‘Punjab: Past, Present, Future’ : Punjab Research Group Conference, 2016
Event Information
Description
The Punjab Research Group has been hosting conferences at least twice a year since 1984, and was established as an inclusive and all- embracing forum for discussion and debate on issues pertaining to the East and West Punjab as well as the Punjabi diaspora. During the past 32 years, the PRG has provided space for academics to interact with each other regardless of territorial or disciplinary boundaries. This is especially important given the strained relationship between India and Pakistan, which has prevented discussion and dialogue between scholars of East and West Punjab.
Our second conference for 2016 will be held as a one-day event on 29 October in Oxford. We are pleased to welcome academics, young researchers, journalists, artists and activists from across the globe for an inter-disciplinary discussion focusing on the theme of ‘Punjab: Past, Present and Future’.
PROGRAMME OUTLINE
09.00- 09.30: Registration
09.30- 09.45: Welcome Address: Prof. Pritam Singh, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford.
09.45 -11.15: Session I Colonial Punjab: Multiple Facets
Chair: Prof. Iftikhar Malik, Bath Spa University
09.45 – 10.05: The Martial Race Theory & The Self-Identification of Sikh Soldiers in World War One
Amrit Kaur Lohia, Musician and MA History,
SOAS, University of London
10.05-10.25: Mule-breeding in the colonial Punjab: A Frustrated Enterprise
Prof. William G. Clarence-Smith, SOAS, University of London
10.25-10.45: Charhdee Kala: Akali Morchas, Indian Nationalism, and the Politics of Selfhood
Avinash Singh, Independent Researcher, USA
10.45-11.15: Discussion
11.15-11.30: Coffee Break
11.30-12.40: Session II Cultures: Material and Literary
Chair: Prof. Eleanor Nesbitt, Professor Emerita,
University of Warwick
11.30-11.50: Sikh Interpretations of the Mughal Shalamar Garden in Lahore
Dr. Nadhra Shahbaz Naeem Khan, Assistant Professor, Lahore University of Management Sciences
11.50 -12.10: Political Consciousness of Punjabi Poetry of the post-1990s
Amandeep Kaur, PhD Candidate, Panjab University, Chandigarh
12.10 -12.40: Discussion
12.40 -13.30: Lunch Break
13.30-14.00: Conference Announcements regarding Publications, Scholarships and Research Projects
14.00-15.10: Session III Postcolonial Punjab: Economic Trajectories
Chair: Dr. Navtej Purewal, Deputy Director, SOAS South Asia Institute
14:00-14:20: Punjab: The Long Road to Social Protection
Nadia Singh, PhD Candidate, Oxford Brookes University
14:20-14:40 Merchant's Capital in Punjab’s Agriculture: Reflections on Farmer-Arhtia Relations
Shreya Sinha, PhD Candidate, SOAS, University of London
14.40-15.10: Discussion
15.10-15.30: Coffee Break
15.30-16.40: Session IV Postcolonial Punjab: Political Trajectories
Chair: Dr. Meena Dhanda, Reader, University of Wolverhampton
15.30-15.50: The Migrant, Migrant-in-Waiting and the Non-Migrant: Diverse Trajectories of Social Mobility
Sugandha Nagpal, PhD Candidate, University of East Anglia
15.50-16.10: Pakistan and the Christians: Creating a Sense of Belonging
Dr. Yaqoob Bangash, IT University of the Punjab, Lahore
16:10-16:40 Discussion
16.40-17.00: Deliberation on/Announcement of Best Presenter Award
17.00-17.45: Open Session including Poetry and Music
17.45-18.00 Note of Thanks