Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg Südasien-Seminar Orientalisches Institut Philosophische Fakultät I 06099 Halle (Saale) Germany Fifth Conference on Bengal Related Studies for Students and Young Scholars October 26-28 2018, Halle (Saale), Germany The South Asia Seminar of the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg is pleased to host the Fifth Conference on Bengal Related Studies for Students and Young Scholars. The aim of the conference is to provide an interdisciplinary venue for students and young scholars who focus on the Bengal regions in their studies. Guests are very welcome. There will be no conference fee, but those interested in participating as guests are requested to contact the local organisers by email first. Contact: [email protected] Conference Venue: Emil-Abderhalden-Str. 26 (2nd floor, room 7/1.32), 06108 Halle (Saale), Germany Conference Committee: Chaiti Basu, Britta Feuge, Arne Harms, Mascha Schulz, Franziska Strich, Shabnam Surita, Nora Warmer Financial Support by: Dekanat und Fachschaftsrat der Philosophischen Fakultät I, Prorektorat für Forschung und wissenschaftlichen Nachwuchs & International Office der Martin-Luther-Universität Halle- Wittenberg Organisers & Partners: Bengal Link e.V. & Arbeitskreis Neuzeitliches Südasien der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Asienkunde Friday, 26 October 2018 18.00 – 19.30 Welcome by the Organisers and Introduction of Conference Participants 20.00 Participants’ Common Dinner Saturday, 27 October 2018 9.00 – 11.20 Session 1: The Colonial Bengal Lounge: Of Infinite Bearings Chair: Sukla Chatterjee (Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn) Occultism of Bhadralok: Studying the Theosophical Society in Colonial Bengal in a Transcultural Context Mriganka Mukhopadhyay (Universiteit van Amsterdam) Broomsticks, Brushes and Hand-Carts: Scavengers’ Strikes in Late-Colonial Calcutta Maria-Daniela Pomohaci (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen) What an ‘Effeminate’ Bengali Should Eat: The Debate on Vegetarianism and Non-Vegetarianism in Colonial Bengal Suvajit Halder (Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi) Bengali Agriculture Science Periodicals and Making Knowledge Available Beyond the Laboratory and Peers in Colonial Bengal Pankoj Sarkar (Tata Institute for Social Sciences, Bombay) 11.20 – 11.45 Coffee Break 11.45 – 12.55 Session 2: Modernism and Bengali Literature: Of Men and Letters Chair: Chaiti Basu (Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg) Encountering the Effete through the Bengali Comics of the 1960s Sourav Chatterjee (Columbia University, New York) Tracing the Bengali Avant-Garde ‒ A Study in the Poetics and Politics of Naxalism and Hungryalism Moinak Banerjee (Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi) 12.55 – 14.00 Lunch Break 14.00 – 15.45 Session 3: A Passage to Bengal: Of Transport and Infrastructure Chair: Arne Harms (Universität Leipzig) The City on Wheels: Road Transport and Traffic in Calcutta, c. 1914-1947 Soumita Mazumder (Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi) ‘Infrastructuralisation’ of a Formerly Stateless Territory: The Politics of Road and