Animosity at Bay: An Alternative History of the India-Pakistan Relationship, 1947-52

CASI Seminar

in partnership with South Asia Center and Perry World House

Pallavi Raghavan
Assistant Professor of International Relations, Ashoka University
A Virtual CASI Seminar via Zoom — 10:00am EDT | 7:30pm IST

 


About the Seminar:
Was a different outcome of the India-Pakistan relationship ever foreseeable? In this discussion, Dr. Pallavi Raghavan explores the processes that went into shaping the bilateral relationship between the two countries, forged in the shadow of partition. She will explore the contrasts between the approaches to the shaping of bilateral relations between the two states in the aftermath of the partition to those adopted today, while exploring the rationale that led to the two governments pursuing the possibility of a "No War Pact" and committing to the "Nehru-Liaquat Pact" for the well being of minority populations in Bengal.

About the Speaker:
Pallavi Raghavan is an Assistant Professor of International Relations at Ashoka University. Her research areas include the international history of South Asia, India’s and Pakistan’s diplomatic history, as well as partition studies. She is also interested in the ways in which the teaching of history can contribute to narratives of commonality and peaceful coexistence in South Asia. Her book, A Resolvable Enmity: India and Pakistan’s Early Years was published by C. Hurst & Co. in 2019. Pallavi has published extensively in peer reviewed journals, including Modern Asian Studies and Economic and Political Weekly, as well as in several edited volumes on South Asia’s foreign relations. She has also contributed frequently to online news websites, including Thewire.in and Scroll. Pallavi received her doctoral degree from the University of Cambridge in 2012, and completed a Master’s in Modern Indian History at Jawaharlal Nehru University.

The Nand & Jeet Khemka Distinguished Lecture Series is an endowed public program of the Center for the Advanced Study of India (CASI). Launched in the 2007-08 academic year, and made possible through the generous support of the Nand & Jeet Khemka Foundation, the series brings renowned India specialists to the Penn community and serves as a critical forum for analyzing and understanding the complex economic, political, social, and cultural changes that the world’s largest democracy is experiencing, as well as the challenges that lie ahead.
The Saluja Global Fellows Program has been made possible by the generous gift from Vishal Saluja ENG’89 W’89. CASI was excited to launch the program during the 2022–23 academic year, coinciding with the Center’s 30th Anniversary. This new program enables CASI to invite eminent leaders and rising experts on contemporary India preferably from the fields of media, culture, law, and contemporary history to be in residence for one to two weeks at CASI.