MEMORYSCAPES
MEMORYSCAPES
Historiographies and Methodologies around the 1947 Partition
Historiographies and Methodologies around the 1947 Partition
February 17-18, 2025
February 17-18, 2025
Dr Debjani Sengupta, Prof Anne Murphy, Dr Avishek Ray, Prof Firdous Azim
Venue: School of Humanities and Social Sciences, level 5, room 5E11
Zoom Link: https://bdren.zoom.us/j/99573731121 | Meeting ID: 995 7373 1121
‘Passport to Pakistan: National Anxiety and Controlling Mobility in the Bengal Borderland, 1947-1971’ | Mohammad Afzalur Rahman (North South University)
‘Dimensions of Belonging: The Perception and Preservation of non-Bengali Muslim Ethnic Identities in Bangladesh’ | Adiba Amreen (Brac University)
‘A New Perspective in the Studies of the Bengal Partition: A Focus on the Bengali Diasporic Community in the Malay Peninsula’ | Gazi Mizanur Rahman (Brac University)
Moderated by Professor Nahid Afrose Kabir
Venue: School of Humanities and Social Sciences, level 5, room 5E11
‘Oral Narratives and Literature as Complimentary Research Tools: Re-reading Women’s Migrancy in Hasan Azizul Haq’s Agunpakhi’ | Sabiha Huq (Brac University)
‘Looking for Affect in Bangladeshi Literary Representations of the Partition’ | Zerin Alam (University of Dhaka)
Venue: School of Humanities and Social Sciences, level 5, room 5E11
Moderated by Professor Niaz Zaman
'Retelling the history of Partition through ‘national’ anniversaries, commemorations and memories' | Professor Pippa Virdee (De Montfort University)
Moderated by Prof Sarah Ansari
Venue: School of Humanities and Social Sciences, level 5, room 5E11
Zoom Link: https://bdren.zoom.us/j/92429546854 | Meeting ID: 924 2954 6854
‘Pakistani Tola and Hindu Refugees: Language, Place, and Identity in Juloos’ | Nidhi (Indian Institute of Technology Bhilai)
‘Tuning into History: Uncovering Partition through Radio Pakistan’ | Mahruba Mowtushi (BRAC University)
‘Teaching Visual Media Texts in Partition Studies: A Praxis to Eradicate Amnesia on the Study of the 1947 Partition in Bangladesh’ | Israt Jahan (East West University)
Moderated by Ratan Kumar Roy, PhD
Venue: School of Humanities and Social Sciences, level 5, room 5E11
Zoom Link: https://bdren.zoom.us/j/99627228330 | Meeting ID: 996 2722 8330
‘Representation of the 1947 Partition of India in South Asian National Museums’ | Aniruddha Kar (University of Heidelberg)
‘Charting a Culture of Violence in the Everyday: Women, Security and the Aftermath of Partition in Zero Line Villages’ | Praggnaparamita Biswas (Banaras Hindu University) & Anup Shekhar Chakraborty (North-Eastern Hill University)
‘“Can’t you see I am burning?” Violence, Trauma, and the Haunting Memories of the Partition’ | Fayeza Hasanat (University of Central Florida)
Moderated by Afsan Chowdhury
Venue: School of Humanities and Social Sciences, level 5, room 5E11
Zoom Link: https://bdren.zoom.us/j/98351442192 | Meeting ID: 983 5144 2192
Prof Sayeed Ferdous
Moderated by Prof Firdous Azim
Venue: Club Activity Room 01, Level 6
‘Colonial Archives: the history, discovery, and access to South Asian colonial records in the UK’ | Alia Carter (University College London)
‘What Pakistan Remembered of the Palas: Relics and their Care in Rajshahi During the Long Partition, 1947-1965’ | Thomas Newbold (Brac University)
‘“Digital Turn” in Partition Studies: A Methodological Study of 1947 Partition Archive Using Derrida’s Discourse on the “Archive”’ | Sukriti Bhukkal (Panjab University Chandigarh)
Moderated by Professor Tazeen Murshid
Venue: School of Humanities and Social Sciences, level 5, room 5E11
Zoom Link: https://bdren.zoom.us/j/98646228270 | Meeting ID: 986 4622 8270
Prof Firdous Azim, Prof Asifa Sultana, Dr Mahruba Mowtushi
Venue: School of Humanities and Social Sciences, level 5, room 5E11