School Construction in a Border Village of Bangladesh Md. Rashedul Alam (University of Western Ontario, London (CA)) “Āmāẏ bhāsāili re …”: Bengal’s Wandering Minstrels and the Metaphor of Transportation across the River of Life Aratrika Bhattacharya (Presidency University, Calcutta) 15.45 – 16.15 Coffee Break 16.15 – 18.00 Session 4: Bengal and Politics of Resistance Chair: Franziska Strich (Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg) Political Parties as Pathways to Women’s Political Participation: A Study of the All India Trinamool Congress in West Bengal Proma Ray Chaudhury (Dublin City University) From Class to Caste: Understanding the Change in the Communist Episteme of Struggle in Bengal Debayudh Chatterjee (Naba Ballygunge Mahavidyalaya, Calcutta) Resistance under Ritualized Salutations: Some Experiences from the Santals’ Villages of Bangladesh Farhat Jahan (Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg) 19.00 Informal Dinner at the Venue Sunday, 28 October 2018 9.00 – 10.10 Session 5: Bangladesh, Radicalism, and the Public Sphere Chair: Mascha Schulz (Universität Zürich/London School of Economics and Political Science) The Islamist Public Sphere in Bangladesh: Religious Soundscape or Hate Speech? Rokeya Chowdhury (McGill University, Montréal) The Fatal Attraction: Violent Extremism in Contemporary Bangladesh: An Empirical Analysis of 35 Cases Saimum Md. Parvez (University of Sydney) 10.10 – 10.40 Coffee Break 10.40 – 11:50 Session 6: Bengali Diaspora: Traveled Concepts and Situational Positionings Chair: Shabnam Surita (Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn) Rashbehari Bose in Japan: An Exiled ‘Revolutionary’s’ Concept of Asia in his Japanese Publications Ludwig Merker (Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg) Ambiguous Positionalities: Bangladeshi Migrant Men in The Hague Mohammad Ibrahim Khalad (Jahangirnagar University, Dhaka) Final Discussion À — Àব— ™—ব®— ù— ব ÀBÀÀ À — Àব— ™—ব®— ù— Permalink: https://p.dw.com/p/37iFm ÀবC প ÀÀ ÀBÀÀ ÀÀ Ø ¿ À — Àব ™—ব®— —√ ≠ Ÿ ব√ À À — শ— À — ব À ® ! — " # পব— — — À &' —(— য ™ * ব —শ Àব Àব*+ —শ ™—ব—®¬ # Àব À -Àব.— ® &' —( / ব- 0 À — — শ— — À ব À ® ! — " # Àব— ™—ব—® ®1 * ব—- ব ÀবÀ*+ À® À — ∑ 2— 3 —' &' — ®— Àট 25 ÀবÀব6 7 ব À8 — &®Àট 9 # &ব- —: ব— ;< 5—® ;= ∑ À > পয0 À∑ &' —(— য ™ * ব —শ Àব— ÀবÀ*+ —শ ট ;? @A ™—ব®# && &À∆Àব À — Àব— ™—ব®— — ব À BÀÀ À — Àব— ™—ব®— — ® ® য ™ À— * — 7 —@ ÀবÀব6 ÀD1 ÀবÀব6 EÀ—À" ÀবÀব6 - F 7 &' —(— ব ——শ 1 ™ ÀবÀব6 — EÀÀ À37 À-— # &- F 6 G 6 G 7 À® য2H —I ÀবÀ*+ ÀবÀব6 — ™—ব® য ™ &' —(— # —(— Àব ® — — À—J À-— À ÀবÀ*+ ÀশK EÀ — ব À — ® ®— & &® ™—ব®# ব L ™ 5—® ব Mট2 6 Nট —( Àট Àব— ÀবÀ*+ E —0 ব À — ব¿ ™—বA &®Àট % 7 &' /À— L—O — বP ÀবÀQ Àব#&®À—® ™—ব® — ® — 'L— —প À*ব 1 ব R À— ব9 À — SÀ—® প À L—O &— /' ব 'À — À®# T32 ' ব À — ™—ব UবÀQ6 &' য ™—বA Àব 5—® ব L ™ ব ব Mট2 6 Nট À®-'2 ব প—FÀ # À — Àব— ™—ব®— — ব À BÀÀ À — Àব— ™—ব®— — Àব— ব ব Àব— ÀবÀ*+ —শ EÀÀ À3— — 5—® L—O — ব ব Àব*H ব À — C V@J# ' —5 'L— —প7 ব * 7 WX Y ®Z À 7 ® —A &' L—6 ™ ব[' L—D>—য ™6# ব ——শ EÀÀ À3 ব ——শ EÀÀ À3 À —ব &' —(— য ™ 1 ™ ÀবÀব6 — XÀবC — 36 প® ( '\ À > —# M বH—ব6 ÀÀ 2— 3— 6 G— বব ব —Àশ À*ব 1— V@JপYA &®Àট ÀQ# & —™ 6 G— ' S শ ' À ÀটLট ! 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