Launch of BERSAS – the Newly Created Forum for South Asia Studies in Berlin

May 3 at 2:00 pm in room 315 at IAAW

PROGRAM

 

2:00 pm   WELCOME ADDRESS

Prof. Dr. Henning Klöter

Vice Dean for International Affairs

Faculty of Cultural, Social and Educational Sciences

 

Prof. Dr. Baz Lecocq

Managing Director

Institute for Asian and African Studies

 

 

2:10 pm   INTRODUCING BERSAS

 

Prof. Dr. Michael Mann

Head of the Department of South Asia Studies

 

 

2:20 – 4:15 pm  SOUTH ASIAN URBAN STUDIES AT HU BERLIN

Short Presentations

 Prof. Dr. Annette Schmiedchen

First Urbanisation, Second Urbanisation, Deurbanisation - the Role of Cities in the Premodern History of South Asia

 

Prof. Dr. Michael Mann

A British Rome in India. Calcutta – Capital for an Empire

 

Dr. Sadia Bajwa

Urban South Asia: Interdisciplinary Approaches to the City

 

Dogukan Mouezzinler (MA candidate)

South Asians in Dubai: Home-making in a Non-Place

 

Dhanya Fee Kirchhof (PhD candidate)

Jalandhar: A Global Small City from an Anti-Caste Perspective

 

Dr. Salma Siddique

An Online Streaming Code for Non-Metropolitan India

 

Prof. Dr. Nadja-Christina Schneider

Reimagining Housing, Rethinking the Role of Architects in India

 

 

4:15-5:30 pm RECEPTION

To register for the event, kindly contact: johannes.heymann@hu-berlin.de

Please find further program information on all BERSAS events in the summer
semester 2024 in our booklet which will give you an overview of our South
Asian Urban Studies activities at IAAW.


Link to the flip version of our booklet:
https://www.canva.com/design/DAF9-c4pSkU/LdbG4qDP6Bn5vpGPtyulcA/view?utm_content=DAF9-c4pSkU&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link&utm_source=editor

Link to the PDF version of our booklet:
https://www.iaaw.hu-berlin.de/de/querschnitt/medialitaet/bersas/bersas-booklet-south-asian-urban-studies-summer-2024.pdf

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