Writing British Asian Leicester
Thursday 20 September 2007
The Peepul Centre, Orchardson Avenue,
Leicester, LE4 6DP Tel: 0116 261 6000 (http://www.peepulcentre.com/) 

10.45-11.00                 Arrival and Tea/Coffee

11.00-11.15                 Welcome and Introduction
Sean McLoughlin (AHRC Network/Leeds)
Karen Chouhan (The Peepul Centre)

11.15 – 12.15              The Leicester Role Model
Panel: Richard Bonney (Leicester); Chino Cabon (Acting Chief Executive, The Race Equality Centre); Abdulkarim Gheewala (Chairman of the Federation of Muslim Organizations Leicestershire)
Chair: John Martin (DMU)

12.15– 1.15                 Narrating Asian Leicester
Panel: Cynthia Brown (Leicester); Colin Hyde (Leicester); Jaffer Kapasi OBE
Chair: Bill Law (East Midlands Economic Network)
                                   
1.15 – 2.15                  Buffet lunch in the restaurant at The Peepul Centre

2.15 – 3.15                  Migration, Food and Integration
Panel: Panikos Panayi (DMU); Joanna Herbert (QMUL)
Chair: Panikos Panayi

3.15 – 3.30                  Tea/Coffee

3.30 – 4.15                  Sport and Ethnicity in Leicester
Panel: Richard Holt (DMU) and Tirathpal Naute (Nirvana FC)
Chair: Pippa Virdee (DMU)
                       
4.15 – 5.15                  Religion, Identity and Dance
Panel: Ann David (Roehampton) and performance by Nayana Whittaker
Chair: Ann David

5.15 – 5.30                  Final plenary