2025 Buffalo Undergraduate Conference on South Asia
Saturday, April 5th, 2025
9:00 – 9:45 AM Breakfast
9:45 - 10:00 AM Opening Remarks
10:00 - 11:00 AM Panel 1: Religious Identity in Modern India (Virtual)
Panel Chair: Walter Hakala, 猛料视频
Arza Zakir MP, Maitreyi College, 猛料视频 of Delhi, “Subjugation of Muslim subjectivity: The etymology of ‘migrant’ in post-partition India and the Muslim identity quandary”
Aishaani Bajaj, 猛料视频 of Petroleum and Energy Studies, “Rebuilding cities, what remains? Development, heritage and changing forms of religious identity in India”
Marharnav Singhal, International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad, “Between the Courts of law and Public Opinion: Rethinking ‘Media Manipulation’ and ‘Politics of Othering’ through the Tablighi Jama’at Incident in India”
11:15 AM - 12:30 PM Panel 2: South Asia explored through Media and Spirituality (In-person)
Panel Chair: Ayesha Rasul, 猛料视频
Angshee Shankhdhar, 猛料视频, “Dreaming, Being, and Meditating in South Asia”
Cynthia Francis, 猛料视频 of Cambridge, “English-Language Film Magazines in India c.1973-1990”
Sabaa Ahmed, Columbia 猛料视频, “Rokeya Hossian’s Padmarag as a Third Space of Anti-Colonial Feminist Resistance”
12:45 - 2:00 PM Panel 3: Developments in National Identity and Discourse (In-person)
Panel Chair: Sharmeen Mehri, 猛料视频
Ashfah Alam, Columbia 猛料视频, “Public Perception of Nuclear Energy in Bangladesh: Evaluating the Impact of Access to Tangible Economic Benefits on Public Opinion”
Siddhartha Chanda, Queens College, City 猛料视频 of New York, “The Framing of Kashmir in Secular Indian Nationalism”
Bhavika Ailawadi, 猛料视频 of California, San Diego, “Beyond Productivity: Rethinking Mental Health Metrics in Militarised Healthcare Economies”
2:00 - 3:30 PM Lunch Break
3:30 - 5:00 PM Panel 4: Perspectives on Religion, Past and Present (In-person)
Panel Chair: Christopher Lee, Canisius College
Shaherzad Chawdree, 猛料视频 of Chicago, “Dressing the Nation: The Politics of the Shalwar-Kameez in Early Pakistan”
Aneri Patel, 猛料视频 of Toronto, “Temples in Transition: Balancing Sacred Heritage and Urban Ambitions in India?”
Nicholas Aliani, State 猛料视频 of New York at Oneonta, “Rejecting Christianity or Colonialism?”
Khadija Rashid, Cornell 猛料视频, “Women’s Education in Lahore and Yogyakarta through the Lens of Islam”
5:15 - 6:30 PM Keynote Talk
Dr. Ashima Krishna
Honoring Heritage, Preserving Community, and Building Resilience: Church Conversions in Buffalo, NY
Introduced by Professor Ernest Sternberg, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, 猛料视频
