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SOUTH ASIA CONFERENCE AT NORTH CAROLINA
CENTRAL UNIVERSITY
Theme: Crisis of Democracy, Governance
Failure, Religious Extremism and Consequence on the Regional Business and
Economy
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
Opening Remarks: Beverly Jones, Provost and
Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, NCCU
SESSIONS:
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8:30-9:00 AM |
Opening |
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9:00-10:30 AM |
Crisis in Democracy/Political Instability |
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10:45 AM -12:15 PM |
Refreshment Break |
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10:45-12:15 PM |
Economic and Business Consequences |
|
12:15-1:00 PM |
Lunch Break |
|
1:00-2:30 PM |
Governance Failure |
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2:30-2:45 PM |
Refreshment Break |
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2:45-4:15 PM |
Rise of Religious Extremism |
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
PUBLIC FORUM: moderated questions and answers
session, from 7PM - 9PM
Addressed by
Ambassador M. Humayun Kabir , Bangladesh Embassy
Deputy Chief of Mission M. Aslam Khan, Pakistan Embassy
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)