The Politics of Security in India Virtual Conference

This conference explores pertinent issues in the areas of international, domestic and human security and provides a forum for leading researchers to discuss politics and security in India. Each session addresses a variety of topics that together provide multiple perspectives on progress and challenges in the politics of security in India.

 
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• October 16, 11am-12:30pm EST  Session 1: Water, Gender, and Border Security
• October 22, 4-5:30pm EST Session 2: Historical and New Perspectives on the Politics of Security
• October 29, 4-5:30pm EST Session 3: The Politics of Security: Gender, Terrorism and Space

Session 1: Water, Gender, and Border Security
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• Speaker 1: Arkaja Singh, Centre for Policy Research in India
  Title: Securing Access to Drinking water in Indian Cities: The Local Interface of Law, Government and People
• Speaker 2: Brian Turnbull, University of South Florida
  Title: Evading Gender Quotas: Reservations and Proxies in India
• Speaker 3: Debidatta Aurobinda Mahapatra, University of Central Florida
  Title: Contested Security on the Himalayas: India-China Border Conflict and its Wider Implications

Session 2: Historical and New Perspectives on the Politics of Security
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• Speaker 1: Shyam Tekwani, Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies
   Title: Riots, Witch Hunts, Electocracy: India’s New Security Order?
• Speaker 2: Sanjib Baruah, Bard College
  Title: Nation, Nation-building and Postcolonial Sovereignty: A View from a Borderland
  
• Speaker 3: Rochisha Naraya, University of Central Florida
  Title: The Economics of Gendered Regulation: Widows, Patrilineages and Law in Early Colonial India 
  

Session 3: The Politics of Security: Gender, Terrorism and Space 
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• Speaker 1: Seema Shekhawat, University of Central Florida
  Title: Gender and Security in India 
• Co-Speakers: Anup Phayal, University of North Carolina at Wilmington
  Sambuddha Ghatak, San Jose State University
  Title: BJP Policies and Terrorist Violence in India
• Speaker 3: Roger Handberg, University of Central Florida
  Title: Changing Horses in Mid-Stream: The Indian Space Program 
  
  
  

This Conference is Co-Sponsored by:

• UCF India Center
• UCF Office of Global Perspectives and International Initiatives
• UCF College of Graduate Studies
• UCF College of Sciences
• UCF Center for Global Economic and Environmental Opportunity
• UCF School of Politics, Security, and International Affairs
• Chr. Michelsen Institute/NRC (Project #263096)