Over the two days of the conference, over thirty contributors from India, Europe, Bangladesh, Pakistan, the US and Singapore will address questions relating to the conceptualisation of heritage, the relationship between global and local evaluations of heritage, and the contested politics of heritage in South Asia.
Conference on Heritage and History in South Asia
On 5-6 September, 2016 the SOAS South Asia Institute in London and Presidency University in Kolkata jointly organize a cross-disciplinary international conference entitled: "The Past Before Us: Heritage and History in South Asia" in London.