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
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