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X-WR-CALNAME;VALUE=TEXT:Empire, Nation, Federation: South Asia’s Freedom in Global Perspective (Part 2)
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SUMMARY:Empire, Nation, Federation: South Asia’s Freedom in Global Perspective (Part 2)
DESCRIPTION:<p>	<strong>EMPIRE, NATION, FEDERATION: SOUTH ASIA’S FREEDOM IN GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE</strong><br><strong>HARVARD-TUFTS CONFERENCE on the 75th ANNIVERSARY of INDEPENDENCE and PARTITION</strong></p><p>	<strong>Jointly sponsored by the Weatherhead Center and Asia Center of Harvard University and the Center of South Asian and Indian Ocean Studies, Tufts University, and the concert by Zeb Bangash on October 8, 2022, at 6.30 pm supported by Presidents Bacow and Monaco.</strong></p><p>	<strong>Part 1: October 7-9, 2022, Part 2: April 7-9, 2023</strong></p><p>	<strong>Friday, April 7, 2023, ASEAN Auditorium, Cabot Building, Tufts University</strong></p><p>	<strong>4 pm: Welcome and Introduction by Ayesha Jalal</strong></p><p>	<strong>4.30 pm – 6.30 pm: Session 1 Despairs and Hopes of DemocracyChair: Ayesha Jalal</strong><br><span style="color:black">"Prospects of Restraining Indian Authoritarianism at the Local Level" by <strong>Pranab Bardhan</strong><br>“Hindu Nationalism and the Crisis of Indian Federalism” by <strong>Sumantra Bose</strong></span><br>Discussant: <strong>David Ludden</strong></p><p>	7.30 pm: Conference Dinner for Invited Participants hosted by Tufts University</p><p>	<br><strong>Saturday, April 8, 2023, Belfer Case Study Room, CGIS South 020, Harvard University</strong></p><p>	9.30 Breakfast and Coffee</p><p>	<strong>10 am: Welcome and Introduction by Sugata Bose</strong></p><p>	<strong>10.30 am-12 pm: Session 2 Imperial and Anti-Colonial Ideas of FederationChair: Sugata Bose</strong><br><span style="background:white"><span style="color:black">"</span></span><span style="background:white"><span style="color:#201f1e">U Ottama, Asia, and Anticolonialism"</span></span><span style="color:black"> by <strong>Sana Aiyar</strong></span><br>Discussant: <strong>Aniket De</strong></p><p>	12.30 pm-2 pm Lunch</p><p>	<strong>2 pm – 4 pm: Session 3 Rethinking Partition and its AftermathChair: Ayesha Jalal</strong><br><span style="background:white"><span style="color:#222222">“Dialogue and Silence in Partition’s Shadow: The Muslim Question in Asghar Wajahat’s Fiction” by <strong>Neeti Nair</strong></span></span><br><span style="background:white"><span style="color:black">“Dialogue and Silence in Partition’s Shadow: The Muslim Question in West Bengal’s Public Discourse” by <strong>Semanti Ghos</strong></span></span><br>Discussants: Sumantra Bose and Pranab Bardhan</p><p>	7.30 pm Conference Dinner for Invited Participants hosted by Harvard University</p><p>	<br><strong>Sunday, April 9, 2023, Cabot Building 7th Floor, Tufts University</strong></p><p>	<strong>10.30 am-12 noon: Session 4 Regional Identities ReconsideredChair: Kris Manjapra</strong><br><span style="color:black">“Rhetoric of Kashmiri Self-determination: Past and Present” by <strong>Shahla Hussain</strong></span><br><span style="background:white"><span style="color:black">“Vernacular Solidarities: Women’s Ethics Against Patriarchal Order in Sindh” by <strong>Shayan Rajani</strong></span></span><br>Discussants: <strong>Chitralekha Zutshi and Neeti Nair</strong></p><p>	12 noon – 1. 30 pm Lunch for Invited Participants</p><p>	2 pm – 3.30 pm <strong>A Roundtable on “Centralized State Power and Regional Resistance: The Post-Colonial Predicament” chaired by Sugata Bose and Ayesha Jalal</strong></p>
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