South Asia Conference of the Pacific Northwest
Friday February 5, 2016
3:30pm – Registration
4pm – Opening Ceremony
4:15-5:15pm, Main Conference Room 142/144 – Keynote Speaker:
“The Age of Intolerance in South Asia: Contextualizing Extremism in Bangladesh, India and Pakistan”
Dr. Ali Riaz – University Professor and Chair Department of Politics and Government, Illinois State University
5:30pm, Light Court Commons – Reception
Saturday February 6, 2016
8:00am, Room 142/144 – Coffee, tea, and light refreshments
View all presenter’s abstracts here
8:30-10am, Room 150 – Panel One: “Religion and Education”, moderated by Professor Lamia Karim
| J.M. Fritzman Associate Professor, Philosophy, Lewis and Clark University “Thinking With, Against, and Beyond Kasmir Saivism” |
| David Fiordallis Associate Professor and Chair, Religious Studies, Linfield College “Framing the Avadana, Framing the World” |
| Robinder Bedi Assistant Professor, Department of Educational and Counseling Psychology, University of British Columbia “Counseling Psychology in India: A Survey of Practitioners” |
| Sylvia Gray Instructor of History, Education Advisory Council and Chair, Portland Community College “Teaching History of India and the South Asian Region in Ten Weeks: Keeping it Fun and Real” |
10:15-11:45am, Room 150 – Panel Two: “Technology and Politics in South Asia”, moderated by Professor Jeff Hanes
| Biswarup Sen Assistant Professor, School of Journalism and Communication, University of Oregon “The Computer in Indian Postcolonial History” |
| Patrick Jones Doctoral Student, School of Journalism and Communication, University of Oregon “Delivering Democracy: A History of Electronic Voting Machines in India” |
| Shehram Mokhtar Doctoral Student, School of Journalism and Communication, University of Oregon “Displaying Rainbow Colors: Dis-embodied Online Activism in Pakistan” |
| Sareeta Amrute Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Washington “Imagining Outsourcing through Television” |
10:15-11:45am, Room 152 – Panel Three: “Gender”, moderated by Professor Arafaat A. Valiani
| Farah Azhar Doctoral Student, School of Journalism and Communication, University of Oregon “On Cell Phones and Social Capital for Women in South Asia-Pakistan” |
| Katie Blank Doctoral Student, Department of History, University of Washington “On Interracial Marriage between Indian and British Citizens” |
| Kiran Sunar Doctoral Student, Asian Studies, University of British Columbia “Wailing to be Heard: Sikh Women’s Mourning and the Culture of Reform” |
| Nabeeha Chaudhary Graduate Alumni, Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington “This is Where You Belong- Representations of the Ideal Woman in Pakistani Television Serials” |
| Nadia Loan Instructor, Women and Gender Studies, University of Oregon “Recitational Reading: The Politics of Sound and Meaning in Women’s Quranic Engagement in Pakistan” |
| Sarah Ahmed Doctoral Student, Department of Sociology, University of Oregon “Re–conceptualizing Women’s Agency in Rural Punjab, Pakistan“ |
Noon – 1pm, Room 142/144 – Lunch
1-2:30pm, Room 150 – Panel Four: “Politics and History”, moderated by Professor S. Charusheela
| Taylor Rockhill M.A. Candidate, South Asian Studies, University of Washington “On the Relationship Between South Asian and the Commonwealth of Nations” |
| Mohammad Shafiqur Rahman Doctoral Student, Political Science, University of Oregon “On the Third Indo-Pakistan War and the Emergence of Bangladesh” |
| Rucha Ambikar Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Bemidji State University “On Narendra Modi’s Election Campaign for India’s Parliament” |
| William Bamber Doctoral Student, Near and Middle East Studies, University of Washington “The Great Game Abroad- Late Imperial Internationalism and Britain’s South Asian Intelligence Agents” |
| Douglas Ober Doctoral Student, Asian Studies, University of British Columbia “From Bo Trees to Buddha Bones: Nehruvian Buddhism and the Poetics of Power” |
| Zahid Akter Doctoral Student, Department of Linguistics, University of Oregon “Nationalism, Language Policy and People’s Mother Tongue Rights in Bangladesh” |
1-2:30pm, Room 152 – Panel Five: “Media, Language & Literature”, moderated by Professor Biswarup Sen
| Ranjini Ray Chaudhury M.A. Candidate, South Asian Studies, Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington “On “Orientalism” and Portrayals of South Asian Culture in Video Games” |
| Shehram Mokhtar Doctoral Student, School of Journalism and Communication, University of Oregon “Music, Dramaturgy & Mourning Rituals: Locating the Performance of the Karbala Narrative in Sehwan, Pakistan” |
| Mariam Sabri Doctoral Student, South Asian Studies, University of Washington “Zumurrud Shah in the Mughal Imagination: The Historiography of the Hamzanama and Afghan-Mughal Relations in the Pre-Modern India” |
| Kristin Scheible Associate Professor of Religion, Reed College “The work of the Mahavamsa: Poem or Charter?” |
| Genoveva Castro Doctoral Student, Asian Languages and Literature, University of Washington “Embracing Humor and Eroticism: Bitexuality in the Vidagdha-madhava by Rupa Gosvami” |
2:30-4:30pm, Room 152 – Panel Six: “Economics and Development”, moderated by Professor Angela Joya and Zahid Akter
| Tariq L. Rahman M.A. Candidate, Department of International Studies, University of Oregon “Counter-Conduct in the Mohallas: New Houses in the Old City” |
| Sri Craven Assistant Professor, Women’s Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Portland State University “Dilemmas of Change: Gender in the ‘Global’ Gated Community” |
| Susmita Rishi Doctoral Student, Interdisciplinary PhD Program in Urban Design and Planning, University of Washington “Alternate Conceptualizations of Value and Space: Learning from the slum-dwellers of Delhi” |
| Sunila S. Kale Director, South Asia Center / Associate Professor, Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington “Corporations, the state, and rural development in India’s new ‘Company Villages'” |
| Melissa Tennyson Instructor, ESL Program, Latino Network “Development Rhetoric in Bangladesh: A Feminist Critique” |
| Razia Bano Lecturer, Department of Business Management, Karakorum International University – Pakistan “An Analysis of fuel efficient stoves in Arandu valley of CKNP, Gilgit Baltistan” |
| Rucha Chandvankar Doctoral Student, Department of Anthropology, University of Oregon “On Social Movements and Alliance Building in Maharashtra, India” |
2:45-4:15pm, Room 150 – Panel Seven: “New Directions in South Asian Film and Media Studies”, moderated by Nadia Loan
| Sangita Gopal Associate Professor, English and Cinema Studies, University of Oregon “Indian Feminism and the Communicative Network” |
| Abritty Abdullah M.A. Candidate, Women Gender and Sexuality Studies, Oregon State University “On the Portrayal of Women in Bangladeshi Cinema” |
| Alka Kurian Lecturer, School of Interdisciplinary Arts and Science, University of Washington – Bothell “Transnational Strategies of Resistance” |
| Sudhir Mahadevan Associate Professor, Comparative Literature, University of Washington “The Movie Theater as a Technology of Film Form: a Historical Consideration” |
4:30-5:30pm, Room 142/144 – Closing Ceremony & Remarks