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• 06 jui 2014

  Paris

  Kolloquium - Asien

  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

  Fachtagung - Asien

  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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• 29 mar 2011	06 mai 2011	11 mai 2010
  22 jui 2010	16 nov 2010	...

  Paris

  Seminar - Politikwissenschaften

  Séminaire du Groupe de recherche sur l'Asie centrale

  Sciences Po-CERI

  Fondé sur la présence d’une dizaine de doctorants travaillant sur la région et rattachés à ce laboratoire, le GRAC se propose d'abord de présenter les thèses de politique comparée, de relations internationales ou d'économie politique en cours au CERI. Il invite bien sûr les doctorants d'autres disciplines (anthropologie, géographie etc.) inscrits dans d'autres établissements à y assister. Il se conçoit en effet comme un lieu ouvert de débats et d'échanges. C'est pourquoi il sera aussi l'occasion de faire intervenir les auteurs de travaux et ouvrages récents (en langue française, anglaise ou russe pour l'essentiel) afin d'inscrire les travaux des doctorants dans la perspective de l'actualité scientifique sur l'Asie centrale. Enfin, il pourra être l'occasion d'aborder avec des experts - européens ou centrasiatiques notamment - certaines questions liées aux grands équilibres de la zone (événements au Kirghizstan, présidence kazakhstanaise de l'OSCE, enjeux énergétiques...)

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