Members' News
André Alexander
23/01/12 07:46
With great sorrow we have to report that our friend and colleague André Alexander died of a heart attack in Berlin on 21 January. He had celebrated his 47th birthday only four days earlier.
André was the co- founder of the Tibet Heritage Fund (THF), and a pioneer of the restoration of historic buildings all over Tibet and the wider Himalayan region. His early work was in Lhasa where, together with Andrew Brennan and Pimpim de Azevedo, he launched the Lhasa Archive Project in 1993 with the aim of documenting Lhasa's vernacular architecture. In 1996 he launched the THF and over the next four years worked with traditional craftsmen in Lhasa to restore and upgrade some 20 historic buildings and to train a new generation of artisans. In the 2000s he extended his range as far as Amdo, and the old city of Beijing. In 2010 he was exploring the possibility of beginning new projects in Sikkim and Bhutan.
The seeds of THF’s work in Ladakh were sown in 1995 when André met IALS founder Henry Osmaston at a conference in Graz (Austria). Henry pointed to the need to record old Leh’s historic buildings as soon as possible, as Leh was changing fast, and old buildings were disappearing all too quickly. In 2003 and 2004 a small THF team conducted a survey of Old Leh, reviewing both the state of its buildings and the social and economic conditions of the people who inhabited them. In 2006 THF and the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council signed a Memorandum of Understanding to work together to preserve historic Leh. In the same period THF worked with local people to set up the Leh Old Town Initiative (LOTI), which is registered as an NGO under the India Society Act. Since then, André and his colleagues have worked on a series of restoration projects in Leh and Tsatsapuri (Alchi). Information about their work can be found at www.tibetheritagefund.org
André took part in the IALS conference in Ladakh this summer and then presided over the launch of the Central Asian Museum in the Tsa Soma garden to the west of Leh palace. The museum is an enormously impressive new building constructed with traditional techniques, and designed to celebrate Ladakh’s historic links with Central Asia. Among André’s many achievements in Ladakh, this was perhaps the crowning one.
It is particularly poignant to have to record the early death of someone who was so full of energy and had so much more to contribute. Among many people who worked with him, André was a source of both inspiration and expertise. His work will – and must – continue.
André was the co- founder of the Tibet Heritage Fund (THF), and a pioneer of the restoration of historic buildings all over Tibet and the wider Himalayan region. His early work was in Lhasa where, together with Andrew Brennan and Pimpim de Azevedo, he launched the Lhasa Archive Project in 1993 with the aim of documenting Lhasa's vernacular architecture. In 1996 he launched the THF and over the next four years worked with traditional craftsmen in Lhasa to restore and upgrade some 20 historic buildings and to train a new generation of artisans. In the 2000s he extended his range as far as Amdo, and the old city of Beijing. In 2010 he was exploring the possibility of beginning new projects in Sikkim and Bhutan.
The seeds of THF’s work in Ladakh were sown in 1995 when André met IALS founder Henry Osmaston at a conference in Graz (Austria). Henry pointed to the need to record old Leh’s historic buildings as soon as possible, as Leh was changing fast, and old buildings were disappearing all too quickly. In 2003 and 2004 a small THF team conducted a survey of Old Leh, reviewing both the state of its buildings and the social and economic conditions of the people who inhabited them. In 2006 THF and the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council signed a Memorandum of Understanding to work together to preserve historic Leh. In the same period THF worked with local people to set up the Leh Old Town Initiative (LOTI), which is registered as an NGO under the India Society Act. Since then, André and his colleagues have worked on a series of restoration projects in Leh and Tsatsapuri (Alchi). Information about their work can be found at www.tibetheritagefund.org
André took part in the IALS conference in Ladakh this summer and then presided over the launch of the Central Asian Museum in the Tsa Soma garden to the west of Leh palace. The museum is an enormously impressive new building constructed with traditional techniques, and designed to celebrate Ladakh’s historic links with Central Asia. Among André’s many achievements in Ladakh, this was perhaps the crowning one.
It is particularly poignant to have to record the early death of someone who was so full of energy and had so much more to contribute. Among many people who worked with him, André was a source of both inspiration and expertise. His work will – and must – continue.
Bristol University Expedition 1977
03/11/11 16:44
Martin Salter of the Himalayan Documentary Foundation has posted online a clip of the film documenting Bristol University's 1977 Expedition to Zangskar.
