State-Formation in a ‘Disputed Territory’:
The Case of Naya (New) Kashmir
Hafsa Kanjwal
Moderated by Manan Ahmed
November 8, 2018 · 12-1PM
Columbia University, Fayerweather Hall, Room 411
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About the Speaker
Hafsa Kanjwal is an Assistant Professor of South Asian History at Lafayette College. Her areas of research include South Asia, Kashmir, Islam, Women’s and Gender Studies, and Islam in America.
Kanjwal holds a B.S. in Regional Studies of the Muslim World from Georgetown University and a Ph.D. in History and Women’s Studies from the University of Michigan. She wrote her dissertation on the social and political history of post-partition Kashmir, and has written on Kashmir for a variety of news outlets including the Washington Post, Al Jazeera America, Kindle magazine, Foreign Policy, Kashmir Life, Kashmir Ink, and the Al Jazeera Center for Study.
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- Hafsa Kanjwal leads discussion
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- Manan Ahmed moderates discussion