South Asia Conference
Theme: Crisis of Democracy, Governance Failure, Religious Extremism and Consequence on the Regional Business and Economy
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SPONSORED BY
School of Business, North Carolina Central University (NCCU)
North Carolina Center for South Asia Studies (NCCSAS)
Association of Economic and Development Studies on Bangladesh (AEDSB)
COUNTRY FOCUS: Bangladesh, India and Pakistan
DATE: Friday, November 16, 2007
TIME: 8:30AM-4:30PM
VENUE: CMC 1024 H. M. Michaux, Jr., School of Education Building, NCCU
SESSIONS:
• Crisis in Democracy/Political Instability
• Governance Failure
• Rise of Religious Extremism
• Economic and Business Consequences
SESSION CHAIRS AND PANELISTS:
• Yasmin Saikia, History, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
• Stanley Kochaneck (session chair), Political Science, Pennsylvania State University
• Sandria Freitag, North Carolina Center for South Asia Studies
• Robert Moog, Political Science, North Carolina State University
• Charles Kennedy, Political Science, Wake Forest University
• David Gilmartin (session chair), History, North Carolina State University
• Bijoy Sahoo (session chair), Finance, North Carolina Central University
• Asim Chakrabarty, Voice of America
• Anis Ahmed, Voice of America
• Ali Riaz (session chair), Political Science, Illinois State University
• ABM Nasir, Economics, North Carolina Central University
7:00-9:00 Public event featuring representatives from the embassies of Bangladesh, Pakistan, and India, discussing the issues of the day's conference in the Auditorium.
Contact: ABM Nasir at (919) 530-7372 (anasir@nccu.edu or nasnc@yahoo.com);
Sandria B. Freitag at (919) 668-2146 (sandria.freitag@duke.edu)