Tuesday 30 December 2014

JUXTAPOSE now a supported project of Global Policy Journal

See us here:

http://www.globalpolicyjournal.com/projects/research-programmes/juxtapose-project

Thank you to Global Policy Journal for selecting us. 

JUXTAPOSE 2014 Conference Organisers' Interviews

Interviews with the Oxford Team on the outcomes of Juxtapose 2014 and vision for the Project.

Prof: Barbara Harriss-White (Senior Member)

Danielle de Feo-Giet (Co-Founder)


Ma Yuge (Co-Founder)

Dr. Aadya Shukla (Organiser)

Wednesday 3 December 2014

JUXTAPOSE on TORCH website

Following on from the wonderful news that the Juxtapose Project will be supported by The Oxford Research Centre for the Humanities, we are pleased to announce the launch of our web presence there at

http://www.torch.ox.ac.uk/juxtapose

Our presence on Global Policy to come soon!

Sunday 28 September 2014

Thank you!

TO all friends of JUXTAPOSE!

Thank you so much for making JUXTAPOSE 2014 such a huge success. We had some fantastic papers and very lively sessions, and we are already making plans for next year's JUXTAPOSE in Beijing.

More soon on the findings from 2014, and plans for 2015.

Best,

Team Juxtapose. 

Monday 22 September 2014

JUXTAPOSE 2014: SCHEDULE DAY 2. 25 September. JNU.

Session 1.
Venue: SIS
Appadorai Committee Room (001)
9.30am
Plenary Session



Opening Remarks, Day 2:
Prof. Varun Sahni (SIS, JNU)

9.40



10.00
Keynote: Professor Dhruv Raina (JNU):
“Current Trends in the History of Science in India and China: The Relevance of the Needham Question”

Keynote Rpundtable Discussion + Q&A
Chair: Dr Arik Moran (Haifa University, Israel)
Prof. Dhruv Raina
Prof. S. Irfan Habib (Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad Chair, NUEPA)

10.30-10.45

Tea Break
(Refreshments Provided)

Session 2
Venue: SIS
Appadorai Committee Room (001)


10.45




11.15




11.45




Policy and Philosophy: Past, Present and Future.


Chair: Prof. Srikanth Kondapalli
Moderator: Danielle K.J. de Feo-Giet

1.     Anmol Mukhia (SIS, JNU):
“Kautilya and Sun Tzu: A Study of Comparative Political Thought in Contemporary Politics”

Q&A

2.     Dr. Aadya Shukla (MIT/Harvard)
“Cooperation or Competition in Cyberspace: India & China”

Q&A



Panel Discussion
Prof. Madhu Bhala (Delhi University)
Prof. Nimmi Kurian (Centre for Policy Research)
12.15-1.15
Lunch (Buffet Provided. Faculty Lounge, 1st fl.)
Please Note Earlier Lunch Break than Day 1.
Session 3:
Venue: SIS
Appadorai Committee Room (001)

1.15




1.45




2.15




2.45
Growing Resources?: Rural Transformation, Human Development

Chair: Dr. Ritu Agarwal (SIS, JNU)
Moderator: Dr. Aadya Shukla

1.     Pin-Hsien Wu (University of Sussex, UK):
“Rural Development, whose development? China and India’s Coal Capital’ in Comparative Perspective.”

Q&A

2.     Prof. Rajeswari Sarala Raina (NISTADS-CSIR)
“Agrarian and Rural Transformation in India and China: Small Farmers and Decentralized Capacities.”

Q&A

3.     Mahalakshmi Ganapathy and Dr. Sonika Gupta (IIT Madras):
“A Comparative Study of the New Citizen’s Movement (NCM) and Aam Admi Party (AAP): Middle Class Mobilization in China and India”

Q&A

Panel Discussion
Prof. B.S. Butola (Centre for the Study of Regional Development, JNU)
Prof. Shekhar Singh (Coordinator, National Campaign for Right to Information)
3.00-3.15
Tea Break (Refreshments Provided)
Session 4
Roundtable
SIS
Appadorai Committee Room
(Room 001)
3.15
Roundtable Discussion:
China & India in Co-production

Chair: Prof. Barbara Harriss-White

(Format: 10-15 minute introduction of contributors’ individual India/China projects (listed below) followed by discussion + Q&A.)


