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Subject: Beyond Independence: South Asia, 1947-1977 (Conference) Author: Anjoom [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: Tue, May 02 2006, 18:28:06-4 Beyond Independence: South Asia, 1947-1977. Royal Holloway, University of London, UK, 11-12 April 2007. The sixtieth anniversary of independence presents an opportune moment to assess the three decades which followed Independence and Partition. From 1947 to1977 the first generation of citizens were fashioned in the newly created states of South Asia. These crucial years of nation-building, and transition from empire to independence, have sometimes been overlooked by historians of the subcontinent in favour of earlier or later events. The social dimensions of South Asian life in the 1950s, 60s and 70s have been particularly neglected, yet these formative decades deserve historical attention and may pay dividends for researchers as they offer up a time of rapid change and a rich visual culture. This conference to be held at Royal Holloway, University of London, invites historians, political scientists, historical geographers and anthropologists concerned with the social and cultural life of India, Bangladesh and Pakistan from 1947-1977. Some suggested themes for papers include: Gender history and the lives of women from 1947-1977 Popular culture after 1947: film, popular literature and the press Consumption and the body: fashion, diet and domesticity, medicine Post-partition legacies: refugee rehabilitation and integration The changing role of the state: development, secularism and nationalism The evolution of community identities: caste, language and region The fostering of nationalism and new national identities, including the role of education Transition within the former princely states It is hoped that the conference will attract complementary papers which will result in an edited volume and that the discussions will initiate further research on these subjects. The conference will be held for two days on the Royal Holloway campus, located in Egham, Surrey and easily reached from central London by car or public transport; see http://www.rhul.ac.uk Accommodation will be available onsite and financial support may be offered to invited speakers coming from overseas. Potential participants are asked to send a proposed title and a short abstract of up to 500 words outlining the subject of their paper and its probable hypothesis to Dr Sarah Ansari at Royal Holloway, Department of History, University of London, Egham, Surrey, UK. TW20 OEX. Email: s.ansari@rhul.ac.uk by 15 May 2006. [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]