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Conference Venue: Peter F. Drucker Graduate School of Management 10021 N. Dartmouth Avenue Claremont, CA 91711
SATURDAY 29 MARCH
Registration and Coffee/Tea: 8:00 – 8:30 am And throughout the conference on the lower level of the Burkle Building
Room assignments and last minute adjustments to the schedule will be available at the registration table.
SATURDAY SESSION A: 8:30 – 10:00 am
Panel A1 – Hinduism in America
Chair/Discussant: Shukavak Dasa, Head Priest, Riverside Hindu Temple
Martha Allison, Virginia Commonwealth University
Tantra Today: sexual lifestyle, or serious religious practice?
Navin Jani, University of California, Irvine
Cosmic cornfields: vastu veda practice and projects in Fairfield, Iowa
Panel A2 – Sri Lanka: politics and the economy
Chair/Discussant: Paul Hanson, California Lutheran University
Maneshka Eliatamby de Silva, Institute for Conflict Analysis & Resolution, George Mason University
From Victim to Violator: An Analysis of Women’s Involvement in Collective Warfare through a study of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam in Sri Lanka
S.W.S.B. Dasanayaka, Faculty of Engineering, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka
A Comparative Study on Profiles and Contribution of Small and Medium Scale Enterprises in Pakistan and Sri Lanka
Panel A3 – New Trends in Buddhist and Ancient Indian Studies
Chair/Discussant: Daniel Michon, Claremont McKenna College
Ashwin Manthripragada, University of California, Berkeley
Phillip Green, University of Florida
COFFEE/TEA: 10:00 - 10:30 am
SATURDAY SESSION B: 10:30 – 12:00 am
Panel B1 – Globalisation and Diasporic Issues
Chair/Discussant: Karen Leonard, University of California, Irvine
Verne A. (“Van”) Dusenbery, Hamline University
Diaspora Philanthropy: The Case of Sikhs Giving Back to Punjab
Koushik Ghosh, Department of Economics, Central Washington University & Dipankar Purkayastha), Department of Economics, California State University, Fullerton, CA
Selma K. Sonntag, Institute on Globalization and the Human Condition, McMaster University
Panel B2 – Bewildered by foreign influence and domination, Nepal alternately embraces and rejects the outside world
Discussant: Katherine Harper, Loyola Marymount University
Dina Bangdel, Virginia Commonwealth University
Marcella Sirhandi, Oklahoma State University
Deepak Shimkhada, California State University, Northridge
Panel B3 – Tagore, Gandhi and Ambedkar
David Blundell, Navaloka Productions
Arising Light: Visual Life Account of Dr. Ambedkar in India
Sumangala Bhattacharya, Pitzer College
Chandrakala Padia, Banaras Hindu University
Civilizing Mission of Gandhi: Hope for both the East and West
SATURDAY PLENARY SESSION AND BUFFET LUNCH: 12:00-2:00 pm
Keynote Speaker: Wendy Martin, Associate Provost, Transdisciplinary Studies Program, Claremont Graduate University
Transdisciplinary Studies: An Adventure in Process
SATURDAY SESSION C: 2:00 - 3:30 pm
Panel C1 – Locating Culture: Space, City, and Environment
Chair: Marc Jason Gilbert, Hawaii Pacific University
Discussant: Arnold P. Kaminsky, California State University, Long Beach
Nalini Rao, Soka University of America
Ravi Kalia, City College of the City University of New York
Measuring Modernism in Modern India: Nehru, Le Courbousier, Kahn
Panel C2 – Media and the British Empire in India in the 1940s
Chair/Discussant: Chandrika Kaul, University of St. Andrews, Scotland
Chandrika Kaul, University of St. Andrews, Scotland
‘At the stroke of the midnight hour’: Lord Mountbatten and the British media at Indian independence, August 1947
Roger D. Long, Eastern Michigan University
Dawn and the Creation of Jinnah as the Charismatic Leader of a National Political Movement and as a Factor in the Creation of Pakistan
Brian Shoesmith, Edith Cowan University, Australia, and University of Liberal Arts, Bangladesh
An Unrewarding Time: The Indian film studios in the 1940s.
Panel C3 -- Pakistan and Democracy
Chair/Discussant: Geoffrey Cook, Pakistan Weekly & the Muslim Observer, Berkeley, California
Shubhankar Dam, Singapore Management University School of Law
Yaqoob Bangash, Keble College, Oxford
Syed Abdul Siraj, Allama Iqbal Open University, Islamabad, Pakistan
Geoffrey Cook, Pakistan Weekly & the Muslim Observer, Berkeley, California
COFFEE/TEA: 3:30 - 4:00 pm
SATURDAY SESSION D: 4:00 - 5:30 pm
Panel D1 – Women and Work
Chair/Discussant: Nita Kumar, Claremont McKenna College
Bipasha Baruah, California State University, Long Beach
Philomena Richards, Christ Church College, Kanpur, India
Panel D2 – Religion, Politics and Performance Studies
Chair/Discussant: Paul Hanson, California Lutheran University
Tim Ward, independent scholar
Bishal Bhakta Kasu, Illinois State University
Brian Brophy, University of California, Riverside
Panel D3 – Roundtable on Diaspora Banking, Venture Capital and Economic Development
Moderator: Dean McHenry, Claremont Graduate University
Neena Bansil, President and CEO, State Bank of India (California)
Ed Suave, Senior Relationship Manager, Silicon Valley Bank
Vrajesh Lal, President & CEO, Just for Wraps/Wrapper Inc.