Contributors:
Dr. Rajeswari Saraka Raina (Research Collaborations in Tertiary Education)

Ms. Shailly Kedia (China-India policy research and advocacy initiatives on environment and energy at TERI)

Prof. Nimmi Kurian (India China Institute, New School, Delhi)

Ms. Chen Yun (Researcher and Project Manager, West Heavens Cross-Cultural Exchange Programme) (via remote connection)
Session 5
5.30
SIS
Room



6.00
Closing Session

Industry Keynote + Q&A:
Mr. Subimal Bhattacharjee (India Country Head for General Dynamics International Corporation):
“Business, Cyber Security and Technology Between China and India”

Closing Remarks
7.30 onwards
Delhi O’ Delhi
Habitat Centre

Closing Reception and Dinner for Participants and Invited Guests including artistic demonstration by visual artist Wu Weixing (Visva-Bharati)

24th September from 2.15pm. JUXTAPOSE FILM SCREENINGS

JUXTAPOSE 2014 Presents:
2 Experimental documentaries on internal migration
One from India
One from China
Both at Juxtapose

14.15 Bidesia in Bambai (Surabhi Sharma dir.)(2013)
15.45 Yumen (JP Sniadecki, Xu Ruotao & Huang Xiang dir.)(2013)
Venue: School of Arts and Aesthetics Auditorium, JNU, New Delhi.

WEAVING NEW STORIES: An evening of arts inspired by India, China and the Spaces Between

Wednesday 24th September, 7.30pm. School of Arts and Aesthetics Auditorium, Jawaharlal Nehru UniversityFeaturing Contemporary Song, classical music and spoken word.By students and professional musicians Dr. Vishal & Shri Sukanta BhajpayeeFREE ADMISSION



FINAL SCHEDULE. JUXTAPOSE 2014. DAY 1. 24th September, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

Session 1.
Venue: SIS
Room 203

9.30am
Plenary Session



Opening Remarks, Day 1:
Prof. Anuradha Chenoy (Dean of SIS, JNU)
Prof. V.S. Dolla (Chairperson, Centre for East Asian Studies, JNU)

9.50
Keynote: Professor Barbara Harriss-White (University of Oxford):
“Comparative Paradigms for India/China Research”

Q&A

10.30-10.45

Tea Break
(Refreshments Provided)

Session 2
Venue: SIS
Room 203



10.45





11.15




11.45





12.15




Internal Migration and Development: the Human Effects


Chair: Professor Ravni Thakur (Delhi University)
Moderator: Ma Yuge

1.     Ashok Kumar (University of Oxford):
“Towards a Buyer-Supplier Symbiosis and what it Means for Workers: A Study of Supplier-end Monopoly Capital in the Garment Sector through Workers’ Struggle in China and India”

Q&A

2.     Dr. Charlotte Goodburn (King’s College, London):
“Rural-to-urban Migration, Gender and Education: a Comparative Study of the Well-being of Migrant Girls in Shenzhen and Mumbai”

Q&A

3.     Danielle Karanjeet J. de Feo-Giet (University of Oxford):
“Entrepreneurs, Adventurers, Innocents and Tramps: Representations of Domestic Economic Migration on the Popular Screen in India and China since 1990”

Q&A

4.     Iris Ru-yu Lin (IIT Madras):
“Education Policy Toward Ethnic Minorities in China and India: the case of Tibetan Teenagers”

Q&A

12.45
Panel Discussion
Prof. Barbara Harriss-White
Dr. Arik Moran (Haifa University)
1.15-2.15
Lunch (Buffet Provided. Faculty Lounge, 1 fl., SIS)
Session 3 (1)
Film Screening
Venue: Auditorium SAA
2.15


2.30
Emptying Out, Filling Up: Flows of Economic Migration on Screen (1)



Introductory Remarks
Danielle K.J. de Feo-Giet

Film Screening:
Surabhi Sharma (dir.):
Bidesia in Bambai
2013. India. 87 min.
3.35-3.45
Tea Break (Refreshments Provided, SAA Foyer)
Session 3 (2)
Film Screening
Auditorium SAA
3.45
Emptying Out, Filling Up: Flows of Economic Migration on Screen (2)


Film Screening:
Huang Xiang, Xu Ruotao, J. P. Sniadecki (dir.):
YUMEN
2013. China/USA. 65 min
5.15
Panel Discussion
Chair: Danielle K.J. de Feo-Giet

Dr. Kaushik Bhaumik (SAA, JNU)
Prof. Ravni Thakur
Ms. Surabhi Sharma
Dr. Charlotte Goodburn

Closing remarks: Dr. Kaushik Bhaumik
6.00-7.00
Dinner Break/Concert Reception (SAA foyer)
(Snacks and tea provided. Those wishing to have full meals are advised to eat in the dining room of the nearby Aravalli Guest House (see map on page 6)
7.00-8.30
SAA Auditorium
Weaving New Stories:
An Evening of Arts Inspired by India, China and the Spaces Between

Complete details in concert programme.

