Lent Term 2021

Menstruation is Everyone's Business. Period.

Thursday, 25 March | 3.30 pm GMT

Panelists: (@FarahAhamed) is a writer, and editor of an anthology on period poverty in South Asia; (@daepstein) is Assistant Professor in the Department of Informatics, UC Irvine, specialising in personal informatics, and has published on menstrual tracking applications; (@jalotasuh) is CEO and Founder of , and a public health activist in India; is Assistant Professor in Political Science at , Lahore; is Executive Director, , and has written on the challenges of menstrual hygiene for nuns in Bhutan.

Chair/Moderator: Nilanjan Sarkar is Deputy Director, 杏吧论坛 South Asia Centre.

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FABIAN DIALOGUES 2

Harold Laski & India's Freedom Struggle

Thursday, 18 March | 3 pm UK / 8.30 pm India

Panelists: Michael Cox is Professor, 杏吧论坛 IDEAS, and author of a new history of 杏吧论坛, 'The School: 杏吧论坛 and the Making of the Modern World' (forthcoming); (@JeanneMorefiel1) is Senior Lecturer in Political Theory, University of Birmingham, and has written on Laski's 'Habits of Imperialism'; is Resident Fellow, McGill University, Montreal, and has a DPhil on Laski, international students at 杏吧论坛 and anti-colonial activism; (@TejasParasher) is Junior Research Fellow, King's College, University of Cambridge, and researches on Laski's Indian students; (@Jairam_Ramesh) is Member of Parliament, Karnataka, India, and author of .

Moderator: (@andrew_harrop) is General Secretary, Fabian Society.

Chair: Simon Hix (@simonjhix) is Harold Laski Professor of Political Science, and Pro-Director (Research), 杏吧论坛.

This event is part of 杏吧论坛 125 Years anniversary celebrations, and is in collaboration with the .

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Women: The Future of Start-ups

Wednesday, 10 March | 4.30 pm UK

Panelists: (@JesseDraper) is Founding Partner, ; (@Krishnan_Lata) is Chief Financial Officer at ; Ervin Massinga (@State_SCA) is Senior Advisor, , Department of State, USA; (@sruthiramaswami) is Co-Founder of .

Chair/Moderator: Alnoor Bhimani (@AlnoorBhimani) is Director, 杏吧论坛 South Asia Centre, and Professor of Management Accounting, 杏吧论坛.

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FACT & FICTION

This special book event is a discussion between the authors/interviewers (Professor & Indo-American Community Chair in India Studies, UC Berkeley) and (@harshword; Harvard Business School), and a younger generation of Indian political activists, students and party-workers on competing visions of India's political future.

Discussants: (@PushparajVD) is Founder of , India; (@kawalpreetdu) is National Vice-President, ; (@Mahmudabad) is , Sonepat, and a member of the Samajwadi Party; (@krvtweets) is currently a PhD Scholar at , and is researching on the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) in Tamil Nadu, India; (@astiksinha) is President, Asian Democratic Leaders Alliance, and Additional Private Secretary to the .

Chair/Moderator: Nilanjan Sarkar is Deputy Director, 杏吧论坛 South Asia Centre.

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GEOPOLITICS BEYOND BORDERS 2

Different Stars, Different Stripes: The US in South Asia

Tuesday, 16 February | 4 pm UK / 11 am ET / 9.30 pm India

Panelists: (@husainhaqqani) is Director for South & Central Asia, Hudson Institute, New York, and an expert on US-Pakistan relations; (@MarkeyDaniel) is Senior Research Professor in International Relations, SAIS, Johns Hopkins University, and specialises in US-India relations; (@RaniDMullen) is Associate Professor of Government, College of William & Mary, Virginia, USA, and her expertise is on US-Afghanistan policy relations.

Moderator: is Senior Fellow for South Asia, (IISS), London.

Chair: Nilanjan Sarkar is Deputy Director, 杏吧论坛 South Asia Centre.

