'The Independence of India and Pakistan: Sixtieth Anniversary Reflections.' -- Gujarat Studies Association

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Subject: 'The Independence of India and Pakistan: Sixtieth Anniversary Reflections.'

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Anjoom

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Date Posted: Mon, February 20 2006, 3:45:24-4

Call For Papers

The Hartley Library, which houses the Mountbatten papers, in conjunction
with the Centre for the Study of Britain and its Empire at the University of
Southampton seeks paper proposals for a conference entitled, 'The
Independence of India and Pakistan: Sixtieth Anniversary Reflections.' The
conference will be held at the Avenue Campus, University of Southampton on
17-20 July 2007.

The event will be divided into panel discussion and keynote plenary
lectures. Papers will be of 30 minutes duration followed by questions. The
following people have already agreed to participate: Gyanendra Pandey,
Urvashi Butalia, Gurharpal Singh, Akbar S. Ahmed, Joya Chatterji, Victoria
Schofield, Sten Widmalm and Sikandar Hayat. Proposals for panel papers will
be especially welcome in the following areas:

. The 'high politics' of the British departure from India
. The 'history from beneath' of the British departure from India
. Historiography, historical discourses and memory
. Independence and partition in film and literature
. Region, locality and partition
. The legacies of 1947 for nation building and state construction in
India and Pakistan
. Diasporic narratives on 1947

Proposals including a working title and 250 word abstract should be sent by
1 September 2006 to Professor Ian Talbot, Department of History, University
of Southampton at iat@soton.ac.uk

The full line-up of papers will be confirmed by 1 October 2006
Full length papers will be required by 1 May 2007

It is anticipated that only limited funds will be available to cover the
costs of paper givers from the subcontinent.

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