[Urban-Media] 12 May Workshop in Boston/Cambridge

[eric lewis beverley]

All~

Sorry it has taken me a little while to respond - I have been busy  
with some other things and under the weather.  In any case, I will  
definitely give a paper for the May 2th workshop.  I will present a  
piece on the question of sovereignty over space in late princely  
Hyderabad, incorporating questions of legal jurisdiction from the  
late nineteenth century onwards and the ultimate rendition of  
colonial possessions in Hyderabad and Secunderabad to the Nizam.

I see that most of the list members have not responded as yet.  I,  
along with Shekhar, urge you to write a quick note to the list or to  
one of us letting us know if you are interested in participating.   
Then we can proceed with arrangements for the one-day workshop  
event.  Hope to hear from you.

elb


On 28 Mar 2007, at 21:39, Shekhar Krishnan wrote:

> All:
>
> As we have discussed, we would like to hold a one-day meeting to bring
> together urban historians and anthropologists of Middle East and South
> Asia to present and discuss their work and methods. This would also
> bring together many of the discussions and themes which we have had  
> over
> the spring and fall of 2006 at MIT. A recap of the papers presented is
> on:
>
> http://urban.media.mit.edu/wiki/Spring_2006_Sessions
> http://urban.media.mit.edu/wiki/Fall_2006_Sessions
>
> We have agreed that the best date for this workshop is SATURDAY 12 MAY
> 2007 in the Cambridge/Boston area. We will either hold this at MIT or
> Wellesley College, depending on where we get support. We will offer no
> funds to anyone, only the opportunity to come down and meet fellow
> scholars and share your work. This will not be a public event, but  
> there
> may be some visitors from Harvard and MIT.
>
> Below is a list of the people who are now subscribed to this list,
> including members of our seminar at MIT, and other correspondents.  
> While
> not everyone on this list will come, we already have commitments from
> several people. Depending on how many presentations we have, we  
> could do
> three sessions in one day (10.30 to 12.00, 13.30 to 15.00 and 15.30 to
> 17.00) followed by drinks and dinner in Cambridge.
>
> So if you are ready to come and make this workshop happen on  
> Saturday 12
> May, please send a mail to this list with your presentation topic as
> soon as possible. Please be prepared to pre-circulate your short paper
> or presentation by the end of April.
>
> Thanks,
>
>
> S.K.
>
> --
>
> * Michael M.J. Fischer, Anthropology and STS, MIT
> * Shekhar Krishnan, Science Technology & Society, MIT
> * Eric L. Beverley, History & Literature/Indo-Muslim Cultures, Harvard
> University
> * Nikhil Rao, History, Wellesley College
> * Ilham Khuri-Makdisi, History, Northeastern University
> * Tulasi Srinivas, Anthropology/Religious Studies, Georgetown  
> University
> * Nithya Raman, Urban Studies/Planning, MIT
> * Anand Vivek Taneja, Anthropology, Columbia University
> * Sarah Waheed, History, Tufts University
> * Svati Shah, Sexuality & Gender Studies/Anthropology, New York
> University
> * Ashish Rajadhyaksha, Centre for the Study of Culture & Society,
> Bangalore
> * Douglas E. Haynes, History, Dartmouth College
> * Manan Ahmed, History, University of Chicago
> * Subho Basu, History, Syracuse University
> * Ishita Pande, History, Queen's University
> * Erik Ghenoiu, Graduate School of Design, Harvard University
> * Partho Datta, Nehru Memorial Library, New Delhi
> * Taha Mehmood, SARAI, New Delhi
>
>
>
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