Martin writes:
"Following the passing of John Crook I just wanted to share this clip of his expedition film to Zanskar in 1977. He will be sadly missed."
"The Himalayan Documentary Foundation which hosts this film is currently sleeping due to my family life taking over but will slowly revive in time !!!"
Click here to view the film. It's 20 minutes in duration so well worth sitting down with a cup of tea!
Martin writes:
"Following the passing of John Crook I just wanted to share this clip of his expedition film to Zanskar in 1977. He will be sadly missed."
"The Himalayan Documentary Foundation which hosts this film is currently sleeping due to my family life taking over but will slowly revive in time !!!"
Click here to view the film. It's 20 minutes in duration so well worth sitting down with a cup of tea!
15th Conference Report and General Meeting minutes
28/09/11 12:34
The 15th IALS Conference Report and IALS General Meeting minutes have now been posted online. Please visit the Leh 2011 Conference pages to view or download.
Call for papers: 3rd Conference of the Asian Borderlands Research Network
08/09/11 20:16
*Call for Papers - Deadline 1 December 2011
*Connections, Corridors, and Communities*
Host: Centre for Southwest Borderland Ethnic Minority Studies, Yunnan
University, Kunming, China. 12 - 15 October 2012
Extensive land and maritime networks have crisscrossed Asia for centuries, providing the basis for encounters between diverse ethnic, linguistic, economic, religious, and political groups. Today, developments such as new infrastructural projects, an increase in media access, and renewed interest in shaping cross-border cultural identities serve to both underscore these long-standing linkages and create new forms of connections across Asia. During the 3rd Asian Borderlands Research Conference in Kunming, we invite submissions that address continuities and ruptures along routes and borders in Asia, broadly related to the theme, "Connections, Corridors, and Communities".
For more information, please visit the website at http://asianborderlands.net/, or email info [at] asianborderlands [dot] net
*Connections, Corridors, and Communities*
Host: Centre for Southwest Borderland Ethnic Minority Studies, Yunnan
University, Kunming, China. 12 - 15 October 2012
Extensive land and maritime networks have crisscrossed Asia for centuries, providing the basis for encounters between diverse ethnic, linguistic, economic, religious, and political groups. Today, developments such as new infrastructural projects, an increase in media access, and renewed interest in shaping cross-border cultural identities serve to both underscore these long-standing linkages and create new forms of connections across Asia. During the 3rd Asian Borderlands Research Conference in Kunming, we invite submissions that address continuities and ruptures along routes and borders in Asia, broadly related to the theme, "Connections, Corridors, and Communities".
For more information, please visit the website at http://asianborderlands.net/, or email info [at] asianborderlands [dot] net
Conference: Emerging Trends on Food and Health Security in Cold Desert
05/09/11 21:22
An International Conference on “Emerging Trends on Food and Health Security in Cold Desert” is to be held at Defence Institute of High Altitude Research (DIHAR), DRDO, Leh-Ladakh from September 23-25, 2011. Download more details here.
Committee and constitution updates
30/08/11 20:53
Following the recent elections we would like to welcome our new executive and advisory committee members, and thank those who are standing down, especially Janet Rizvi and Martijn van Beek who in their respective roles have contributed a generous proportion of their time, energy and expertise to help further the development of the IALS.
We would also like to announce that sections 4, 7, 8 & 12 of the IALS Constitution have been updated, in particular section 4 outlines the new subscription process whereby membership now runs between the Association's biennial conferences.
Minutes of the General Meeting and a full conference report will be available online soon.
We would also like to announce that sections 4, 7, 8 & 12 of the IALS Constitution have been updated, in particular section 4 outlines the new subscription process whereby membership now runs between the Association's biennial conferences.
Minutes of the General Meeting and a full conference report will be available online soon.
John Crook, 1930-2011
18/07/11 10:30
We regret to report that John Crook, one of the pioneering figures of contemporary Ladakh studies, passed away on 11 July at his home in Somerset (UK). It seems that he was working at his desk when he died, active until the very last.
John was a distinguished figure in several different fields. As a young man he came into contact with Chan (Zen) Buddhism while on National Service in Hong Kong, and the study and practice of Buddhism became one of his lifelong vocations. However, his academic work was initially in an entirely different field. His doctoral thesis was a study of weaver birds in West Africa, and he rose to become Reader in Ethology (animal behaviour) in the Psychology Department of the University of Bristol. Starting in the late 1970s, he brought his interests in both the natural environment and Buddhist philosophy to the study of Ladakh.
