How to Divide a Mountain

Mountains have historically defied attempts at division; unlike flat land where a proverbial line in the sand can be drawn, how does one divide a mountain? Historically, Asia’s mountains have been porous terrain. Prior to the modern nation-state, mountain valleys and ridgelines facilitated flows: of people, animals, merchandise, as well as religious idea. 

In this lunchtime talk, Hasan Karrar (LUMS) will focus on mountains and bordering in the 1890s and the 1950s. He will describe how, during two key moments of state building, the British colonial state in the late nineteenth century, and postcolonial Pakistan in the mid-twentieth century proceeded with boundary-making, in the process consolidating their authority on the frontiers of the state, curtailing cross-border mobilities that we associate with the Karakoram.

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The De:link//Re:link Brown Bag Talks concentrate on specific areas of research, both from guests and associated researchers, thus offering a platform for synergies under the umbrella of the project's own research orientation. In general, each talk will consist of a short input of around 15 to 20 minutes, sometimes based on a text distributed prior to the meeting.