Migration is a long-stablished theme for concerning research and governmental agendas. It has recently gained new relevance with the humanitarian crises affecting Europe and parts of the Middle East, eventually helping to reframe international mobility – through topics as renewed […]
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ICAS 10International Convention of Asia ScholarsChiang Mai, Thailand – July 20-23, 2017 Rethinking Asian Studies through the Global SouthLatin America – Asia – Africa ConvenerCláudio PinheiroProfessor, Institute of History, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil andChairman, Sephis Programme for Research and […]
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Grantee: Mucha, Shim Quiling Arquiza (Sama Studies Center and lecturer at the College of Arts and Sciences of Mindanao State University) Project: Timpu Masa Aktibis: Suluan People’s Memory of the Ethnoreligious and Social Movements of 1970-1990 in the Lelleng, Kissa, Katakata and […]
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Grantee: Dr. Tahera Artheb Project: The translation of “Bītī Kahānī. autobiography of Princess Shahr Bano Begam of Pataudi” Sephis has sponsored the translation of one of the earliest autobiographies in Urdu literature. The author, Princess Shahr Bano Begam of Pataudi, wrote Bītī […]
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Our Modernity – Partha Chatterjee When: 1997 Were: Senegal and Ivory Coat Institutions: Codesria My subject is ‘modernity,’ but more specifically, ‘our’ modernity. In making the distinction I am trying to point out that there might be modernities that are […]
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Documenting Sidi History: Artistic Traditions and Community Initiatives” Renu Modi (Mumbai, India) & Beheroze Shoff (California, US) Documentary Film, 53 minutes. India, 2010. University of Mumbai The film highlights distinctive traditions of the Sidis (Afro-Indians) of Gujarat in north India. The annual […]
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Themes: Labour, Gender and Family Convenor: Teresa Barnes (Univ. Of Cape Town) The Extended Workshop brought together about 15 young historians (aged between 25 and 35) for a period of 4 weeks, to share their experiences and get an opportunity […]
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Themes: Labour, Gender and Family Convenor: Samita Sen (Univ. of Calcutta) The Extended Workshop brought together about 15 young historians (aged between 25 and 35) for a period of 4 weeks, to share their experiences and get an opportunity to […]
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Famaillá, Tucumán. Histories of grooves and struggles Documentary film Research Group of the Tucumán Genocide (Ezequiel Monteros & Jenny Wolka) Buenos Aires, 2012 Famaillá, Tucumán. Histories of grooves and struggles is the result of the work carried out by the Research […]
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Variety of Traditions: Comparative Research on Nationalism of Atatürk’s Turkey and Sun Yat-Sen’s China Zan Tao (Peking University) PhD Grant – 2004-2007
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By: Tahera Aftab This is one of the earliest autobiographies in Urdu literature. The author, Princess Shahr Bano Begam of Pataudi, wrote Bītī Kahānī in 1885 and two years later, in 1887, added a short introduction. It is not just a personal […]
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