Thirty-fifth International Conference of the Punjab Research Group Theme: Past, Present and Future
Conveners: Professor Pritam Singh; Muhammad Ali Jan; R. S. Mann.
Speakers: Jaskiran Bhoga (Chair); Kanika Singh; Kiranpreet Kaur; Saadia Sumbal; Pritam Singh (Chair); Mazhar Abbas; Anupama Uppal; Raphaela Kormol; Pippa Virdee (Chair); Harminder Kaur Bhoga; Eleanor Nesbitt; Samia Khalid; Iftikhar H. Malik (Chair); Atsushi Ikeda; Simple Kochar;
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 34 years, the PRG has provided space for academics to interact with each other regardless of territorial or disciplinary boundaries. Our second conference for 2018 will be held as a one-day event on 27 October in Oxford. The conference will provide a platform to academics, young researchers, journalists, artists, and activists for an inter-disciplinary discussion focusing on the theme of ‘Past, Present and Future’.
There is a registration fee of £10 which should be paid in cash on the day. To register to attend the conference please click here.
DETAILED PROGRAMME
(Saturday 27 October, 2018)
09.00- 09.15: Registration
09.15- 09.30: Welcome address: Pritam Singh, Academic Visitor, Oxford School of Global and Area Studies, University of Oxford
09.30-11.15: Session I Religion and Punjab studies
Chair: Jaskiran Bhogal, PhD Candidate, London School of Economics, United Kingdom
09.30-09.55: Punjab and Sind Bank and the Creation of Sikh Heritage
Kanika Singh, Director, Centre for Writing & Communication, Ashoka University
09.55-10.20: Referendum 2020: A view from Punjab
Kiranpreet Kaur, PhD Student, Department of African Studies and Anthropology, University of Birmingham
10.20-10.45: The jama’at of Allah’s Friends: Maulana Allahyar’s reformist Movement and sacralising the space of the Armed Forces of Pakistan
Saadia Sumbal, Assistant Professor, Department of History, Forman Christian College University Lahore
10.45-11.15: Discussion
11.15-11.45: Tea/Coffee Break
11.45-01.30: Session II Land reforms, rural economy, politics and governance
Chair: Pritam Singh, Academic Visitor, Oxford School of Global and Area Studies, University of Oxford
11.45-12.10: Killing the two birds with one stone? Land Reforms as Power Sustenance and Peasants’ Suppression Tool in the West Punjab
Mazhar Abbas, PhD Candidate1 and Lecturer2
1. World History, Shanghai University, China and
2. History and Pakistan Studies, Government College University, Faisalabad, Pakistan
12.10-12.35: The Quality of Employment in Rural Non-Farm Sector of Punjab
Anupama Uppal, Professor, Economics Department of Economics, Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab - India
12.35-13.00: Governing (In-) Security Practices in the Punjab Borderland
Raphaela Kormoll, PhD Candidate, School of Government and International Affairs, Durham University
13.00-13.30: Discussion
13.30-14.15: Lunch Break
14.15-14.30: Conference Announcements regarding Publications, Scholarships and Research Projects
14.30-16:15: Session III Gender studies
Chair: Dr. Pippa Virdee, Senior Lecturer, De Montfort University, Leicester
14:30-14:55: The role of East Punjabi women in textiles manufacturing – Sewing for success
Harminder Kaur Bhogal, Project Director of Community Education Academy of Leadership (CEAL), West Midlands, England
14:55-15:20: Christian lenses, Christian goals? Two centuries of western women’s reporting of Sikhs
Eleanor Nesbitt, Professor Emeritus, Warwick Religions and Education Research Unit, Centre for Education Studies, University of Warwick
15:20-15:45: Women freedom in Bahawalpur State and the Colonial Punjab
Samia Khalid, Assistant Professor at the Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan
15.45- 16.15: Discussion
16.15-16.45: Tea/Coffee Break
16.45-17.55: Session IV History and art studies
Chair: Professor Iftikhar H. Malik, Bath Spa University
16.45-17.10: Social Transformation of Sikh Identity in Colonial Punjab: Portraits of Guru Nanak, the Founder of Sikhism
Mr. Atsushi Ikeda, PhD Candidate, Department of the History of Art and Archaeology, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS)
17.10-17.35: Heer Waris Shah: A Meme of Punjabiyat
Simple Kochar, PhD Candidate, Dept. of English, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar
17.35-17.55: Discussion
17.55-18.15: Deliberation on/Announcement of Best Presenter Award
18.15-18.30: Vote of Thanks
Pritam Singh, Conference Director
For links to the conference handbook and abstracts, please see below.
