33rd Exeter Gulf Conference “Balochistan Beyond Borders” — University of Exeter, 23-24 June 2023
This multidisciplinary event will reflect on Balochistan and the Baloch question beyond borders, addressing issues in modern and contemporary history, political anthropology, sociology and political economy in a critical perspective. It is an in-person only event.
Conference Programme
Friday 23 June
9.00 – 9.30 Registration (IAIS, Reception)
Tea and Coffee (IAIS, Common Room)
9.30 – 9.45 Welcome Address (Marc Valeri, University of Exeter)
9.45 – 11.15 The Baloch in the Age of Empires
Chair: Ahmed Dailami (University of Exeter)
The Mamluks of the Indian Ocean: The Baloch in Arab Nationalist Historiography – Ahmed Y. AlMaazmi (Princeton University)
Arms and Arms that Carry Them. Microhistory of Baloch Military Labour in a Changing Global Order – Ameem Lutfi (Lahore University of Management Sciences)
11.15 – 11.45 Coffee Break
11.45 – 1.00 The Baloch Question in Central Governments’ Eyes
Chair: Ross Porter (University of Exeter)
The Balochi Language and its Vitality – Problems and Prospects – Carina Jahani (Uppsala University)
Post 18th Amendment Balochistan: The Failed Promise of Provincial Autonomy – Salman Rafi Sheikh (Lahore University of Management Sciences)
1.00 – 2.00 Lunch (IAIS, Common Rom)
2.00 – 3.15 The Quest for Human Rights
Chair: Claire Beaugrand (University of Exeter)
Challenges to a Baloch Student in Pakistan and Exile – Faheem Baloch (Baloch National Movement)
Women in Balochistan Resisting Enforced Disappearances – Maryam Kanwer (Activist and independent researcher)
3.15 – 3.30 Coffee Break
3.30 – 5.15 Screening Balochistan
Chair: Katie Natanel (University of Exeter)
Balochistan: Asia’s Black Hole (United Kingdom, rough cut screening)
Director: Roshaan Khattak
Lyari. Survival of the Fringes (France, 2020)
Director: Luc Bellon
Saturday 24 June
9.00 – 9.30 Tea and Coffee (IAIS)
9.30 – 11.00 Political Control and State Violence
Chair: Marc Valeri (University of Exeter)
Thinking with Baloch Women Nationalists: On Power, Patriarchy, and Politics under Pakistani Rule – Mahvish Ahmad (London School of Economics and Political Science)
Society and State in Iran’s Balochistan: A Prosopography – Stéphane Dudoignon (Paris Sciences et Lettres University)
11.00 – 11.30 Coffee Break (IAIS, Common Room)
11.30 – 12.45 Generations of Political Activism
Chair: Abdulla Moaswes (University of Exeter)
Treading a Difficult Historical Path: The Essence and Nature of the Baloch Struggle – Mir Mohammad Ali Talpur (Independent writer)
Generations of Militancy: The Educated Middle-Class Baloch Youth Worrying China in Gwadar, Pakistan’s Belt and Road Hub – Kiyya Baloch (Freelance journalist)
12.45 – 2.00 Lunch (IAIS)
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Chargé de diffusion scientifique (21 juin 2023). 33rd Exeter Gulf Conference “Balochistan Beyond Borders” — University of Exeter, 23-24 June 2023. IISMM. Consulté le 12 novembre 2024 à l’adresse https://doi.org/10.58079/q2zm