Academic Work

Talks and conferences:

  • 2021 Partition of Identity: An Exploration of Belonging in Bengalis in Pakistan, 1971- Present. PRAXIS Nexus ‘Transforming Conflict and Displacement through Arts and Humanities’, University of Leeds, (online)
  • 2021 Partition of Identity: An Exploration of Statelessness and Belonging in Pakistan. Invited talk at Open University School of Psychology Research Day, UK (online)
  • 2022: Exploring space and belonging in Machar Colony “In nature you have no limits": intersections of arts, nature and wellbeing Knowledge Exchange Event on Eco capabilities, led by Professor Nicola Walshe
  • July 2022: Partition of Identity – Exploring how social and historical representations impact contemporary citizenship challenges faced by Pakistani. International Society of Political Psychology, Annual conference. Athens
  • March 2022: Partition of Identity: An interdisciplinary exploration of Statelessness and Belonging in Pakistani Bengalis. Invited talk at Lund University, SASNET event – ‘A nation and it’s fault lines’, Sweden
  • Feb 2022: Partition of Identity: Exploring contemporary citizenship challenges faced by Pakistani Bengalis, part of an organised panel titled ‘Claim Making, Citizenship and Statelessness’. Annual Conference on South Asia, Maddison University, United States
  • Nov 2023: UCL research Workshop, ‘Exploring commonalities in research on Bengali identity, citizenship and migration status post 1971’, London
  • Jan 2024 The victims and aftermath of partition and colonialism internationally panel – Monday, 29th January, 6pm, Cambridge Union, UK; During this event Dr Humera Iqbal discussed work from the Partition of Identity Project. 
  • March 2024: Interdisciplinary approaches to statelessness: A case study of Australia and Pakistan, a panel discussion with members from the Peter McMullan Institute on Statelessness .World conference of Statelessness, KL, Malaysia.
  • June 2024: Family Life in Socially and Ethnically Diverse Societies. Invited Keynote. TFCF International Symposium on Exploring Family Support and Parenting Policies from a Well-being Perspective. Taipei, Taiwan.

Film Screenings and Panel Discussions:

  • May 2023: Private Screening of Bhashaili (Adrift) at Indus Valley School of Arts and Architecture (with a panel discussion featuring Jawad Sharif, Shahid Shah, Tahera Hasan and Dr Humera Iqbal, chaired by Dr Maria Rashid)
  • May 2023: Private Screening of   Bhashaili (Adrift) at the Institute of Business Administration (IBA) Karachi  (with a panel discussion featuring Jawad Sharif, Shahid Shah, Maria Rashid and Humera Iqbal)
  • Nov 2023: Public Screening of Bhashaili (Adrift) at UCL (with a panel discussion featuring Jawad Sharif, Shahid Shah, Tahera Hasan and Dr Humera Iqbal, chaired by Dr Maria Rashid).
  • Nov 2023– Public screening of Bhashaili (Adrift) at the LSE (with a panel discussion featuring Jawad Sharif, Shahid Shah, Tahera Hasan and Dr Humera Iqbal, chaired by Dr Maria Rashid).
  • Nov 2023: Public Screening of Bhashaili (Adrift) at Rich Mix London (with a panel discussion featuring Jawad Sharif, Shahid Shah, Tahera Hasan and Dr Humera Iqbal, chaired by Dr Maria Rashid).
  • Jan 2024- Screening of Bhashaili (Adrift) with a Q& A session at UNHCR London office
  • Jan 2024– Screening of Bhashaili (Adrift) with a Q& A session at Médecins Sans Frontières London office
  • March 2024: Public Screening of Bhashaili (Adrift) at the World Conference of Statelessness, KL, Malaysia (with a panel discussion featuring, Tahera Hasan and Dr Humera Iqbal).
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The POI Study

The Partition of Identity (POI) project examines the Bengali community in Pakistan. Estimates suggest that there are between 2.8 – 3 million members of this group living in Pakistan, but in reality, the numbers are likely to be much higher.

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