John first travelled to Zangksar in 1977, and then led two full-scale University of Bristol research expeditions to the region in 1980 and 1981. It was through John that IALS founder Henry Osmaston became interested in Ladakh, joining the Bristol expeditions as an agricultural specialist. The outcome of their work was Himalayan Buddhist Villages (1994), an authoritative collective study of Zangskar jointly edited by John and Henry. John’s second full-length book on Ladakh, written with James Low, was The Yogins of Ladakh (1996), an account of personal encounters with Buddhist teachers in the region. His other publications on Ladakh include a series of papers on subjects ranging from polyandry, social change and indigenous psychiatry to Buddhist philosophy.
After his retirement from Bristol University, John became even more heavily involved in Buddhist teaching. In 1993 he was formally initiated as a first Western Dharma Heir of the Chan Master Sheng-yen, and served as the founding Teacher of the Western Chan Fellowship. He regularly led meditation retreats at a centre in Wales. His last major publication was a study on World Crisis and Buddhist Humanism, published in Delhi in 2009.
John took part in the first Recent Research on Ladakh conference in Konstanz (Germany) in 1981, and was a regular participant in IALS conferences, most recently in Leh in 2003. He was a member of the IALS Advisory Committee until 2009, and remained a firm friend and supporter of the association throughout the last years of his life. We send our sincere condolences to his family and friends.
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John Crook's obituary in The Guardian can be viewed here.
John was a distinguished figure in several different fields. As a young man he came into contact with Chan (Zen) Buddhism while on National Service in Hong Kong, and the study and practice of Buddhism became one of his lifelong vocations. However, his academic work was initially in an entirely different field. His doctoral thesis was a study of weaver birds in West Africa, and he rose to become Reader in Ethology (animal behaviour) in the Psychology Department of the University of Bristol. Starting in the late 1970s, he brought his interests in both the natural environment and Buddhist philosophy to the study of Ladakh.
John first travelled to Zangksar in 1977, and then led two full-scale University of Bristol research expeditions to the region in 1980 and 1981. It was through John that IALS founder Henry Osmaston became interested in Ladakh, joining the Bristol expeditions as an agricultural specialist. The outcome of their work was Himalayan Buddhist Villages (1994), an authoritative collective study of Zangskar jointly edited by John and Henry. John’s second full-length book on Ladakh, written with James Low, was The Yogins of Ladakh (1996), an account of personal encounters with Buddhist teachers in the region. His other publications on Ladakh include a series of papers on subjects ranging from polyandry, social change and indigenous psychiatry to Buddhist philosophy.
After his retirement from Bristol University, John became even more heavily involved in Buddhist teaching. In 1993 he was formally initiated as a first Western Dharma Heir of the Chan Master Sheng-yen, and served as the founding Teacher of the Western Chan Fellowship. He regularly led meditation retreats at a centre in Wales. His last major publication was a study on World Crisis and Buddhist Humanism, published in Delhi in 2009.
John took part in the first Recent Research on Ladakh conference in Konstanz (Germany) in 1981, and was a regular participant in IALS conferences, most recently in Leh in 2003. He was a member of the IALS Advisory Committee until 2009, and remained a firm friend and supporter of the association throughout the last years of his life. We send our sincere condolences to his family and friends.
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John Crook's obituary in The Guardian can be viewed here.
2nd International Conference for Mountain Areas Research
05/07/11 20:30
2nd INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE for MOUNTAIN AREAS RESEARCH
Date: September 22nd - 24th 2011
Karakoram International University
For more details click here
Date: September 22nd - 24th 2011
Karakoram International University
For more details click here
Photo Exhibition - Leh (1981-2010): The Span of a Generation
04/07/11 07:55
Photo Exhibition at Lonpo House, 6th July - 22nd August, 2011.
Leh (1981-2010): The Span of a Generation
By Sophie Day & Ricardo Leizaola
(with the support of the British Academy, SG-54354)
The exhibition will start on 6th July with a presentation by Sophie at 4.30 pm and will remain open from 2.30 to 6.00 every day till August 22nd.
