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• 01 nov 2013

  Call for papers - Sociology

  The manufacture of heritage in Turkey. Actors, issues and scales

  European Journal of Turkish Studies

  L'European Journal of Turkish Studies consacre un numéro spécial à la fabrique du patrimoine en Turquie. Plus spécifiquement,  ce numéro entend explorer la thématique du patrimoine en Turquie en se centrant sur les rapports entre patrimoine et construction nationale. Il s’agira d’appréhender cette question, en tenant compte, d’une part, du patrimoine comme processus et comme construction sociale, d’autre part, des conceptions patrimoniales des différents acteurs, professionnels et profanes.

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• 13 nov 2012

  Paris

  Study days - Asia

  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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