From Diaspora to Multi-locality: Writing British Asian Cities
Centenary Gallery, Parkinson Building, Woodhouse Lane, University of Leeds, LS2 9JT

Monday 17th March 2008

Tuesday 18th March 2008

11.00 – 11.30 am: Arrival and Coffee / Tea

Session I: Introductions

11.30 am – 11.45 am: The Programme
(Kim Knott, Diasporas Programme Director)

11.45 am – 12.30 pm: The Network
(Seán McLoughlin, William Gould, Ananya Kabir & Emma Tomalin, Leeds)

12.30 – 1.30 pm: Lunch

Session II: Writing Five British-Asian Cities

1.30 - 2.00 pm: Writing British-Asian Bradford
(Seán McLoughlin, Leeds) (Audio Download)

2.00 - 2.30 pm: Writing the British-Asian East End
(John Eade, Roehampton / Surrey) (Audio Download)

2.30 - 3.00 pm: Writing British-Asian (Greater) Manchester
(Virinder Kalra, Manchester) (Audio Download)

3.00 – 3.30 pm: General discussion lead by Bobby Sayyid (Audio Download)

3.30 - 4.00pm: Coffee / Tea

4.00 - 4.30 pm: Writing British-Asian Leicester
(Pippa Virdee, De Montfort) (Audio Download)

4.30 - 5.00 pm: Writing British-Asian Birmingham
(Richard Gale, Birmingham) (Audio Download)

5.00 – 5.30 pm: General discussion lead by Rajinder Dudrah (Audio Download)

5.30 – 6.30 pm: Reception hosted by the Leeds Humanities Research Institute

9.00 – 9.30 am: Arrival and Coffee / Tea

Session III: Disciplines, Perspectives, Themes

9.30 – 10.00 am: Writing British-Asians in Social Science (Audio Download)
(Shailaja Fennell, Cambridge)

10.00 – 10.30 am: Writing British-Asians in History Part 1 (Audio Download) (William Gould, Leeds) Writing British-Asians in History Part 2 (Audio Download) (Irna Qureshi, Oral Historian)

10.30 – 11.00 am: General discussion lead by John Eade (Audio Download)

11.00 – 11.30 am: Coffee / Tea

11.30 – 12.00 pm: Writing British-Asians in Cultural Production (Audio Download)
(Ananya Kabir, Leeds, & Aki Nawaz, Nation Records)

12.00 – 12.30 pm: Writing British-Asians in the Study of Religion (Audio Download)
(John Zavos, Manchester, & Seán McLoughlin, Leeds)

12.30 – 1.00 pm: General discussion lead by Pnina Werbner (Audio Download)

1.00 – 2.00 pm: Lunch

Session IV: Open Session

2.00 – 3.00pm: Other AHRC projects on British-Asian diasporas, migration & identities (Audio Download)
(various invited)

3.00 – 4.00 pm: Final discussion lead by Ato Quayson, Toronto (Audio Download)

4.00 pm: Coffee / Tea and Departures