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CSLG oragnises a seminar by Thongkholal Haokip

CSLG oragnises a seminar by Thongkholal Haokip

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CSLG oragnises a seminar by Thongkholal Haokip
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CENTRE FOR THE STUDY OF LAW AND GOVERNANCE

Jawaharlal Nehru University

 

SEMINAR SERIES

 

 

THONGKHOLAL HAOKIP 

Assistant Professor, Centre for the Study of Law and Governance, JNU 

 

On

 

 Ethnocracy in Manipur 

 

 

Abstract

 

The seminar will discuss the dynamics of ethnopolitics in Manipur, particularly how the State falls into the ‘ethnocracy trap’ and thus perpetuates ethnocratic regimes. Rather than looking into the demand for internal autonomy within the sub-national state by minority groups, the ethnocratic state has been trying to achieve instrumental ends. The denial of ‘delimitation’ of assembly constituencies and the Sixth Schedule demand in the State has sharpened divisions and widened the hill-valley divide. The future of the State depends on how ethnic aspirations are negotiated and accommodated, and the management of diversity.

 

3.00 pm, Friday, 14 January 2022

 

About the Speaker:

Thongkholal Haokip is Assistant Professor at the Centre for the Study of Law and Governance, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India. He was formerly with the Department of Political Science, Presidency University, Kolkata, India. He has authored India’s Look East Policy and the Northeast (Sage, 2015), edited The Kukis of Northeast India: Politics and Culture (Bookwell, 2013) and co edited The Anglo-Kuki War, 1917-1919: A Frontier Uprising Against Imperialism During the First World War (Routledge, 2019).  Dr Haokip is the editor of Journal of North-East India Studies and former Executive Editor of Asian Ethnicity.

 

The Seminar will be held online via Google Meet 

Given below is the meeting link for the seminar: 

meet.google.com/emd-crgf-phj  

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