CSAS 9th Annual Pakistan Conference: Spaces of Capital

This conference was made possible with the generous co-sponsorhips by: the Institute for the Humanities, the Rackahm Graduate School, the Department of History, the History of Art Department, the Department of Anthropology, the Department of Sociology, the Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies, the Institute for Research on Women & Gender, the Residential College, the Global Islamic Studies Center, and The American Institute of Pakistan Studies. This event is free and open to the public.

Full conference details are here: https://ii.umich.edu/csas/news-events/events/conferences/9th-annual-pakistan-conference--spaces-of-capital.html

Conference Schedule

10am

Opening Remarks

10:15-11:30am

Capital Flows
Amen Jaffer: Discarded Flows: Circulation and Value in Lahore's Waste Economy
Maira Hayat: 10 km of responsibility: Adjudications of the public-ness of water in Pakistan

12:30-1:45am

The Social Life of Capital
Nicolas Martin: Democracy and Discrimination: Comparing Caste-Based Politics in Indian and Pakistani Punjab
Muhammad Ali Jan: The social origins of capital: trajectories of industrialization in Pakistani Punjab

1:45-2:30pm

Public Art
Saima Zaidi: Sheherezade: The Walled City Anthology

2:45-3:45pm

Documentary
Perween Raman:The Rebel Optimist by Mahera Omar

4-5pm

Discussion