PHOTOS | CALL FOR PAPERS
All Conference events listed take place at the Eagleton Institute of Politics
(Rutgers University: Douglass Campus, New Brunswick, NJ)
Thursday, April 1
6.30pm: Opening Reception
7.00pm: Conference Dinner : By Invitation
Opening Address: Deputy Speaker Upendra J. Chivukula, NJ Assemblyman, 17th District
Keynote Address: Daanish Mustafa, Department of Geography, King's College London
Friday, April 1
8.15am-8.45am: Continental Breakfast
8.45am-9am: Introductory Remarks: Robin Leichenko (Rutgers University)
Session 1: 9.00am - 10.30am
Development Technology, the state and society
“Hydro-Hazardscapes
of Pakistan: Redefining Adaptation and Resilience to Global Climate
Change” Daanish Mustafa (Kings College London) 
“Connecting
the people/hoisting the matka: The Intersection of Climate Change
Policy and Palimpsests of Water Development in Marwar” Trevor
Birkenholtz
(Rutgers University)
“Situating
Community Forestry in Climate Change Mitigation: Promoting Household
Biogas Technology” Shaunna Barnhart (Pennsylvania State
University)
Session Chair: Mark Barnes
10.30am-11.00am: Coffee Break
Session 2: 11.00am - 12.30pm
Climate Prediction, Resilience and Agriculture
“Drought
in Sri Lanka: occurrence, predictability and implications for rice
cultivation” Nelun Fernando (Rutgers University)
“From
Apple Juice to Garlic Pickle: Governing Climate Change in Himachal
Pradesh” Ashwini Chhatre (University of Illinois)
“Conceptualizing
Community Resilience to Climate Change: Apple Growers and the State in
Northwestern India” Neeraj Vedwan (Montclair State University)
Session Chair: Adelle Thomas
12.30pm-2.00pm: Lunch Break at the Eagleton Institute
Session 3: 2.00pm - 3.30pm
Vulnerability, Adaptation and Complex Historical Socioecologies
“Dry
ponds and butchered sheep: The human-climate-wildlife nexus in Indian
arid lands” Paul Robbins (University of Arizona)
“Himalayan Rivers: New challenges and opportunities” Ben Crow (University of California, Santa Cruz)
“The
Heritage of Water-Conserving Urban Design and Climate Vulnerability in
South Asia: Evidence from the Mughal Period” James Wescoat
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Session Chair: Nate Gabriel
3.30pm-4.00pm: Coffee Break
Session 4: 4.00pm - 5.00pm
Rights, gender, equity and justice
“Climate Change Policy in India” Monalisa Chatterjee (Rutgers University)
“Gendering Climate Change: Concerns and Realities in South Asia” Farhana Sultana (Syracuse University)
“Climate
Change in South Asia: Towards an Equitable Legal Response within a
Framework of Sustainable Development and Human Security” Sumudu
Atapattu (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Session Chair: Richard Nisa
