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FABIAN DIALOGUES 1

Beatrice & Sidney Webb: The Race for ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳

Date/Time: Tuesday, 17 November/4-5.30 pm

Speakers: Michael Cox is Professor & Co-Founder of ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ IDEAS where he is currently Senior Fellow, and author of a new history of ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳, 'The School: ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ and the Making of the Modern World' (forthcoming);  is Archivist, London School of Economics and Political Science;  is Professor of Politics and Contemporary History, University of Manchester, and has published extensively on the Webbs;  (@ChrisRenwick) is Senior Lecturer in Modern History, University of York, and author of and .

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

Chair: Nilanjan Sarkar is Deputy Director, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ South Asia Centre. 

This event is part of ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ 125 Years anniversary celebrations, and in collaboration with . 

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FACT & FICTION

SUHELDEV: The King Who Saved India

Date/Time: Wednesday, 11 November/4-5:30pm UK Time.

Author  (@authoramish),  Director, Nehru Centre, London, and author of  will be in conversation with  Deputy Director, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ South Asia Centre, whose research interest is in the history of medieval India. 

This event is part of the , held in collaboration with the .

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FACT & FICTION: 'Outrage: 'Religious Offence' in South Asia Today'

Date/Time: Tuesday, 27 October/3-5:00pm UK Time.

Speakers:  (@utsavbains) is a Human Rights lawyer based in New Delhi;  (@AmberMDarr) is a Barrister and Advocate of the Supreme Court of Pakistan, and Lecturer in Law, Coventry University;  lectures in Buddhist studies at Bath Spa University, and specialises in Buddhist philosophy and engaged Buddhism;  (@kfroystad) is Professor in Modern Asian Studies, University of Oslo; (@IselinFryd) is Professor at the MF Norwegian School of Theology, Religion and Society, Oslo;  is a lawyer in the Supreme Court of Bangladesh, and an activist;  is Assistant Professor in South Asian Studies, University of St. Gallen.

Chair:  is Deputy Director, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ South Asia Centre.

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COLONIAL LAWS AND SOCIAL CHANGE

Date/Time: Wednesday, 21 October/3-5:00pm UK Time

Speakers:  (@ataparnachandra) is Associate Professor of Law, National Law School of India University, Bengaluru;  (@DrOsamaSiddique) is Associate Fellow at the Institute of Development and Economic Alternatives, Lahore, and author of ;   (@aritha) is a lawyer, and Director of the Equality, Law & Justice Programme, iProbono, Colombo.

Moderator: is South Asia Regional Director, iProbono, London.

Chair: Alnoor Bhimani (@AlnoorBhimani) is Director, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ South Asia Centre.

This event was held in collaboration with .

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GEOPOLITICS beyond BORDERS: The Dragon's Ring -- China in South Asia

Date/Time: Tuesday, 13 October / 3 pm

Speakers: (@FilippoBoni1) is Lecturer in Politics & International Studies, Open University, UK; is Deputy Director-General and Senior Fellow, The Institute for International Relations, Tsinghua University, Beijing;  is Senior Fellow for South Asia, International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), London; is Director, Strategy & Policy Analysis Program, Center for Naval Analysis (CNA), Virginia, USA.

Moderator: Chris Alden is Professor, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ International Relations, and Co-Director, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ IDEAS.

Chair: Nilanjan Sarkar is Deputy Director, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ South Asia Centre.

This event was held in collaboration with ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ IDEAS and , London.

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FACT & FICTION: Everyday Justice in Myanmar

Date/Time: Friday, 9 October / 4 pm

Speakers: (@KDanielAguirre) is Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Roehampton; is Professor of Asian and Military History, SOAS;  (@HeleneKyed) is Senior Researcher, Danish Institute for International Studies, Copenhagen; Mi Thang Sorn Poine is Senior Research Officer at EMReF, and a member of the EverJust Research Group in Yangon.

Moderator: Hans Steinmüller (@steinmuller) is Associate Professor, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ Anthropology, and an Associate at ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ Saw Swee Hock Southeast Asia Centre.

Chair: Nilanjan Sarkar is Deputy Director, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ South Asia Centre.

This event is in collaboration with ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ Saw Swee Hock Southeast Asia Centre.

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TOUGH TALK: Are South Asians Racist? 

Date/Time: Wednesday, 30 September/3:00pm

Speakers: (Jasmine Morris) (@turbandexplorer) is a writer and young activist who advocates for multicultural inclusion within the Sikh community;  is one of the organisers of the 'Don’t Call Me K Word' campaign, and a feminist advocate in Rangoon, Myanmar;  is a Student Counselor at the University of Colombo, and has worked closely with Sri Lankan Africans for several years, including being a translator for the community at academic events;  (@maliniranga) is Associate Professor, School of International Service, and is Interim Faculty Director of the Antiracist Research and Policy Center, American University, Washington D.C.;  (@NgurangReena) is a first-generation researcher, writer and activist from Arunachal Pradesh in North-East India, and is currently a PhD scholar at the Centre for European Studies, JNU, New Delhi; (@iconcoclastary) is a Pashtun from Pakistan, until recently Post-doctoral Research Fellow at Ryerson University, Toronto. His profile on LinkedIn says that Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan guided him to have a sense of identity, and Walter Benjamin mentors him from his grave; (@beheroze) is Lecturer in Asian American Studies, University of California, Irvine, and her research focuses on the Sidi community in India.

Chair:  is Deputy Director, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ South Asia Centre.

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