Workshop: South Asia as an Idea
6 SEP 2024 – 9.30am-3pm
The Laureate Centre, Morven Brown, Lv. 3, Room 353, UNSW
Synopsis
This interdisciplinary workshop brings together select scholars studying South Asia and are based in Sydney. As the region undergoes large scale changes in climate, life patterns and political regimes, we discuss the current trends of analyses emerging from and around the region.
Speakers
Prof. Taylor Sherman (Head of School, HAL, UNSW)
Prof. Mytheli Sreenivas (Gender and Sexuality Studies, Ohio State University)
Assoc. Prof. Sukhmani Khorana (School of Arts and Media, UNSW)
Dr. Monika Barthwal-Datta (Senior Lecturer, International Security, School of Social Sciences, UNSW)
Dr. Roanna Gonsalves (Senior Lecturer, School of Arts and Media, UNSW)
Dr. Niro Kandasamy (Lecturer in History, International and Global Studies, USyd)
Dr. Arpita Das (Lecturer, Cultural Studies, USyd)
Program
| 9.30am – 9.40am | Introductions |
| 9.40am – 10am | Prof. Taylor Sherman |
| 10am – 10.20am | Dr. Monika Barthwal-Datta |
| 10.20am – 10.40am | Dr. Niro Kandasamy |
| 10.40am – 11am | Coffee & Tea |
| 11am – 11.20am | Assoc. Prof. Sukhmani Khorana |
| 11.20am – 11.40am | Dr. Arpita Das |
| 11.40am – 12.40pm | Lunch |
| 12.40pm – 1pm | Dr. Roanna Gonsalves |
| 1pm – 1.20pm | Prof. Mytheli Sreenivas |
| 1.20pm – 1.40pm | Coffee & Tea |
| 1.40pm – 3pm | Current Status of South Asia and possible future directions |