BASAS Conference 25 - Announcement of Key Speakers Event

Bodies of Power, Forms of Power: South Asia through History and Across Disciplines: Who holds power in South Asia? Who holds power in relation to South Asia and the South Asian diaspora? How is power embodied, how is it wielded, and to what ends? Where is power located, how is it accessed, how is it articulated, and how is it signified? Who submits to power, who ignores power, and who resists power? How is power formed, how is it performed, and in what forms and through what bodies is it negotiated?

The 2011, 25th anniversary annual BASAS (British Association of South Asian Studies) conference aims to lay bare the diverse and complex ways in which power is and has been negotiated in the South Asia region. Through the key terms of 'bodies' and 'forms', we aim to encourage interdisciplinary conversations about the ways in which power is understood, endorsed and undermined in both everyday lives, and at fraught moments of South Asian history.

We invite proposals for panels and papers that address Bodies of Power, Forms of Power at personal, local, state and inter-state levels within South Asia and across its diaspora. Panels and papers might be keyed around issues of community, class, caste, ethnicity, gender; nation, governance, law; geography, development, culture, environment; language, linguistics and representation.


Conference Dates: April 11th (12:00) - April 13th (13:00) 2011
Panel Submission Details

Panels (150-200 word abstact)

· Submission of panel abstracts: Closed

· Notification of acceptance of panels: December 1, 2010 - SELECTED PANELS

· Submission of paper abstracts for panels: January 31, 2011

Papers need not conform only to the SELECTED PANELS; they can also be more general and we will endeavour to incorporate them.

There is a BASAS best student essay prize of £250.00. The final draft of paper must be submitted by March 10th. The prize winner will be announced on the last day of the conference.

· Final confirmation of panels: February 28, 2011

Independent Papers (100-150 word abstract)
· Submission of paper abstracts for panels: January 31, 2011
Papers need not conform only to the SELECTED PANELS; they can also be more general one and we will endeavour to incorporate them.

There is a BASAS best student essay prize of £250.00. The final draft of paper must be submitted by March 10th. The prize winner will be announced on the last day of the conference.

· Final confirmation of panels: February 28, 2011

Registration Deadline: March 10, 2011
Conference full-delegate rates: £170.00

Conference delegate rate for post-graduate students, unwaged and delegates from South Asia: £160.00

All registrations must be made through BASAS

There are 20 postgraduate bursaries of £125.00 which will be distributed on a first registered, first distributed basis. To be eligible the graduate students will also need to have submitted their full papers by March 10th (5,000-7,000 words, the font size, spacing, etc does not matter). Students will have to pay their full registration and will receive their cheques only when they attend the Conference.

Delegates requiring visas must register to attend the conference before a visa letter can be issued from the University of Southampton.

Any registration after March 10th will incur a late registration booking fee of £50.00 in addition to the standard registration fee. There will be no refunds for cancellations made after March 21st.

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Conference Organizers: Dr. Kanchana N. Ruwanpura, Professor Ian Talbot and Dr. Stephanie Jones

British Association of South Asian Studies