The proposed conference will focus on the changing notions of ethnicity and the challenges they pose to nations and states in a world of economic and political uncertainties. It will examine the directions in which ethnicity is likely to move and affect the affairs of the state, both at the local and at the global level, and in theory and practice.

Papers dealing with any of the following, or related themes, are invited:

The Conference will focus on the following themes:-
1) New directions in the theories of ethnicity
2) Ethnicity, Identity and the State:Global Perspectives
3) Ethnicity, Identity and the State in South Asia
4) India and its Ethnic Challenges

Abstracts of 250 words and a short bio-note of 50 words should be emailed to Prof Kousar J. Azam, Conference Director (kousarjabeen@yahoo.com / azam_oucip@osmania.ac.in) or Prof T. Vijay Kumar, Conference Coordinator (tvk2k4@gmail.com) by 15 July 2009.