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Summer Term 2020

Sri Lanka Event - Brothers in arms

Brothers in Arms: Sri Lanka Elections 2020

Date/Time: Thursday, 20 August 2020/3:30pm

Speakers:  is a lawyer, and member of the Liberation Movement, a Left feminist political movement of women in Colombo;  (@GehanDG) is a Researcher at the Bonavero Institute of Human Rights, University of Oxford;  (@JayadevaUyangod) is Emeritus Professor in Political Science, University of Colombo; is a columnist at the Sunday Times, Colombo;  (@rajeshvenugopal) is Associate Professor in International Development, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳; 

Chairis Deputy Director, South Asia Centre, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳.

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Pandemic and Populism

Pandemic and Populism: Craig Calhoun and Pratap Bhanu Mehta In Conversation

Date/Time: Thursday, 30 July 2020, 6:00pm

Speakers:  (@craigjcalhoun) is University Professor of Social Sciences, Arizona State University, and member of Senior Advisory Board, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ South Asia Centre.  (@pbmehta) is Professor of Political Science, Ashoka University, and Contributing Editor at The Indian Express.

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

This event is free and open to all and will be livestreamed on the ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ South Asia Centre's .

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South Asia: The Public Health Response to Covid-19

Webinar

Date/Time: Thursday, 2 July 2020, 4:00pm

Speakers:  was formerly Vice Chair of BRAC, Dhaka, and is an alumnus of ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ Professor;  is President Public Health Foundation of India;  (@CEOSKMCH) is CEO, Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital & Research Centre, Lahore;  (@DrMishalK) is Associate Professor in Health Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

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

This event is part of ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳'s  'From Rulership to Leadership: Early Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic', Thursday, 2 July 2020, 12:00-8:00pm (UK time). The Maryam Forum is organised by the  and the .

This event is free and open to all and will be livestreamed on the ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ South Asia Centre's Facebook Page. Only 300 places are available for admission to the Zoom Webinar. Places are allocated on a first-come first-serve basis.

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COVID-19 in South Asia: Bangladesh, India and Pakistan

Webinar 

Date/Time: Monday, 22 June, 4:00pm

SpeakersTania Aidrus (@taidrus) is Special Assistant to the Prime Minister of Pakistan on Digital Pakistan; (@AiyarYamini) is President and Chief Executive, Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi;  is Professor, McCourt School of Public Policy and the Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University;  (@mushfiq_econ) is Professor of Economics, Yale University.

Chair:  is Professor in Practice, School of Public Policy, ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳.

This event is in collaboration with ,  and  

This event is part of ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳'s public event series - .

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Covid-19 in South Asia: A Comparative Perspective 

Webinar

Wednesday, 22 April

Speakers (@AiyarYamini) is President & Chief Executive of the Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi; (@TsheringCDorji) is CEO, Thimphu Techpark Ltd., Thimphu;  is an independent analyst of Myanmar, in Chiang Mai;  (@asifsaleh) is Executive Director, BRAC, Dhaka;  (@SharifHaroon) was Minister of State & Chairman of the Board of Investment, Government of Pakistan (2018-19), Islamabad;  (@Madhusudan1964) is Professor, Patan Academy of Social Sciences, Patan/Lalitpur;  (@TimesOnlineLK) is Deputy Editor (Investigations), The Sunday Times, Colombo.

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

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