The Politics of Nationalism and the Indus Valley Civilization | Dr. Saeed Ahmed Rid

Let's explore the intricate relationship between archaeology, nationalism, and identity formation in India and Pakistan by discussing the historical significance of the Indus Valley Civilization (IVC) as a cornerstone of national identity, and examine how archaeological discoveries have shaped competing narratives of cultural heritage and belonging.
About the speaker:
Dr. Saeed Ahmed Rid is Assistant Professor at National Institute of Pakistan Studies in Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad. He was a Visiting Fellow at South Asian Studies, School of Interdisciplinary Area Studies, University of Oxford, UK, from October 2017 to August 2018. He did his PhD in Peace Studies department from the University of Bradford, UK as a Commonwealth Scholar. Mr. Rid also won Rotary World Peace Fellowship (2004-06) for his double master’s in political science and International and Area Studies at the University of California Berkeley, USA. He has read research papers in various international and national conferences and has published five books/monographs and more than twenty research articles in reputed national and international journals on history, democracy, federalism, nationalism, ethnicity, local-self-governance and India-Pakistan relations.