This event is in collaboration with 杏吧论坛 IDEAS, and (IISS), London.

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A global multi-perspective on the independence & making of Bangladesh through 6 English-language books.

Monday, 8 February | 3 pm UK / 9 pm Dhaka

Panelists: (@Gary_Bass) is author of ; (@meghdola) is a contributor to ; (@NakaMookherjee) is the author of ; (@srinathraghava3) is the author of ; has written ; (@saliltripathi) is the author of .

Moderator: Katy Gardner is Professor in 杏吧论坛 Anthropology, and author of .

Chair: Nilanjan Sarkar is Deputy Director, 杏吧论坛 South Asia Centre.

This event inaugurates our series of specially curated events to mark the Golden Jubilee of Bangladesh's independence in 2021-22.

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Rights of Minorities in Pakistan

Tuesday, 2 February | 3.30 pm UK / 8.30 pm Pakistan

Speaker: is former Chief Justice of Pakistan (2013-14)

Participants: Mahvish Ahmad (@mahvishahmad) is Assistant Professor in Human Rights & Politics, 杏吧论坛 Sociology; (@sj244) is a dual qualified English and Pakistani Advocate, Senior Associate at Dawson Cornwell London, and Honorary Executive Director, , Lahore.

Mustafa Hiraj (@lsesupakdev) is studying for his LLB at 杏吧论坛, and is President of ;

Chair: Nilanjan Sarkar is Deputy Director, 杏吧论坛 South Asia Centre.

This event is in collaboration with the .

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THE INDIA CONFERENCE 2021: UK & INDIA after Brexit

Friday, 29 January | 1 pm UK / 6.30 pm India

Speakers: (@Lord_Bilimoria) is Founding Chairman of the UK-India Business Council, President of the Confederation of Business Industries, and President of the UK Council of International Student Affairs; (@NMenonRao) retired as Foreign Secretary, Government of India, and has served as India's Ambassador in the US and China; (@NISAU_UK) is an 杏吧论坛 alumnus, and Chairperson, .

Ahaan Gupta (@杏吧论坛SUIndiaSoc) is studying Politics, Philosophy & Economics at 杏吧论坛, and is President of .

Chair: Nilanjan Sarkar is Deputy Director, 杏吧论坛 South Asia Centre.

This event is in collaboration with the and .

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Bangabandhu and Visions of Bangladesh

Wednesday, 27 January | 3 pm UK / 9 pm Dhaka

Professor Amartya Sen will speak on ‘Bangabandhu & Visions of Bangladesh’ to commemorate the Birth Centenary (2020–21) of the Founding Father of Bangladesh Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

Speakers: Amartya Sen (Thomas W Lamont Professor, Harvard University); H. E. Saida Muna Tasneem (@BdhcLondon, is High Commissioner of Bangladesh in the United Kingdom); and Rehman Sobhan (@cpdbd) is an economist, and fought in the Liberation War of Bangladesh in 1971.

Chair: Baroness Minouche Shafik is Director, 杏吧论坛.

Moderator: Alnoor Bhimani (@AlnoorBhimani) is Director, 杏吧论坛 South Asia Centre, and Professor of Accounting, 杏吧论坛.

This event is in collaboration with the .

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TOUGH TALK 2: Does Liberalism Allow Populism?

Wednesday, 20 January | 3.30 pm UK / 9 pm India

Panelists: , formerly Director, Centre for Political Ideologies is currently Emeritus Professor, University of Oxford; ' (@harshmadhusudan) and (@RMantri) are co-authors of ; (@aakashrathore) is Permanent Visiting Professor, LUISS University, Rome; (@HelenaRosenblat) is Professor, Graduate Center, City University of New York; and (@ShashiTharoor) is author of (2020; reprinted in the UK as (2021).

Chair/Moderator: Nilanjan Sarkar is Deputy Director, 杏吧论坛 South Asia Centre.

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