Life, Mobility and Region Making in a Neoliberal World: A Symposium Calcutta Research Group
In Collaboration with the Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung Venue: Hotel Pearl, Kolkata
23 December 2019
04:30 pm – 05:00 pm: Registration and Tea
05:00 pm - 05:05 pm: Welcome Address: Professor Samir Kumar Das, Honorary Director, Calcutta Research Group & University of Calcutta, Kolkata
05:05 pm - 05:15 pm: Brief Reflections on CRG’s Project on Global Protection of Migrants and Refugees: Dr Subir Bhaumik, Eminent Journalist & Member, Calcutta Research Group, Kolkata 05:15 pm – 06:00 pm: Book Launch and Discussion: Global Governance and India’s North-East:
Logistics, Infrastructure and Society
Brief introduction: Dr Anita Sengupta, Former Director, Calcutta Research Group & Director, Asia in Global Affairs, Kolkata
Discussion on the book by Professor Deepak Mishra, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi 06:00 pm – 06:45 pm: Special Lecture: Professor Shalini Randeria, Rector, Institute for Human Sciences (IWM), Vienna & Graduate Institute, Geneva
Demographic Panics, Ethno-nationalism and the Violence of Soft Authoritarianism 06:45 pm- 07:00 pm: Discussion
07:00 pm – 07:05 pm: Vote of Thanks: Shatabdi Das, Researcher, Calcutta Research Group, Kolkata