MEMORYSCAPES: Historiographies & Methodologies around the 1947 Partition

Name: MEMORYSCAPES: Historiographies & Methodologies around the 1947 Partition
Start: 2025-02-17T09:00:00+06:00
End: 2025-02-18T17:30:00+06:00
Location: BRAC University

Schedule

Mon, 17 Feb, 2025 at 09:00 am to Tue, 18 Feb, 2025 at 05:30 pm

UTC+06:00

Location

BRAC University | Dhaka, DA

BRAC University is pleased to announce a scholarly exchange and outreach program composed of three interconnected in-person workshops and an online symposium between Brac University, National Institute of Technology (NIT) in Silchar, Assam, Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), and the Centre for Migration Studies in the Department of History at the University of British Columbia.
The initiative is centred on a series of workshops in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh, the three postcolonial nations that emerged in 1947- India and Pakistan (East and West) and then in 1971 when Bangladesh was formed out of what had been East Pakistan. By holding in-person interconnected workshops in each of these postcolonial states – and one online symposium – we hope scholars and students will create possibilities for exchange that are generally foreclosed by the national boundaries that divide the region.
The focus of the workshop at Brac University is primarily methodological and pedagogical, to assess the diverse range of approaches that have been brought to bear on the writing and teaching of Partition’s histories over the decades that have followed decolonization, and to encourage critical evaluation and innovation moving forward. We cannot engage with the history of Partition only from the vantage point of India: for too long, Partition’s historiography has been hampered by our national borders. This diversity in approaches to studying the 1947 Partition invites careful consideration of method and how different methodological approaches towards Partition create their object of study.
Registration details will be announced soon.
Please visit the website for details: https://sites.google.com/bracu.ac.bd/memorscapes/