EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT: Bangladesh Conference

[David Magier]

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                       International Conference on
                            BANGLADESH AT 25
                           December 5-7, 1996

                        Southern Asian Institute
                  School of International & Public Affairs
                          Columbia University
                          420 West 118th Steet
                             New York, NY

for further information:
Laura Evans
212-854-3616
le33 at columbia.edu

                           TENTATIVE AGENDA                          
                                

DAY 1       December 5, 1996

9:30-10:30     Inaguration:
               Welcome
               Introduction
               
11:00-12:30    Session 1:   Nationalist Movement and        
                           Identity Politics      
                    
                Salahuddin Ahmad, Dhaka University
                Anisuzzaman, Dhaka University
               
2:00-3:30      Session 2:   National Identity: 
                    Construction and Contestation
               
                Willem Van Schendel, Amsterdam Univ.
                Habib Khondkar, Singapore Univ.
                    
4:00-5:30      Session 3:   Social change

                Abu Abdullah, BIDS
                Roushan Jahan, Women for Women
                Stanley Kochanek, Penn. State Univ.
                    
6:00-7:00      "Keynote Address"
7:00-8:00       Reception


DAY 2       December 6, 1996
               
9:00-10:30     Session 4: Civil Society and Democratic Governance 
     
               Chair: Rehman Sobhan
               Paper: S.A. Hashemi, Jahangirnagar Univ.     
               Paper: Harry Blair, Bucknell Univ.
               Discussant: Gowher Rizvi, Ford Foundation     
                              
11:00-12:30    Session 5: Politics and Governance
               
               Paper: Hossain Jillur Rahman, BIDS
               Paper: Zarina Rahman Khan, Dhaka Univ.       
               Discussant:  Mahfuz Anam, Daily Star


2:00-3:30      Session 6:   Economy
               Chair: Prof. Nurul Islam, IFPRI      
               Paper: Prof. A.R. Khan, Univ. of CA, Riverside
               Paper: Prof. Binayak Sen, BIDS
               Discussant:  Mieko Nishimizu, World Bank     

               
4:00-6:00      Session 7:   Open: Still being finalized

               
DAY 3     December 7, 1996
               

9:00-10:30  Plenary 1: Bangladesh at 25: State, Society   
                         and Economy
               (Summary of the conference)

     Speakers:  Nurul Islam, IFPRI
                Rounaq Jahan, Columbia University

11:00-2:00 Plenary 2: Moving Forward

     Speakers: A.M.A. Muhith 
               Sara Hossain, Attorney at Law
               Rehman Sobhan
               M. Yunus  ?  Grameen Bank