Lonpo House is situated near Leh Palace and can be reached from the Leh Palace parking area or via the footpath that links the main market with Leh Palace.
The exhibition can also be viewed online here.
Leh (1981-2010): The Span of a Generation
By Sophie Day & Ricardo Leizaola
(with the support of the British Academy, SG-54354)
The exhibition will start on 6th July with a presentation by Sophie at 4.30 pm and will remain open from 2.30 to 6.00 every day till August 22nd.
Lonpo House is situated near Leh Palace and can be reached from the Leh Palace parking area or via the footpath that links the main market with Leh Palace.
The exhibition can also be viewed online here.
Call for Contributors: Impact of Global Change on Mountains: Responses & Adaptation
01/05/11 14:10
Dr Prakash Tiwari and colleagues are bringing out an interdisciplinary monograph on ‘Impact of Global Change on Mountains: Responses & Adaptation’. The volume will be published by Science Publishers, USA.
The editors are currently looking for interested parties to contribute chapters of their choice. The attached brochure provides more details including a timeline.
Prakash C. Tiwari
Professor of Environment & Sustainable Development
Department of Geography
Kumaon University
Nainital-263 001, Uttarakhand, India
Tel:91-5942-237156 & Fax:91-5942-235576
Email: pctiwari@yahoo.com
The editors are currently looking for interested parties to contribute chapters of their choice. The attached brochure provides more details including a timeline.
Prakash C. Tiwari
Professor of Environment & Sustainable Development
Department of Geography
Kumaon University
Nainital-263 001, Uttarakhand, India
Tel:91-5942-237156 & Fax:91-5942-235576
Email: pctiwari@yahoo.com
Forthcoming Workshops: ‘Historical research and heritage conservation cooperation in Ladakh’
28/03/11 08:47
The opening of the Central Asian Museum Leh is planned for Summer 2011. To celebrate the opening a workshop dedicated to historical research and heritage conservation in Ladakh is being organised. The idea is to bring together all actors (local and international) together to enhance cooperation. Various initiatives are being taken to document and protect the cultural heritage of Ladakh, and all actors could benefit from a greater communication. The Central Asian Museum Leh appears as a great opportunity for this. The event is organized in two distinct days:
• A first meeting in May (Saturday 21st) with all the actors present at that time in Ladakh so that everyone gets to know each other actions and plans.
• A second, more official meeting in August (Tuesday 23rd) right after the conference of the International Association for Ladakh Studies so that international actors can take part. This workshop will provide an opportunity to discuss possible cooperations. If you would like to attend or participate in the event please contact us at bruneaulaurianne@yahoo.com
If you wish to participate and present your work the deadline is 31st of April. If you wish to attend only please inform us before 15th of May and/or 15th of August. Please note that we have secured funding for both dates. We will offer tea and lunch. Unfortunately we cannot offer support for accommodation costs or flights.
The organisers:
Laurianne Bruneau, post-doctoral researcher, Centre for Archaeological Research on Indus-Baluchistan, Central and Eastern Asia, UMR 9993 of the CNRS, Paris;
André Alexander, co-director, Tibet Heritage Fund (THF), associate researcher, Berlin University of Technology;
Martin Vernier, independent scholar on Ladakhi archaeology and history, Switzerland;
Quentin Devers, Phd candidate in archaeology, EPHE, Paris.
15th IALS Conference, Leh 19th - 22 Aug, 2011
09/03/11 11:38
Following the conference relocation the new dates and venue have now been decided. We are delighted to announce that the 15th IALS Conference will now be held in Leh from the 19th to 22nd August, 2011. Once again we apologise for any inconvenience caused and we hope to see you all there. For more details please see our conference pages.
15th IALS Conference to be held in Ladakh
03/03/11 14:24
It is with great regret that we have to inform you that, due to lack of funding, it is not possible to hold the 2011 Conference in Aberdeen. We have decided, accordingly, to shift the venue to Ladakh.
This is a very recent development, & we haven't been able yet to reach a decision whether to have the Conference in Leh or in Kargil; & whether to stick to the original dates (24--28 August) or bring it forward by a few days. Please consult this page and the conference page over the next week or two, where details will be posted as soon as they're finalized.
We greatly regret the inconvenience caused to you, & the necessity for you to revise your plans. We thought, however, that we should let you know even before reaching final decisions on place & dates, in the hope of pre-empting any irrevocable programme you might have made to come to Aberdeen.
