SECOND CRITICAL STUDIES CONFERENCE
A One Day Workshop with Etienne Balibar
Organized by Mahanirban Calcutta Research Group (CRG)
Date: 24 September 2007
Venue: Sabhaghar-I, Swabhumi Heritage Plaza
(Eastern Metropolitan Bypass, 89C Moulana Abul Kalam Azad Sarani, Kolkata-700 054)
Session I
Moderator: Samir Kumar Das
9.30 AM-10.30 PM: Etienne Balibar discusses his past and present work, followed by question-answer.
10.30 AM-11.00 AM: Tea Break
11.00 AM-12.30 PM: Etienne Balibar discusses his past and present work, followed by question-answer (Continue)
12.30 PM-2.00 PM: Lunch Break
Session-II
Moderator: Shefali Motra and Shamik Bandyopadhyay
2.00 PM-5.00 PM: Roundtable on contemporary political enquiries; A Dialogue with Etienne Balibar
Roundtable Participants:
1. Pradip Kumar Bose (Althusserian Legacy)
2. Ranabir Samaddar (The Question of Method)
3. Sanjeeb Mukherjee (Liberal Modernity and The Nation)
4. Paula Banerjee (Borders)
5. Manas Ray (Etienne Balibar and The Critique of Liberal Governance: On Race and Rights in ‘new’ Europe)
(The roundtable presentations will be of 10 minutes each, followed by discussions in which Etienne Balibar will also participate)