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Friday, October 20, 2006
Session 2
10:30 -
12:15 pm
Visual Culture and the Urban Imaginary in South Asia
Chair: William Glover, University of Michigan
Location: Assembly Room
A Settled Landscape? Picturing Delhi 1806-1858
Yuthika Sharma, Columbia University
From Tamasha to Heritage: Imagining Udaipur and Creating State
Dipti Khera, Columbia University
Contemplation and Dignity: The Bombay Paintings of Gieve Patel and Sudhir Patwardhan
Karin Zitzewitz, University of Chicago
Discussant
William Glover, University of Michigan
New Directions in the History of Photography in India
Chair: Geraldine Forbes, State University of New York-Oswego
Location: Capitol Ballroom A
Copyright and Photographic Images in Colonial India: the Production of Value
Sudhir Mahadevan, New York University
Camels, Cars, and Curiosities: Unusual Family Photographs
Geraldine Forbes, State University of New York-Oswego
Discussant
Janice Leoshko, University of Texas-Austin
Ad Hoc Panel
Religion: Changes and Continuities in Contemporary South Asia
Chair: Alexander von Rospatt, University of California-Berkeley
Location: Capitol Ballroom B
Envisioning World Peace in Andhra Pradesh: The Visual Culture of Kalachakra 2006
Catherine Becker, University of California-Berkeley
Life Cycle Rituals of Old Age Among the Newars of the Kathmandu Valley. A Preliminary Account
Alexander von Rospatt, University of California-Berkeley
Ad Hoc Panel
Gender, Labor, Race and Migration
Chair: Ann Kingsolver, University of South Carolina-Columbia
Location: Caucus Room
Under Other Skies: The Household and the Ends of Desire
Kasturi Ray, San Francisco State University
Like a Frog in a Well": Young People's Views of the Future from Tea Estates in Sri Lanka
Ann Kingsolver, University of South Carolina-Columbia
18th Century Ethnologies of Race and Contemporary "Ethnic Homelands" Discourses in Sri Lanka
Anne Sheeran, Independent Scholar
"Mother Tongue" Linguistic Experts in the Quebec Tamil Diaspora
Sonia Das, University of Michigan
Sri Lanka 's 1956 Election: Retrospect and Prospect
Chair: Prachi Deshpande, Rutgers University
Location: Conference Room 1
The Impact of 1956 Election on Education in Sri Lanka
Chandra R. de Silva, Old Dominion University
Social Class and the Legacy of the 1956 Election in Sri Lanka
John D. Rogers, Bibliography of Asian Studies
Back to the Future: Sri Lanka’s 1956 Election and the Formation of a Nationalist Ideology
Neil DeVotta, Hartwick College
Discussant
Chitralekha Zutshi, College of William and Mary
Ad Hoc Panel
Development Strategies and Water Supplies in Sri Lanka and Rajasthan
Location: Conference Room 2
CANCELLED
(Post) Colonial Governmentality in South Asia
Chair: S.M. Shamsul Alam, Southern Oregon University
Location: Conference Room 3
Maps and Political Imagination of Public Identity of Spaces: Multiple Ways of Imagining Indian Identity and its Implications for Governability
Subho Basu, Syracuse University
A Fine Balance? Accommodating Tamils in Sri Lanka
Nasreen Chowdhory, McGill University
Colonial Govermentalities: India, Australia and the Socio-political Rationalities of Governmental Power
Deana Heath, Trinity College, Dublin
Democracy and Discipline: the Pursuit of an Imagined Democratic Nation-State
William Kuracina, Syracuse University
Amar Akbar Anthony: Community, Nation,
and Urban Cosmopolitanism in a Landmark Hindi Film
Chair: Christopher
Pinney, University College, London
Location: Conference Room 4
“Main hoon Inspector Amar”: Big Brother is a Hindu with a Gun
Andy Rotman, Smith College
“Na to mera naam Akbar nahin hai”: Behind the Curtain of the Muslim Ghetto
William Elison, University of Chicago
“Duniya men akela hoon”: The Ironies of Anthony and Amitabh
Christian Novetzke, University of Pennsylvania
Discussant
Philip Lutgendorf, University of Iowa
Film Screening
Haro Hara: Pilgrimage to Kataragama
By Samuel Holt (2006)
Location: Conference Room 5
Screening and discussion moderated by the director, Samuel Holt
For more information about the film, contact: samuelhol@yahoo.com
Roundtable
Picking up the Pieces: Predicting Muslim Situation after the Bush Wars - part 2
Chair: Theodore P. Wright, Jr., SUNY Albany, Emeritus
Sponsored by the South Asian Muslim Studies Association
Location: Senate Room A
Farhat Haq, Monmouth College
Zillur Rahman Khan, Wisconsin-Oshkosh, Emeritus
Salahuddin Malik, SUNY Brockport retired
Agha Saeed, CSU East Bay
Archaeology of Pakistan and India: Recent Developments
Chair: J. Mark Kenoyer, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Location: Senate Room B
Archaeological Surveys and Exploration in the Northwest Frontier Provinces, Pakistan
Ihsan Ali, Hazara University, NWFP Pakistan
Distribution and Nature of Gandhara Grave Culture Sites in NWFP, Pakistan
Muhammad Zahir, Govt. College Peshawa, Pakistan
Inter-Regional Interaction and Urbanism in the Ancient Indus Valley
Randall W. Law, University of Wisconsin- Madison
Meat Provisioning in the Indus Civilization: A Perspective From Gujarat
Bradley Chase, University of Wisconsin- Madison
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