‘Cosmopolitan Cultures and Oceanic Thought: Thinking through History Across the Waters’
Department of English, Jamia Millia Islamia
in collaboration with
Centre for Indian Studies in Africa, University of Witwatersrand
organises
A Three-Day International Conference (Online)
[ Ministry of Education, Government of India-SPARC Supported]
On
Cosmopolitan Cultures and Oceanic Thought: Thinking through History Across the Waters
23-25 November 2020
New Delhi
12th century Map of the Indian Ocean, Muhammad al-Idrisi (1099-1166)
Registration Link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/17o6v_K-JxR6FFYNo-8jywo5Z55wkU4yLx8VcY8ekNmE/edit?usp=drivesdk
CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
Day One
MONDAY, 23 NOVEMBER 2020
10.30-11.00 AM : Inaugural Session
SESSION 1: 11 AM-1.15 PM
- Isabel Hofmeyr, Global Distinguished Professor, NYU, Professor of African Literature, University of the Witwatersrand, “Hydrocoloniality” (7.30 AM SA- 9.45 AM SA)
- Lakshmi Subramaniam, Professor of History, BITS Pilani Goa and Membre Associe IEA, Nantes, “Towards a Cosmopolitan History of the Indian Ocean: Revisiting Historiography”
- Fahad Bishara, University of Virginia, “Re-inscribing the Bazaar: Reflections on Circulation and Capitalism in the Indian Ocean World” (12.30 AM- 2.45 AM EST)
SESSION 2: 3PM-5PM IST (9.30 to 11.30 GMT)
- Elleke Boehmer, Professor of World Literature in English, University of Oxford, “Fellowship and Aversion in the South: The Challenges of South-South Collaboration”
- Ananya Jahanara Kabir, Professor of English, King’s College, London, “Creole Indias and their Archipelagic Connections?”
Day Two
TUESDAY, 24 NOVEMBER 2020
SESSION 1: 11AM-1 PM
- Padmavati of the Oceans: Syed Alaol’s Migrant Epic
Swati Moitra, Gurudas College, University of Calcutta
- ‘Ulamā’ Networks across the Seas: Understanding the Trajectory of Islam in Medieval Malabar
Mohammed Shameem K. K., Jawaharlal Nehru University
- A Theologian as Public Intellectual: ‘Abd al-Haqq Muhaddis Dehlawi in Sixteenth Century India
Sushmita Banerjee, Miranda House, University of Delhi
4. Mapping Syncretic Grammar of Coastal Cities & Architecture through Ibn Battuta’s Water Journeys in the Indian Ocean (1342-1347)
Iqtedar Alam, Jamia Millia Islamia
SESSION 2: 3.30PM-5PM
1. Tracing Cosmopolitan Geographies of Christian ‘Margam’ in Malabar: A Study of Select Southist Christian Folk Traditions
Ann Susan Aleyas, Jamia Millia Islamia
2. Crossing the Oceans: Kalapani Proscription versus Hindu Sea Voyage Movement in Bengal in the 19th and the early 20th centuries
Sukanya Sarkar Sasmal, SN College for Women, Kolkata and Indranil Chattopadhyay, BKC College, Kolkata
3. “As Long as the sun and moon lasts”: Exploring the Indian Influence on Dutch Treaties in South East Asia
Meenu Rabecca Mathai, Sree Sankaracharya University
Session 3: 6.30 PM -7.30 PM (9.30 AM EST-10.30 AM EST)
- Geeta Patel, University of Virginia, “Found in Prison: The Poetics of Oceanic Histories"
- Kelsey McFaul, University of California, Santa Cruz “The wind sketches landscapes of words”: Oceanic poetics in the Horn of Africa and western Indian Ocean”
Day Three
WEDNESDAY, 25 NOVEMBER 2020
SESSION 1: 10AM-11.30AM
- Beyond ‘Orient’ and ‘Occident’: Ubiquitous Influence of Buddhist Political Thought
Swasti Sharma, University of Delhi
- Ocean Imaginaries in Meena Alexander's Literary Works
Shuby Abidi, Jamia Millia Islamia
- Amitav Ghosh’s Ibis Trilogy: A Literary Mapping of the Indian Ocean
Nidhi, Ambedkar University Delhi
SESSION 2: 11.30PM-1PM
- The Tales of Parrot and the Sea of Desire: Tracing Similarities in Sanskrit and Arabic Literature on Women’s Sexuality from the Medieval Era
Samana Madhuri, Chandrakona Vidyasagar Mahavidyalaya, Vidyasagar University
- Rainbow Waters: Towards a Queer Coalition between India and Botswana
Kashish Dua, Jamia Millia Islamia.
- Middle Passage to Middle Non-Passage: Christianity, Conversion and Caste: Reflections of Christian Malayalam Writings in Post-Colonial India
Steven S. George, Jamia Millia Islamia
SESSION 3: 3.30 PM-5PM
1. Heritage ecologies in Indian Ocean archipelagos
Pedro Pombo, Goa University
2. Lyrics as Travelogue beyond Boundaries: An Anthology of Punjab’s Mystical Wanderings
Sanjay Dansalia, Jamia Millia Islamia
3. Senses Translated: The Sīra- Maghāzī Literatures, Padapāttus, and Texts and Sounds across the Indian Ocean Arabic Cosmopolis
Ihsan Ul Ihthisam, Jawaharlal Nehru University
Plenary : 6.30 PM-7.30 PM IST (9.30 AM to 10.30 AM EST)
1.Nidhi Mahajan, University of California, Santa Cruz, "Moorings: The Dhow Trade and Mobility in the Western Indian Ocean."
2. Jatin Dua, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, “Chokepoints: Temporalities of navigation in the Western Indian Ocean”
VOTE OF THANKS
CONFERENCE CHAIRS: Professor Nishat Zaidi (JMI), Professor Dilip Menon (CISA)
CONFERENCE CO-CHAIRS: Professor Simi Malhotra (JMI), Dr Saarah Jappie
Professor Nishat Zaidi
Head, Department of English
Jamia Millia Islamia
New Delhi-110025