International Relations in the Asia-Pacific Region
- security , economy, culture
Student Conference
organized by the Institute of International Relations, University of Warsaw
and Contemporary South Asian Studies Programme,
School of Interdisciplinary Area Studies,
University of Oxford
14th May, Old Library Building, r. 308
11.00- 12.45 Panel I: India domestic challenges
 Amaal Akhtar , University of Oxford, The state and communalism in modern
Hindi cinema: An analysis of three political films, 1989-2013
 Vinaya Padmanabhan, University of Oxford, Science in the Service of Hindu
Nationalism
 Sanskruti Ghosalkar, University of Oxford ,Targeting Development in India
– Achieving Universal Education through the Millennium Development
Goals
 Vasudha Kaul, University of Oxford , Slums and the Shrinking Urban Space
 Manavi Jain, University of Oxford , Gender Mainstreaming in India’s Total
Sanitation Campaign
Chair: Aleksandra Jaskólska, University of Warsaw
Discussant: Prof. Vishwanatha, Mangalore University
Prof. Shantanu Chakrabarti, University of Calcutta
Dr George Kunnath, University of Oxford
Dr Bogusław Zaleski, University of Warsaw
Barbara Regulska, University of Warsaw
Bernhard M. Beitelmair, University of Heidelberg
12.45 – 13.00 coffee break
13.00-14.45- Panel II: Asia – Pacific Region – Foreign Policy and Economic
Dimension
 Jake Shyne, University of Oxford, Understanding India’s Growth Takeoff
since 1980: A case study analysis of Atul Kohli’s ‘Pro-Business State’ Thesis
 Nandini Jayakrishna, University of Oxford, India and the Great Power
Discourse: Interpreting the Modi Government's Goals and Aspirations
 Agata Zaremba, University of Warsaw, The Perspective of Development of
Indian Business Initiatives in Poland
 Joanna Dobkowska, University of Warsaw, ASEAN’S Foreign Policy
towards the activity of the chosen Regional and Global Powers in Southeast
Asia
 Stanisław Matsumoto, University of Warsaw, Japan's Role in Security of the
Asia-Pacific Region
Chair: Barabra Kratiuk, University of Warsaw
Discussant: Prof. Shantanu Chakrabarti, University of Calcutta
Prof. Matthew McCartney, University of Oxford
Prof. Arndt Michael, University of Freiburg
Dr Marcin Kaczmarki, University of Warsaw
Dr Jakub Zajączkowski, University of Warsaw
Dr Aleksandra Jarczewska, University of Warsaw
14.45 – 15.15 Conclusions:
Dr Bogusław Zaleski, University of Warsaw