© 2009 Gujarat Studies Association

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Gujarat Studies Association

GSA

Announcements

The preliminary conference program is now available here.

Conference Registration Extended to March 12, 2010

M.G. Vassanji received the Governor General's Literary Award for Non-Fiction for his book "A Place Within: Rediscovering India," at a ceremony on Tuesday, November 17, 2009 in Montreal.

 

 

 

 

Registration for the conference is now open and will close on the 12th March.

If you would like to make a donation to the Gujarat Studies Association for the upcoming conference, please go to:

http://www.justgiving.com/gujaratstudies/Donate/

Thank you in advance for your support.

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The Gujarat Studies Association is pleased to announce details regarding the         3rd Biennial Conference to be held in collaboration with SOAS-UCL Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL).

 

‘Cosmopolitan Connections:

Encountering Gujaratis in Multiple Contexts’

 

Dates: Friday 9th and Saturday 10th April 2010

Venue: School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London

Keynote Speakers: Professor Angela Creese and M.G. Vassanji

 

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The Gujarat Studies Association (GSA), established in 2005, is an academic network aimed specifically at the study and research of Gujarat and Gujaratis. The Gujarat Studies Association was co-founded by Dr. Anjoom Mukadam and Dr. Sharmina Mawani in May 2005 and is supported by Mr. Alnoor Visram who is a member of the Executive Board.

 

GSA’s Patron is Lord Professor Bhikhu Parekh and GSA advisors include:

Professor Raymond Williams (Wabash College), Professor Christopher Shackle (SOAS), Professor Itesh Sachdev (SOAS), Professor Azim Nanji (Stanford) and Professor Rachel Dwyer (SOAS).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The objectives of GSA are:

1) To advance the education of the public regarding the Gujarati language and culture

 

2) To promote racial harmony and promote good race relations between persons from different racial groups

 

 

 

For enquiries please contact: enquiries@gujaratstudies.org