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INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR ON INSURGENCY IN SOUTH EAST ASIA TO COMMEMORATE THE FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE MIZO NATIONAL FRONT MOVEMENT Date : 17 ‐18 March 2016 Venue: Dean’s Conference Hall, School of Social Sciences, Mizoram University, Aizawl Organized by : Department of History & Ethnography, Mizoram University, Aizawl, Mizoram LAST DATE FOR SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS & FULL PAPERS : 15 March, 2016 In India especially the northeast region has become the hub of insurgents either supported by foreign powers or independently active in their own sphere of operations. After the 1960s and 1970s many insurgent groups came to the limelight either against certain elements or to be separated from the mainland of India. Among such movements the Mizo armed struggle for independence has attracted both historians and political scientists of today. This seminar thus proposed an extensive study not only on the Mizo movements but also similar movements of Southeast Asia and of the globe. It is also to commemorate and inaugurate the fifty years of the MNF armed struggle for independence beginning from 28 February 1966. Today the insurgent movements of Southeast Asia are strongly advocated and influenced both outside and inside the mainland of India. Critic pointed out that such influences was a direct challenge to the socio‐political prospects of the union of India. The involvement of foreign powers will be therefore advocated in the seminar to supplement and to recollect the insurgent’s connection with foreign powers. The seminar main focus will be on the various issues involved to spur such movements in the region and to look into unexplored areas. It is also an attempt to highlight the untold misery and sufferings of the household members during such movements. The seminar will deal critically with the psychological aspects of such movements to represent and interpret the socio‐political aspects of the region as a whole. Hence detailed study of the annihilation of both the army and the insurgent groups will be the main attraction of the seminar. The Seminar is open to all other insurgent movements beyond the mainland of India, to represent the historical perspectives and to interpret from various dimension. For convenience the seminar is broadly divided into the following sub‐themes‐ 2
1. Origin, Ideologies and programmes of the insurgency 2. Nature and function of the insurgency 3. Intervention of foreign powers 4. Counter Insurgency: Government policies 5. Socio‐religious aspects 6. Socio‐economic aspects 7. Socio‐political aspects 8. Socio‐ cultural aspects 9. Insurgency across the frontiers/borders and effects 10. Insurgency across international borders and its effects 11. Internationalization of the insurgency movement 12. International relations consequent upon the insurgency movements 13. Effects of the armed struggle for independence as a whole 14. Ethnic crisis at the level of the region and across the frontiers 15. Anti insurgent movements within and across the frontiers of Mizoram 16. Hostilities addressed to the government and the insurgents by the civilians 17. Women participation 18. Gender perspectives and its effect 19. Peace Accord and its effects 20. Comparative study of the insurgency Note: References to oral, archival sources, articles and books should be placed at the end. APA model and NEIHA sheet style may be adopted. Address for Communication/correspondent:
Prof. Orestes Rosanga
Professor & Head
Convener
Add. for Communication:
Department of History & Ethnography
Mizoram University,Aizawl-796004
Phone: 9436197294 & 0389-2330410
E-mail: oramzu@gmail.com
Dr.Lalngurliana Sailo
Associate Professor
Assistant Convener
Ph.943619151192 &
0389-2330410
E-mail: msailo35@rediffmail