Diasporas as Targets and Relays of Civilizational Narratives: The Chinese and Indian Cases
Session 2, Indo-Pacific seminar (WP4), DÉCRIPT program
Guests : Carine Pina (IRSEM) et Gilles Verniers (Sciences Po, CERI)
Moderator : Jérôme Doyon (Sciences Po, CERI)
Abstract : How do the Chinese and Indian states seek to mobilize their diasporas around civilizational narratives? This session will examine the institutional, discursive, and diplomatic instruments through which Beijing and New Delhi attempt to turn these populations into vectors of their political ambitions, while also exploring the forms of resistance, indifference, or reappropriation that emerge within the communities concerned. The discussion will draw on a comparative perspective to shed light on the tensions between state-driven projects and the concrete trajectories of diasporic groups.
Coordination of the Indo-Pacific Work Package (WP4): Rémi Castets (Université Bordeaux Montaigne, D2iA), Jérôme Doyon (Sciences Po, CERI), Jean-François Huchet (Inalco, IFRAE), Christophe Jaffrelot (Sciences Po, CERI). With Alexandre Gandil, postdoctoral research fellow, DÉCRIPT progam (Université Bordeaux Montaigne, D2iA).
Registration for the seminar is open until December 8th at 4:00 PM. Zoom link provided the day before the event.
This event received government funding managed by the National Research Agency under France 2030, reference ANR-24-RSHS-0002.