Panel D4 – Roundtable Discussion on Film-Making on South Asian Religions: Problems and Solutions
Moderator: Ruth Hayward, Executive Director of the Panchen Lama – Tashi
Lhunpo Project, Inc.
Paula Fouce, Director/Writer/Producer
- Aneetha Rajan, filmmaker, discussant
David Blundell, Navaloka Productions
RECEPTION: 5:30 - 6:00 PM
BANQUET 6:00 - 7:45 pm
CULTURAL PROGRAM , 8:00 - 9.30 PM
SUNDAY 30 MARCH
SUNDAY SESSION E: 8:30 - 10:00 am
Panel E1 – The Politics of Water and Conservation
Chair/Discussant: W. Parkes Riley, California Polytechnic University, Pomona
Saurabh Gupta, SOAS, University of London
M. V. Boswal, Christ Church College, Kanpur, India
Political Economy of Wetlands of Kanpur, India
Saloni Gupta, SOAS, University of London
Global Conservation Agenda and local livelihoods: a case study of ban on shahtooshtrade in J & K (India)
Panel E2 – Medieval and Early Modern India: New trends and themes
Chair/Discussant: Arthur Rosenbaum, Claremont McKenna College
Lisa Balabanlilar, Rice University
Sadanand Shahi, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India
Panel E3 – Pre to Post Modern Schools of Indian Art: Context, Content, Change and Contribution
Chair/Discussant: Ingrid Aall, California State University, Long Beach
Debashish Banerji, Pasadena City College.
Nalini Rao, Soka University of America
Marisol Rodarte, California State University, Long Beach
Ingrid Aall, California State University, Long Beach
COFFEE/TEA: 10:00 - 10:3:30 am
SUNDAY SESSION F: 10:30 – 12:00 pm
Panel F1 – India: Contemporary Issues in Economy and Society
Chair/Discussant: Cynthis Humes, Claremont McKenna College
Muthusami Kumaran, University of Hawaii, Manoa
Role of the Indian NGO Sector in the Public Policy Making Process
Siddharth Swaminathan, La Sierra University
Sandeep Kindo, Stanford University
Nameeta Mathur, Saginaw Valley State University
Panel F2 – Roundtable Discussion - “Pakistan: Past and Present”
Moderator: Roger D. Long, Eastern Michigan University
Salma Malik, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad
Nadeem Omar, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Ravi Kalia, City College of the City University of New York
Panel F3 – Gender, Imperialism and Partition
Chair/Moderator: Chandrika Kaul, University of St. Andrews
Purnima Mehta Bhatt, Hood College
Bashabi Fraser, Napier University, Edinburgh
Rashné Limki, University of California, San Diego
Panel F4 – Roundtable Discussion -- Films for Good: Trying to Create Social Change in and Beyond South Asia
Moderator: Ruth Hayward, Executive Director of the Panchen Lama – Tashi
Lhunpo Project, Inc.
Ken Silverman, Iteamworks
Lisa Leeman, Charisma and Causes: Is Neutrality Possible?
Victorial Mudd, Making Tibet: “Cry of the Snow Lion”
Rob Aft, The Business Side of Documentary Film-making
PLENARY AND BOXED LUNCH: 12:00 - 1:45 pm
SUNDAY SESSION G: 1:45 – 3:15 pm
Panel G1 – Identity and Race
Chair/Discussant: W. Parkes Riley, California Polytechnic University, Pomona
Dean E. McHenry, Jr., Claremont Graduate University
Can Separation Lead to Integration? The Impact of the Extension of Reservation and the Creation of Small States on National Identity in India
Nita Verma Prasad, Quinnipiac University
Imperial Borders: The Construction of Identity Among the Hadhrami Community of Hyderabad, 1867-1888
Movindri Reddy, Occidental College
Panel G2 – Cultural Explorations and Exchanges: South Asia and the West
Chair/Discussant: Betty Bernhard, Pomona College
Debashish Banerji,Pasadena City College
KatherineHarper, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles
Kathryn Myers, The University of Connecticut
Panel G3 – Round Table: American Media and the Coverage of South Asia
Moderator: Jon Beaupre, Califnornia State University, Los Angeles
Michael Potts, India West
John Needham, Los Angeles Times (ret.)
Syed Abdul Siraj, Allama Iqbal Open University, Islamabad, Pakistan
Geoffrey Cook, Pakistan Weekly & the Muslim Observer, Berkeley, California
COFFEE/TEA: 3.00 - 3.30 pm
SUNDAY SESSION H: 3.30 - 5.00 pm
Panel H1 – Culture and Media
Chair/Discussant: Phyllis K. Herman, California State University, Northridge
Neha Kamdar, Northwestern University
Amy Catlin-Jairazbhoy, UCLA
Srilakshmi Ramakrishnan, University of Arizona
Panel H2 – Endangered Waters: Implications in a neoLiberal World
Chair: Vandana Asthana
Discussant A. C. Shukla
A. C. Shukla, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign IL and Environmental Studies Unit Kanpur, India
Vandana Asthana
Devesh Nigan, Institute of Tourism & Hotel Management, Bundelkhand University, Jhansi, UP India
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