This is a very recent development, & we haven't been able yet to reach a decision whether to have the Conference in Leh or in Kargil; & whether to stick to the original dates (24--28 August) or bring it forward by a few days. Please consult this page and the conference page over the next week or two, where details will be posted as soon as they're finalized.
We greatly regret the inconvenience caused to you, & the necessity for you to revise your plans. We thought, however, that we should let you know even before reaching final decisions on place & dates, in the hope of pre-empting any irrevocable programme you might have made to come to Aberdeen.
Ladakhi Scholar to attend “Managing Indoor Climate Risk Workshop” in Brazil
18/02/11 08:35
Dr Sonam Wangchok, Secretary, Himalayan Cultural Heritage Foundation-HCHF and Ladakh Liaison Officer, International association for Ladakh Studies (IALS) is among 21 participant from different countries selected for the ‘Managing Indoor Climate Risks’ workshop in Olinda Brazil in March 2011. This workshop has been developed by the Netherlands Institute for Cultural Heritage (ICN) and the Dutch State Agency of Cultural Heritage (RCE), in collaboration with the Center for Advanced Studies on Integrated Conservation (CECI, Brazil) and the Department for Anthropology and Museology of the University of Pernambuco (UFPE-DAM, Brazil). It focuses on the practice and discussion of a risk-based decision making model to optimize the management of indoor climate conditions for collections and buildings.
“The course is focused on discussing and applying the decision making process to manage the indoor climate. It examines the best available research. Studying archive collection, participants will practice each aspect of this approach, from identifying climate risks to the collection to the development of climate control strategies. The course emphasizes on risk communication and teamwork”.
The 21 participants are from India, Sri Lanka, Brazil, Suriname, Ghana, South-Africa, Indonesia and The Netherlands. These countries belong to the framework of ‘Mutual Cultural Heritage’ (MCH) program. The organizers expect o bring experts together to reach the workshop goals of learning, sharing and raising awareness on the subject of risk based decision making concerning the indoor climate. Dr Sonam Wangchok will be presenting a paper on Indoor Climate Risk in the Monasteries of Ladakh.
“The course is focused on discussing and applying the decision making process to manage the indoor climate. It examines the best available research. Studying archive collection, participants will practice each aspect of this approach, from identifying climate risks to the collection to the development of climate control strategies. The course emphasizes on risk communication and teamwork”.
The 21 participants are from India, Sri Lanka, Brazil, Suriname, Ghana, South-Africa, Indonesia and The Netherlands. These countries belong to the framework of ‘Mutual Cultural Heritage’ (MCH) program. The organizers expect o bring experts together to reach the workshop goals of learning, sharing and raising awareness on the subject of risk based decision making concerning the indoor climate. Dr Sonam Wangchok will be presenting a paper on Indoor Climate Risk in the Monasteries of Ladakh.
LS 26 Correction - Tourism Traffic Volumes in Leh District: An Overview
07/01/11 18:00
The IALS would like to apologise to Vladimiro Pelliciardi for errors in the recently published Ladakh Studies 26. Many of the graphs accompanying his essay Tourism Traffic Volumes in Leh District: An Overview were not correctly reproduced when the journal went to print.
The complete essay - with corrected graphs - is available here as a download (click).
The complete essay - with corrected graphs - is available here as a download (click).
Pictures in Transformation: Rock Art Research between Central Asia and the Subcontinent
07/01/11 15:11
A new publication containing three papers dealing with the rock art of Ladakh was released in November 2010 : Rock Art Research between Central Asia and the Subcontinent edited by Luca Maria Olivieri in collaboration with Laurianne Bruneau and Marco Ferrandi.
This book presents papers given at the “Pictures in Transformation. Rock Art Research between Central Asia and the Subcontinent” symposium, within the 19th European Association of South Asian Archaeology and Art Conference (held in Ravenna, Italy, in July 2007). Four papers are dealing with rock art in India, covering the period from the Stone Age to the end of the first millennium A.D. One of the papers is dedicated to Madhya Pradesh; while the other three deal with Ladakh (Jammu & Kashmir. The papers, presenting petroglyphs as well as rock-reliefs, give an archaeological overview of the region from the Iron Age to the development of Buddhism.
