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• 06 jui 2014

  Paris

  Colloque - Asie

  Islam and Regional Cultures in Pakistan

  Journée du CEIAS

  With the hope of throwing new light on the transformations of Pakistani society, this one-day conference intends to move the focus away from two dominant discourses on Pakistan : that is, on the one hand, the security discourse of political and media circles that reduces Pakistan to a state on the fringe of failure, trying to cope with radical Islam and terrorism; and, on the other hand, Pakistan’s official nationalism, which rests on a unitary conception of the nation that disregards the cultural and religious diversity of the country, stressing instead Islam and Urdu as national unifiers while relegating regional cultures to folklore. This conference hopes to partly fill this gap by inviting participants to illustrate the complex, lived experience of Islam in Pakistan, the identity component of religious practices that do not fit in the dominant norm, and their inscription in local political and ethnic relations. Papers would ideally use first-hand observation and/or analyses of cultural productions to examine circumscribed case studies.

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• 13 nov 2012

  Paris

  Journée d'étude - Asie

  The Idea of South Asia

  South Asia, another name for the Indian Subcontinent, is a recent concept (only about six decades old), forged outside the region in the wake of the establishment of area studies by American universities. While it may be preferred to Indian subcontinent for its political neutrality, it is nonetheless a contested concept, both externally and internally. Whether in South Asia itself or in international institutions or research centres outside the region, there is no general consensus about the countries the concept encompasses: it primarily refers to India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, the Maldives, as per the definition of the SAARC, which has however included Afghanistan lately (2005) among its members. Some would also include Burma (Myanmar) as it was a province of British India till 1937. Internally, the concept is contested on the political level but in a fairly paradoxical way: on the one hand, as a concept closely associated with India, it is in some contexts rejected by its neighbours; on the other hand, neighbouring countries (especially Nepal and Sri Lanka) have been instrumental in making the concept exist through the creation of journals, associations, and websites that mobilise the term.

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• 30 jan 2012	10 fév 2012	15 mar 2012
  10 avr 2012	15 mai 2012	...

  Paris

  Séminaire - Études du politique

  Représentations et pratiques de la citoyenneté en Asie du Sud

  Représentations et pratiques de la citoyenneté en Asie du Sud : programme de l’équipe, Centre d’études de l’Inde et de l’Asie du Sud (CNRS-EHESS), 190 avenue de France, 75013 Paris. Le Centre d'études de l'Inde et de l'Asie du Sud (CEIAS) est le plus grand laboratoire français de recherche en sciences sociales sur le sous-continent indien. Le CEIAS est une unité mixte de recherche (UMR 8564) de l'École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS) et du Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS).

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