R.S. Lakshmi, SOAS, London University
Angrezi Shariat
Werner Menski, SOAS, London University
Bangladeshi, Migration and Settlement in the United Kingdom: Educational Progression and Careers
Tazeen Murshid, University of North London
1pm - 2pm Lunch
2pm - 3.30pm PANEL 5: Diaspora III
Title to be announced
Bobby Sayid, ICCCR, Manchester University
Title to be announced
Verinder Kalra, Manchester University
Title to be announced
Ravinder K. Thiara, CRER, University of Warwick
3.30pm - 4pm Tea
4pm -5.30pm PANEL 6: Electoral Politics
Bangladesh: the Fragility of Democracy
Dennis Wright, University of New England
Electoral Politics in Pakistan
Mohammed Waseem, St Antony’s College, Oxford University
NB: This is a provisional programme and the organisers do not guarantee that the panels and presentations will take place in this order on the day.
Membership enquiries should be directed to BASAS Assistant Secretary Dr J Majeed at the Department of Indology, SOAS, Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG, Tel. +44-(0)171-637-2388.
To receive a booking form and for other organisational matters regarding the conference, please contact BASAS Conference Co-organizers Dr Yunas Samad or Dr Apurba Kundu at the Department of Social and Economic Studies, University of Bradford, Bradford BD7 1DP, Tel +44-(0)1274-38-4802/4804/5046, Fax: +44-(0)1274-38-5295, Email: a.y.samad@bradford.ac.uk or a.kundu@bradford.ac.uk
BASAS Information Provider/Webmaster: Dr Apurba Kundu
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