The theme of the 2015 Annual Conference explores the following major questions: Given the hitherto marginality of the local voices and traditions, what are the ways and sources of knowledge that can help to make their lives more legible, meaningful, and inclusive? What makes Pakistan-Afghanistan borderland a borderland? In what ways do the recent scholarship on borderlands contribute to problematizing as well as understanding the various dynamics of Pakistan-Afghanistan borderland? What are the political and economic challenges to the state building in both Pakistan and Afghanistan, especially in the backdrop of recent developments in the region? How do the key global challenges of our time affect the Pakistan-Afghanistan borderland and vice versa?
Address : Bara Gali Summer Campus, University of Peshawar, K-P, Pakistan.
Contact Details : Syed Sami Raza(Conference Coordinator):
srzaidi@upesh.edu.pk,
Shahida Aman(Conference Secretary): shahida_aman@upesh.edu.pk