Globalization, Identity Politics, and Social Conflict

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Workshops

Details of workshops associated with the project are available online. Follow the link below for a report on the first workshop held in Delhi in March 2002.

Identity Politics, Globalisation, and Social Conflict: Social Discourses and Cultural Texts, Delhi Workshop: March 26-28, 2002 (in collaboration with the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, New Delhi; Director: Dr. O.P.Kejariwal)

Lagos Workshop: Globalisation, Identity Politics and Social Conflict: Ethnic, Literary and Sociolinguistic Perspectives, 14-16 April 2003 (in collaboration with the Centre for Black and African Arts and Civilisation, Lagos; Director: Dr. Duro Oni)

London Workshop: Economic Migration: Contemporary Texts and Discourses (overview and abstracts). 14-16 July 2004 (in collaboration with the Ferguson Centre for the Study of Africa and Asia; Director: Dr. David Richards)

Rabat Workshop: Urban Generations: Post-Colonial Cities (overview and abstracts), 1-3 October 2004, at the Mohamed V. University of Rabat, in collaboration with the Faculty of Letters, Mohamed V University of Rabat (Contacts: Prof. Taieb Belghazi and Prof. Taofiq Agoumy) and the Ferguson Centre for the Study of Africa and Asia (Director: David Richards). Follow this link to download the conference poster as an rtf file (7MB, opens with most word processors)

Plovdiv Workshop: Clash of Civilizations?: Migration, Modern Nationalism and Nostalgia for Homeland in the Age of Globalization (overview and abstracts). 5-7 April 2005 (in collaboration with the Faculty of Philology, Paisiy Hilendarski University of Plovdiv, Bulgaria; Contact: Prof. Zhivko Ivanov, Vice Dean)

Beijing Workshop: Perceptions/Constructions of the West from 'Outside' in Contemporary Cultural Texts and Discourses (overview and abstracts), 20-22 August 2005 (in collaboration with the Centre for Cross-Cultural Studies and the Institute for World Literature of Peking University, Beijing, P.R. China. Contacts: Dr Zhao Baisheng and Dr. Zhang Hui; and the Ferguson Centre for the Study of Africa and Asia, Contact: Dr. David Richards)

Tehran Workshop: Globalization and Religion: Identity and Power, 15-16 November 2005, in collaboration with the Institute for North American and European Studies, University of Tehran. Contacts: Prof. Taghi Azadarmaki and Dr. Saied Ameli; and the Ferguson Centre for the Study of Africa and Asia, Contact: Dr. David Richards)

Plovdiv workshop: Ethnic Minorities, Nationality and History, 18-20 October 2006. In collaboration with the Faculty of Philology, Paisiy Hilendarski University of Plovdiv, Bulgaria (contact: Prof. Zhivko Ivanov), and the Centre for Research in Nationality, Ethnicity and Migration, University of Surrey, UK (contact: Prof. John Eade).