Summer Term 2019

Messengers of Hindu Nationalism

How the RSS Reshaped India

Monday, 23 September 2019

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

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

Chair: Mukulika Banerjee (@MukulikaB) is Director of the South Asia Centre, and Associate Professor in Anthropology at LSE.

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'My Home India' 

Tuesday, 25 June 2019

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

Chair: Mukulika Banerjee (@MukulikaB) is Director, South Asia Centre, and Associate Professor in Anthropology at LSE.

To listen to the Q&A, click here. 

This event is in collaboration with Bagri Foundation
London Indian Film Festival.

Friends, Enemies or just Neighbours? 

The Afghanistan, Pakistan and India Triangle 

Wednesday, 5 June 2019

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

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

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Amitav Ghosh in conversation with Mukulika Banerjee 

Tuesday, 28 May 2019

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

Mukulika Banerjee (@MukulikaB) is Director, South Asia Centre, and Associate Professor in Anthropology at LSE.

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India Elections 2019 Live @ LSE

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

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

Saloni Saraf (@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: Prashant Bhushan (@pbhushan1) is a public interest lawyer in the Supreme Court of India and one of the founders of Swaraj Abhiyan.

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Majoritarian State: How Hindu Nationalism is Changing India

Friday, 10 May 2019

Panelists: Edward Anderson (@edanderson101) is Smuts Research Fellow in Commonwealth Studies at the Centre of South Asian Studies, University of Cambridge. Shakuntala Banaji is Director, Graduate Studies and Associate Professor in Media and Communications at LSE. Christophe Jaffrelot (@jaffrelotc) is Research Director, CNRS & Sciences Po, Paris. James Manor is Emeritus Professor, Institute of Commonwealth Studies, London.  Champa Patel (@patel_champa) is Head of Asia- Pacific Programme, Chatham House (The Royal Institute of International Affairs), London.

Chair: Mukulika Banerjee (@MukulikaB) is Director of the South Asia Centre, and Associate Professor in Anthropology at LSE.

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British Politics and the South Asia Diaspora

Tuesday, 30 April 2019

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

Chair: Mukulika Banerjee (@MukulikaB) is Director of the South Asia Centre, and Associate Professor in Anthropology at LSE.

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This event was in collaboration with LSE SU South Asia Society.

Scotland's Empire: The Scots in British India

Monday, 8 April 2019

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

Chair: Nilanjan Sarkar is Deputy Director of the South Asia Centre at LSE.

This lecture is organised in collaboration with the British Association for Cemeteries in South Asia.

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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), Ravinatha Aryasinha (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), Mr Prasad De Silva (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 Dr Nilanjan Sarkar, Deputy Director, South Asia Centre. 

This event is in collaboration with UNDP Sri Lanka.

Watch the Facebook Live video here.