Geographies of Population History: East Asia + South Asia
The Laureate Centre for History and Population, 12 Aug – 15 Sep 2024
Convenor
Dr. Aprajita Sarcar
Visiting Scholars
Prof. Aya Homei (Manchester University)
Asst. Prof. Sarah Mellors (Missouri State University)
Prof. Sanjam Ahluwalia (Northern Arizona University)
Prof. Mytheli Sreenivas (Ohio State University)
Synopsis
The Laureate Centre for History and Population is hosting four stellar scholars of reproductive politics in Asia. As part of these visits, we are organizing a series of talks and workshops in which we will discuss population in the Asian imagination. By examining topics like fertility control, family size, contraceptives and their popular imprints, we see how they were interpreted according to specific regional dynamics. Each of the Asian states planned their demographic interventions on assumedly universal categories and terms but with very different outcomes. Through the series, we understand how geography informs population dynamics and historical state transformations.
Program
| 13 August 2024 | |
| 5pm – 6pm | Seminar: Failures in the Science of Governing Japan’s Population Speaker: Prof. Aya Homei (Manchester University) |
| 16 August 2024 | |
| 12pm – 1pm | Seminar: Whose Womb is it Anyway? Speaker: Assoc. Prof. Sarah Mellors (Missouri State University) |
| 19 August 2024 | |
| 1.30pm – 5pm | Workshop: Population in the Asian Imagination Participants: Emeritus Prof. Louise Edwards (UNSW) Emeritus Prof. Vera Mackie (University of Wollongong) Prof. Aya Homei (Manchester University) Prof. Alison Bashford (UNSW) Prof. Mina Roces (UNSW) Assoc. Prof. Sarah Mellors (Missouri State University) Assoc. Prof. Fengshi Wu (UNSW) Assoc. Prof. Pan Wang (UNSW) Dr. Leo Chu (UNSW) Dr. Minerva Inwald (UNSW) Cong Liu (UNSW) |
| 6 September 2024 | |
| 9.30am – 3pm | Workshop: South Asia as an Idea Speakers: Prof. Taylor Sherman (UNSW) Prof. Mytheli Sreenivas (Ohio State University) Assoc. Prof. Sukhmani Khorana (UNSW) Dr. Monika Barthwal-Datta (UNSW) Dr. Roanna Gonsalves (UNSW) Dr. Niro Kandasamy (USyd) Dr. Arpita Das (USyd) |
| 9 September 2024 | |
| 1.30pm-3.45pm | Workshop: Gendering the World Speakers: Prof. Alison Bashford (UNSW) Prof. Mytheli Sreenivas (Ohio State University) |
| 13 September 2024 | |
| 4pm – 5pm | Seminar: Population, Eugenics, and Reproductive (In)Justice: Legalizing Abortion in India Speaker: Prof. Mytheli Sreenivas (Ohio State University) |
For more info contact Dr. Aprajita Sarcar (a.sarcar@unsw.edu.au)