On 8 January 2018, a conference on religious
freedom in South Asia will follow the American Historical Association's annual meeting in Washington, DC. Papers from
the conference will be published in a special issue of the journal, Asian
Affairs, and conference proceedings will be live-streamed (as is the
case with all Wilson Center events). Please contact Neeti Nair with any questions:
Here is the program:
Here is the program:
Ghosts from the Past? Assessing Recent Developments in Religious Freedom in South Asia, 8 January 2018, 5th floor Conference Room, Woodrow Wilson Center, Washington DC
10 am - Opening remarks - Bijan Omrani, editor Asian Affairs
10:30 am - 12:30 pm: Panel 1 - Constitutional Considerations
Mridu Rai, Presidency University Kolkata
The Indian Constitution and the Making of Kashmiri Hindus and Muslims
Farahnaz Ispahani, Global Fellow, Woodrow Wilson Center
Constitutional Issues and the Treatment of Pakistan's Religious Minorities
Dina Siddiqi, Columbia University I BRAC University, Bangladesh
Destabilizing Secularism: Constituent Assembly Debates and the Making of National Others in Bangladesh
Christina Fink, George Washington University
Myanmar: Religious
Minorities and Constitutional Questions
Moderator -Neeti Nair, University of Virginia and Woodrow Wilson Center
12:30 pm - 2 pm - Lunch
2 pm - 4 pm: Panel 2 - Contemporary Challenges
Cassie Adcock, Washington University, St Louis
Cow Protection and Minority Rights in India: Reassessing Religious Freedom
Neil DeVotta, Wake Forest University
Religious Freedom in Post-Civil War Sri Lanka
Raza Rumi, Cornell Institute for Public Affairs
Religious Freedom in Pakistan: Challenges and Prospects
Ali Riaz, Illinois State University
More than Meets the Eye: The Narratives of Secularism and Islam in Bangladesh
This conference is cosponsored by the Royal Society for Asian Affairs & Taylor & Francis
