Travel Grant Awardees/Research Presentation Subsidy Awardees Archive

2012 Awardees:

Matthew Rich
Destination: Association of Asian Studies Conference, Toronto, ON (March 15–18, 2012)
Paper Title: Languages of Secrecy and the Secreting of Language Among the Khasi of Bangladesh"
Abstract

Kimberley Thomas
Destination: Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, New York City, NY (February 25, 2012)
Paper Title: Water Under the Bridge? International Resource Conflict and Post-Treaty Dynamics in South Asia
Abstract

2011 Awardees:

Karen McNamara
Destination:Annual Meeting of the Association for Asian Studies; Honolulu, HI (March 31-April 3, 2011)
Paper Title:The State of Suffering: Embodied Health of Women Garment Workers in Bangladesh

Hannah Sholder
Institution: Department of City and Regional Planning; University of California, Berkeley
Destination: Rehabilitation with Dignity: The Camp-Dwelling Urdu-Speaking Community of Bangladesh; Dhaka, Bangladesh (July 29-30, 2011)
Paper Title: Housing and Land Rights: The Camp-Dwelling Urdu-Speaking Community in Bangladesh

2010 Awardees:

Neilesh Bose
Institution: History; University of North Texas
Destination: International Society for Cultural History Conference; Turku, Finland (May 26-30, 2010)
Paper Title: Bengali Muslim "Culture" and Ideas of Pakistan: Cultural History and Decolonization, 1940-1947
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Jason Cons
Institution: Sociology; Cornell University
Destination: Asian Borderlands Research Network; Chiang Mai, Thailand (November 5-7, 2010)
Paper Title: Spatial Corruptions: Development Place and Rule in the India-Bangladesh Enclaves

Ali Riaz
Institution: Politics and Government; Illinois State University
Destination: Annual Meeting of Association for Asian Studies; Philadelphia, PA (March 25-27, 2010)
Paper Title: Interactions of “Social” and “Political” Islam in Bangladesh

Matthew Rich
Institution: Anthropology; University of Chicago
Destination: Asian Borderlands: Enclosure, Interaction, and Transformation; Chiang Mai, Thailand (November 5-7, 2010)
Paper Title: Embodied Borders and Failures of Translation: Suspicion and Social Tension among the Khasi of Bangladesh