Contents: Animal style of the steppes in Ladakh. A presentation of newly discovered petroglyphs by Martin Vernier and Laurianne Bruneau,p.27-36; Authors of Petroglyphs in Ladakh and Baltistan by B.R. Mani, p.37-42; Penetration of Buddhist Ideology in Ladakh: A study through early Rock Sculptures by Phuntsog Dorjay, p.43-58.
Full reference is: BAR S2167 2010: South Asian Archaeology 2007 2 Pictures in Transformation: Rock Art Research between Central Asia and the Subcontinent edited by Luca Maria Olivieri in collaboration with Laurianne Bruneau and Marco Ferrandi. ISBN 978 1 4073 0711 4. £27.00. i-iv, 1-81, illustrated throughout.
To order contact: Hadrian Books, 122 Banbury Road, Oxford. OX2 7BP U.K.
e-mail: bar@hadrianbooks.co.uk
For more details online click here
Picture credit Dr. Phuntsog Dorjay
This book presents papers given at the “Pictures in Transformation. Rock Art Research between Central Asia and the Subcontinent” symposium, within the 19th European Association of South Asian Archaeology and Art Conference (held in Ravenna, Italy, in July 2007). Four papers are dealing with rock art in India, covering the period from the Stone Age to the end of the first millennium A.D. One of the papers is dedicated to Madhya Pradesh; while the other three deal with Ladakh (Jammu & Kashmir. The papers, presenting petroglyphs as well as rock-reliefs, give an archaeological overview of the region from the Iron Age to the development of Buddhism.
Contents: Animal style of the steppes in Ladakh. A presentation of newly discovered petroglyphs by Martin Vernier and Laurianne Bruneau,p.27-36; Authors of Petroglyphs in Ladakh and Baltistan by B.R. Mani, p.37-42; Penetration of Buddhist Ideology in Ladakh: A study through early Rock Sculptures by Phuntsog Dorjay, p.43-58.
Full reference is: BAR S2167 2010: South Asian Archaeology 2007 2 Pictures in Transformation: Rock Art Research between Central Asia and the Subcontinent edited by Luca Maria Olivieri in collaboration with Laurianne Bruneau and Marco Ferrandi. ISBN 978 1 4073 0711 4. £27.00. i-iv, 1-81, illustrated throughout.
To order contact: Hadrian Books, 122 Banbury Road, Oxford. OX2 7BP U.K.
e-mail: bar@hadrianbooks.co.uk
For more details online click here
Picture credit Dr. Phuntsog Dorjay
Conference: Assessing the Complexities of South Asian Migration
03/01/11 17:31
May 18th – 21st 2011, Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada
The critical study of South Asian migration requires, arguably, an interdisciplinary and international collaborative approach. The aim of this event is to take stock of the different topics currently being theorized, and to help identify important new areas of research. Papers are particularly sought on the following 4 themes: (1) historical and social factors behind migration, and the ways that such factors have been conceived; (2) the plurality of different types of migration, and how these maybe (dis)connected; (3) the socially / spatially differentiated natures of citizenship politics; (4) The increasing role of overseas migrant populations in terms of the sending region’s economic development and international political relations.
- Plenary Speakers -
Inderpal Grewal
(Yale University, U.S.A.)
Irudaya Rajan
(Centre for Development Studies, India)
Filippo Osella
(University of Sussex, U.K.)
Abstracts of 300 words can be sent via imrcconference@wlu.ca and need to be received by 31/01/2011. No registration fee is required – all welcome. Further details online here
The critical study of South Asian migration requires, arguably, an interdisciplinary and international collaborative approach. The aim of this event is to take stock of the different topics currently being theorized, and to help identify important new areas of research. Papers are particularly sought on the following 4 themes: (1) historical and social factors behind migration, and the ways that such factors have been conceived; (2) the plurality of different types of migration, and how these maybe (dis)connected; (3) the socially / spatially differentiated natures of citizenship politics; (4) The increasing role of overseas migrant populations in terms of the sending region’s economic development and international political relations.
- Plenary Speakers -
Inderpal Grewal
(Yale University, U.S.A.)
Irudaya Rajan
(Centre for Development Studies, India)
Filippo Osella
(University of Sussex, U.K.)
Abstracts of 300 words can be sent via imrcconference@wlu.ca and need to be received by 31/01/2011. No registration fee is required – all welcome. Further details online here