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Educational TalkEducational TalkBook Talk: Citizens to traitors: Bengali Internment in Pakistan 1971-1974
At Encina Commons
Stanford
When nations fracture, citizenship frays. This talk traces how the 1971 breakup of Pakistan transformed Bengalis from citizens to suspected enemies through internment and state violence. A sobering look at identity, belonging, and the machinery of exclusion.
Academic lecture
South Asian history
Postcolonial studies
Human rights focus
Tips
📚based on new book research
🎤Q&A follows the talk
Book Talk: Citizens to traitors: Bengali Internment in Pakistan 1971-1974
At Encina Commons
Stanford
Educational TalkEducational TalkWhen nations fracture, citizenship frays. This talk traces how the 1971 breakup of Pakistan transformed Bengalis from citizens to suspected enemies through internment and state violence. A sobering look at identity, belonging, and the machinery of exclusion.
Academic lecture
South Asian history
Postcolonial studies
Human rights focus
Tips
📚based on new book research
🎤Q&A follows the talk
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