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Conferences & Workshops in the US 2007-2008

Annual Conference on South Asia

The 36th Annual Conference on South Asia was held on October 11-14, 2007 in Madison, WI. The Conference is sponsored by the Center for South Asia at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.


South Asia Conference (Bangladesh, India and Pakistan)

16th November 2007, CMC 1024 H.M. Michaux, Jr., School of Education Building, (NCCU)

Theme: Crisis of Democracy, Governance Failure, Religious Extremism and Consequence on the Regional Business and Economy

Sponsored by:
School of Business , North Carolina Central University (NCCU)
North Carolina Center for South Asia Studies (NCCSAS)
Association of Economic and Development Studies on Bangladesh (AEDSB)

8:30-9:00 AM Opening Remarks
Beverly Jones, Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, NCCU
9:00-10:30 AM Crisis in Democracy/Political Instability
Moderator: Yasmin Saikia, UNC
Roundtable Participants:
Stan Kochanek (Keynote)
Ali Riaz, ISU (Bangladesh)
Bob Moog, NCSU (India)
Charles Kennedy, WFU (Pakistan)
10:30-10:45 AM Refreshment Break
10:45 AM-12:15 PM Economic and Business Consequences
Moderator: Asim Chakrabarty, VOA
Roundtable Participants:
Bijoy Sahoo (Keynote, India)
ABM Nasir, NCCU (Bangladesh, India, Pakistan
12:15-1:00 PM Lunch Break
1:00-2:30 PM Governance Failure
Moderator: Sandria Freitag
Roundtable Participants:
David Gilmartin, NCSU (Keynote)
Ali Riaz, ISU (Bangladesh)
Charles Kennedy, WFU (Pakistan)
2:30-2:45 PM Refreshment Break
2:45-4:15 PM Rise of Religious Extremism
Moderator: Anis Ahmed, VOA
Roundtable Participants:
Ali Riaz (Keynote)
Stan Kochanek (Bangladesh)
David Gilmartin (Pakistan)
Yasmin Saikia (India)

Public Forum (7:00 PM-9:00 PM): Public event featuring representatives from the embassies of Bangladesh (Ambassador M Humayun Kabir), Pakistan (Deputy Chief of Mission M. Aslam Khan), and India, discussing the issues of the day's conference in the Auditorium.

Coordinators:
ABM Nasir, Ph.D. (anasir@nccu.edu or nasnc@yahoo.com)
Sandria B. Freitag (sandria.freitag@duke.edu)


Conference on "Political Transformations in Pakistan"

This conference was held on March 29, 2008 in Washington DC, and was sponsored by AIPS and South Asia Studies at Johns Hopkins SAIS.

Download a conference program or abstracts.


South Asian Studies Association Conference

This conference was held March 29-30, 2008 in Claremont, CA.


Association for Asian Studies Annual Meeting

This conference was held April 3-6, 2008 in Atlanta, GA.