Featuring:
Tsetan Dolkar (Spoken Word and Voice)
Anandajit Goswami (Raga and Guitar)
Ringzin Lamo (voice)
Ayangti Longkumer (Spoken Word)
Ma Yuge (Spoken Word)
Anmol Mukhia (Chorus)
Saransh Sugandh (Voice)
Dr. Vishal (Sitar)
Yoko Watanabe (Flute)
Wu Weixing (Visual Artist)
Zhang Yang (Guitar)

Friday 12 September 2014

Provisional Schedule for Juxtapose 2014 (JNU) Day 2

Subject to Change

Day 2 (25 September 2014)

Session 1.
Venue: SIS
Room 203

9.30am
Plenary Session



Opening Remarks, Day 2:
Dr. Aadya Shukla (Harvard/MIT)

9.40



10.00
Keynote: Professor Dhruv Raina (JNU):
“Current Trends in the History of Science in India and China: The Relevance of the Needham Question”

Keynote Panel Discussion + Q&A
Chair: Dr Arik Moran (Haifa University, Israel)
Prof. Dhruv Raina
Prof. S. Irfan Habib (NUEPA)

10.30-10.45

Tea Break
(Refreshments Provided)

Session 2
Venue: SIS
Room 203



10.45




11.15




11.45




Policy and Philosophy: Past, Present and Future.


Chair: Prof. Srikanth Kondapalli
Moderator: Danielle K.J. de Feo-Giet

1.     Anmol Mukhia (SIS, JNU):
“Kautilya and Sun Tzu: A Study of Comparative Political Thought in Contemporary Politics”

Q&A

2.     Dr. Aadya Shukla
“Cooperation or Competition in Cyberspace: India & China”

Q&A



Panel Discussion
Prof. Madhu Bhala (Delhi University)
Prof. Nimmi Kurian (New School, CPR)
12.15-1.15
Lunch (Buffet Provided)
Please Note Earlier Lunch Break than Day 1.
Session 3:
Venue: SIS
Room


1.15




1.45




2.15




2.45
Growing Resources?: Rural Transformation, Human Development

Chair: Dr. Ritu Agarwal
Moderator: Dr. Aadya Shukla

1.     Pin-Hsien Wu (University of Sussex, UK):
“Rural Development, whose development? China and India’s Çoal Capital’ in Comparative Perspective.”

Q&A

2.     Prof. Rajeswari Sarala Raina (NISTADS-CSIR, JNU)
“Agrarian and Rural Transformation in India and China: Small Farmers and Decentralized Capacities.”

Q&A

3.     Mahalakshmi Ganapathy and Dr. Sonika Gupta (IIT Madras):
“A Comparative Study of the New Citizen’s Movement (NCM) and Aam Admi Party (AAP): Middle Class Mobilization in China and India”

Q&A

Panel Discussion
Prof. B.S. Butola
Prof. Shekhar Singh (TBC)
Prof. V.S. Dolla

3.00-3.15
Tea Break (Refreshments Provided)
Session 4
Roundtable
SIS
Room
3.15
Roundtable Discussion:
China & India in Co-production

Chair: Prof. Barbara Harriss-White

(Format: 10-15 minute introduction of contributors’ individual India/China projects (listed below) followed by discussion + Q&A.)


Contributors:
Dr. Rajeswari Saraka Raina (Research Collaborations in Tertiary Education)

Ms. Shailly Kedia (China-India policy research and advocacy initiatives on environment and energy at TERI)

Prof. Nimmi Kurian (India China Institute, New School, Delhi)

Ms. Chen Yun (Researcher and Project Manager, West Heavens Cross-Cultural Exchange Programme) (TBC)
Session 5
5.30
SIS
Room



6.00
Closing Session

Industry Keynote + Q&A:
Mr. Subimal Bhattacharjee (India Country Head for General Dynamics International Corporation):
“Business and Technology between China and India”

Closing Remarks
7.00 onwards
Venue TBC

Closing Reception and Dinner for Participants and Invited Guests