{"id":41549,"date":"2012-05-16T13:04:34","date_gmt":"2012-05-16T13:04:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=41549"},"modified":"2012-05-17T17:46:50","modified_gmt":"2012-05-17T17:46:50","slug":"dr-imtiyaz-on-use-of-symbols-in-identity-politics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/dr-imtiyaz-on-use-of-symbols-in-identity-politics\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Imtiyaz On Use Of Symbols In Identity Politics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/dr-imtiyaz-on-use-of-symbols-in-identity-politics\/capture-imtiaz\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-41550\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-41550\" title=\"Capture Imtiaz\" src=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Capture-Imtiaz-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Capture-Imtiaz-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Capture-Imtiaz-50x50.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>A chat with Dr. A.R.M. Imtiyaz, of the Temple University in Philadelphia on the use of symbols in identity politics \u2013 a topic he has conducted researched on. Dr. Imtiyaz, the Asian Studies and Department of Political Science, Temple University, Philadelphia, teaches courses on Modern India, Modern China and comparative politics such as nationalism and ethnic conflict and foreign governments and politics. His most recent research examines issues pertaining to Muslims in Sri Lanka and China. His scholarly pursuit has born fruit as publications in leading journals such as the Journal of Asian and African Studies (JAAS), the Journal of Third World Studies (JTWS), Journal of South Asia and Asian Affairs.<\/p>\n<p>httpv:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=UOnhx1hon84<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":41550,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,39,40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colombotelegraph","category-video","category-podcasts"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Dr. Imtiyaz On Use Of Symbols In Identity Politics - Colombo Telegraph<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/dr-imtiyaz-on-use-of-symbols-in-identity-politics\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Dr. Imtiyaz On Use Of Symbols In Identity Politics - 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