Minorities in Postcolonial State and International Law

ゲストスピーカー：Professor Mohammad Shahabuddin (University of Birmingham)
日時：　　　　　　3月6日16:30〜18:00
場所：　　　　　　広島大学大学院人間社会科学研究科201
司会：　　　　　　掛江 朋子
コメンテーター：　吉田 修・吉田 真理子

Guest Speaker: Professor Mohammad Shahabuddin (University of Birmingham)
Time: March 6, 4:30-6:00 p.m.(JST)
Venue: Hiroshima University, Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Room 201 (IDEC Building)
Moderated by Assoc. Prof. Tomoko Kakee
Commentators: Prof. Osamu Yoshida and Asst. Prof. Mariko Yoshida
Language: English
Co-organized by The Anthropological Institute of Hiroshima (TAIHI)

Abstract

The ideological function of the postcolonial ‘national’, ‘liberal’, and ‘developmental’ state inflicts various forms of marginalization on minorities, but simultaneously justifies oppresion in the name of national unity, equality and non-discrimination, and economic development. International law plays a central role in the ideological making of the postcolonial state. Analyzing geneses of ethno-nationalism in postcolonial states, Prof. Mohammad Shahabuddin substantiates these arguments with case studies on the Rohingya and the hill people of the Chittagong Hill Tracts.