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Summer Term 2019

Past Events

Read about our past events in Summer Term 2019 and access podcasts and blog posts.

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Messengers of Hindu Nationalism

How the RSS Reshaped India

Monday, 23 September 2019

Speaker:  is Former Senior Adjunct Professor, South Asian Studies, Johns Hopkins University.

Discussants: is Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Commonwealth Studies, School of Advanced Study, London & is Associate Professor, CSDS and Visiting Fellow 2019-20, CRASSH, University of Cambridge.

Chair: (@MukulikaB) is Director of the South Asia Centre, and Associate Professor in Anthropology at ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳.

To listen to the podcast, click .


 

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'My Home India' 

Tuesday, 25 June 2019

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Speaker:  () is a Director and Producer. 'My Home India' is her third documentary. 

Chair:  () is Director, South Asia Centre, and Associate Professor in Anthropology at ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳.

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This event is in collaboration with 
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Friends, Enemies or just Neighbours? 

The Afghanistan, Pakistan and India Triangle 

Wednesday, 5 June 2019

Speakers:  (@SarahAshraf01) is Manager, Policy & Research, Institute for Strategic Dialogue.  (@elisabeth_leake) is Lecturer in International History at University of Leeds.  (@PaliwalAvi) is Lecturer in Diplomacy and Public Policy, SOAS University of London, and Deputy Director, SOAS South Asia Institute.

Chair:  is Deputy Director, South Asia Centre.

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Amitav Ghosh in conversation with Mukulika Banerjee 

Tuesday, 28 May 2019

 (@GhoshAmitav) is a writer and the winner of the 54th Jnanpith award.

 (@MukulikaB) is Director, South Asia Centre, and Associate Professor in Anthropology at ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳.

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India Elections 2019 Live @ ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳

Thursday, 23 May 2019

Hear from leading academics, journalists, political analysts and policy-makers about what's at stake in India's 17th Lok Sabha elections and what the final results could mean for the future of India and its place in the world.

Panel 1: The 2019 Election Campaign: Taking Stock

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Panel 2: Uttar Pradesh and Beyond

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Panel 3: 2019 Results: First Thoughts

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'The Saffron Republic' Screening

Wednesday, 15 May 2019

 (@ElangoBlango) is a Community Reporter, BBC Radio Sheffield and Co-Director of 'The Saffron Republic'. 

 (@salonisaraf26) is a Film-maker and Co-Director of 'The Saffron Republic'

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Threats to the Constitution in India Today

Wednesday, 15 May 2019

Speaker:  (@pbhushan1) is a public interest lawyer in the Supreme Court of India and one of the founders of .

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Majoritarian State: How Hindu Nationalism is Changing India

Friday, 10 May 2019

Panelists:  (@edanderson101) is Smuts Research Fellow in Commonwealth Studies at the Centre of South Asian Studies, University of Cambridge.  is Director, Graduate Studies and Associate Professor in Media and Communications at ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳.  (@jaffrelotc) is Research Director, CNRS & Sciences Po, Paris.  is Emeritus Professor, Institute of Commonwealth Studies, London.   (@patel_champa) is Head of Asia- Pacific Programme, Chatham House (The Royal Institute of International Affairs), London.

Chair:  (@MukulikaB) is Director of the South Asia Centre, and Associate Professor in Anthropology at ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳.

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British Politics and the South Asia Diaspora

Tuesday, 30 April 2019

Speaker:  (@RajeshAgrawal) is the Deputy Mayor of London for Business.

Chair:  (@MukulikaB) is Director of the South Asia Centre, and Associate Professor in Anthropology at ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳.

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This event was in collaboration with .


 

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Scotland's Empire: The Scots in British India

Monday, 8 April 2019

Speaker:  is Professor Emeritus in history at the University of Edinburgh and author of Scotland's Empire: The Origins of the Global Diaspora (2012)

Chair:  is Deputy Director of the South Asia Centre at ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳.

This lecture is organised in collaboration with the 

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COLOMBO DEVELOPMENT DIALOGUES 3

Refugees, Asylum-seekers and the 2030 Agenda

Friday, 5 April 2019

Panelists: Menique Amarasinghe (Head of National Office, UNHCR Sri Lanka),  (Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs), Susan Bird (Senior Regional Livelihoods Officer, UNHCR) and Christopher Smith (Independent Researcher). 

Discussants included Ms Chandrika Karunaratna (Senior Technical Specialist – Rule of Law, Access to Justice & Human Rights, UNDP), Mr Asan Saleem (Senior Programme Manager, Muslim Aid Sri Lanka Field Office),  (Assistant Director General, Employers' Federation of Ceylon), Mr Tony Seniwiratne (Senior Advisor, ZOA Sri Lanka) and Ms Namini Wijedasa (Assistant Editor, The Sunday Times).

The Dialogue was moderated by , Deputy Director, South Asia Centre. 

This event is in collaboration with .

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