Tufts University

Institute for Global Leadership

Education for Public Inquiry and International Citizenship (EPIIC)

Symposium

South Asia: Conflict, Culture, Complexity and Change
The 2010 Norris and Margery Bendetson EPIIC International Symposium
February 17-21, 2010

Wednesday, February 17

  • South Asian Cultural Evening, 5:00pm
    • NGO Fair, Performances, Regional Food

Thursday, February 18

  • Burden of Memory, Quest for Identity, 7:00pm
    • Ayesha Jalal, Kris Manjapra, Asim Rafiqui, Rajini Srikanth, Rafia Zakaria
    • Student Presentation
      • 9/11 in South Asian Textbooks - Elizabeth Herman
  • EXPOSURE/Aftermath Project Workshop in Ajmer, India

Friday, February 19

  • South Asia’s Troubled Waters: Deluge and Disappearance, 11:00am
    • Junaid Ahmad, Sanjoy Hazarika, Shafiqul Islam, Adil Najam
  • Development, Poverty and Inequality: The Challenges Ahead, 2:00pm
    • Junaid Ahmad, David Dapice, Dana Freyer, Hossain Zillur Rahman, Rafia Zakaria
    • Student Presentations
      • Comparing Primary Schools in Bangladesh: A Story of Inequalities and Diverging Attitudes - Jennifer Dann-Fenwick, Anika Huq
      • NGO's and Community Development in Bangladesh - Anna Gilmer, Mark Rafferty
  • Welcome and Introductions, 6:30pm
    • Lawrence Bacow, Sherman Teichman, Matan Chorev, Jake Sherman
  • Buzkashi: Afghanistan’s Recurring Great Game, 7:00pm
    • Sarah Chayes, Matthew Hoh, Said Jawad, Sulaiman Layeq, David Mansfield, Dipali Mukhopadhyay, Noor ul-Haq Olomi
    • Student Presentation
      • Comparing Soviet and American Strategies in Afghanistan - Julia Evans, Mara James, Iman Jawad, Lauren Milord, Katherine Monson, Emily Pantalone, Benjamin Perlstein, Patrick Schmidt

Saturday, February 20

  • Violent Discontent: Addressing Regional Insurgencies, 10:00am
    • Hassan Abbas, Keith Fitzgerald, Sanjoy Hazarika, Zachariah Mampilly, Ian Martin
    • Student Presentation
      • Reconciliation and Political Solutions in Sri Lanka - Leslie Ogden, Alon Slutzky, Lauren Visek
  • Governance in Transition: Pakistan and Bangladesh, 2:00pm
    • Hassan Abbas, Jalal Alamgir, Pervez Hoodbhoy, Shuja Nawaz, Hossain Zillur Rahman, Moeed Yusuf
  • Breakout Sessions, 4:00pm
    • Corruption and Proliferation
      • Jack Blum
    • Negotiating with Terrorists
      • Keith Fitzgerald
    • The Possibilities of Hybrid Governance
      • Dipali Mukhopadhyay
    • Reframing the Debate: Poverty Alleviation vs. Poverty Elimination
      • Hossain Zillur Rahman
    • The Media and Afghanistan
      • Edward Girardet
    • Drugs and Development in Afghanistan
      • David Mansfield
    • Water in South Asia
      • Sanjoy Hazarika
    • South Asian Diaspora Literature
      • Rajini Srikanth
    • Af-Pak: Taking Stock
      • Matan Chorev
  • Kashmir: Reclaiming Paradise Lost, 8:00pm
    • Sanjoy Hazarika, Ayesha Jalal, Arif Jamal, Farooq Kathwari, Basharat Peer

Sunday, February 21

  • Emerging India: The Use of Hard and Soft Power, 1:00pm
    • Jalal Alamgir, Sugata Bose, Pradeep Singh, Ananya Vajpeyi
    • Student Presentations
      • Women’s Labor Force Participation and Fertility Outcomes - Megan Kearns, Madeline Tasker
      • Youth Civic Participation in India - Tomoaki Takaki
  • South Asia 2060, 3:00pm
    • Jamshed Bharucha, Sugata Bose, Stephen P. Cohen, Pervez Hoodbhoy, Adil Najam

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