10:30 am – 11:00 am Registration and informal lunch
11:00 am – 12:00 pm Opening Remarks and Keynote speech
12:00 pm – 1:15 pm Panel 1: Remapping Boundaries
- Topic 1: The Innovation/Production of South Asian Capital
- Topic 2: Biopolitics of Poverty: Organ Trading and the Question of ‘Rights’
- Topic 3: Citizenship in South Asia
Each topic presentation lasts from 10 – 15 minutes, followed by a 10 – 15 minutes moderated panel discussion
1:15 pm – 2:00 pm Breakout Workshops
Participants will be divided into three rooms:
- Munk School Room 023N North House – Green
- Munk School Room 108N North House – Red
- Munk School Room 208N North House – Purple
2:00 pm – 2:30 pm Coffee Break
2:30 pm – 3:00 pm Music and Dance Performance
3:00 pm – 4:00 pm Panel 2: Worlding Beyond Borders
- Topic 4: Acts of “Worlding” Re-appropriated
- Topic 5: Beyond South Asia: how can ‘Worlding’ travel beyond borders?
Each topic presentation lasts 15 minutes each, followed by a 15 minutes moderated panel discussion
4:00 pm – 4:10 pm Closing Remarks
4:10 pm – 6:00 pm Reception and Networking
After 6:00 pm, there will be a Spring Semi Social hosted by the Contemporary Asian Studies Students Union (CASSU) and the East Asian Studies Students Union (EASSU). If interested, participants are encouraged to attend.