Recent Events

Bagri Foundation London Indian Film Festival

Friday 14th - Thursday 21th July

Various venues accross London.

(The festival is also running in Birmingham from 15th - 24th July)

This year’s programme explores the rich scope of Indian and South Asian cinema from romance, music, comedy, drama to Delhi noir.

The festival will host the international premiere of the tragi-comic tale of a Charlie Chaplin impersonator in Ramsingh Charlie and explore an empowering true story of identity in Naanu Avanalla...Avalu (I am Not He…She).

Embark upon a musical journey through Punjabi folk in the romantic Jugni (Firefly), be left gasping for breath in Delhi thriller Moh Maya Money (In Greed We Trust) and discover the latest cinematic talent in the Satyajit Ray Short Film Competition.   

There is a fantastic selection of documentaries this year such as Rinku Kalsy’s For the Love of a Man, which explores the fandom of Rajinikanth and Fireflies in the Abyss, winner of both Best Documentary Feature Film and Best Cinematography at the Mumbai International Film Festival.    

Click here  to view the full programme and book tickets.

Check out the festival trailer here.

The Maldives: Between Dictatorship and Democracy.Tuesday

Tuesday 12th July

7pm

Frontline Club, 13 Norfolk Place,London, W2 1QJ

Speakers: Mohamed Nasheed (former President of the Maldives), JJ Robinson (journalist and author of The Maldives: Islamic Republic, Tropical Autocracy) and Abbas Faiz (South Asia specialist and former Amnesty researcher)

Chair: Charlie Haviland (BBC South Asia editor)

Click here for more info about this panel discusssion and to book tickets. 

The Rise and Fall of Nations

This is an LSE public lecture

Tuesday 12th July 2016

6.30-8pm

Old Theatre, Old Building, Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE

Speaker: Ruchir Sharma

Chair:  Jonathan Black 

Ruchir Sharma explores the forces triggering political revolts and economic slowdowns in every major region. By narrowing down the thousands of factors that can shape a country’s future, he spells out ten clear rules for identifying the next big winners and losers in the global economy.

Click here  for more info.

Public Discussion: Bhupen Khakhar - Truth is Beauty

Saturday 2nd July 2016

2:00pm - 4:00pm

Starr Cinema, Tate Modern, Bankside, SE1 9TG

Speakers: Geeta Kapur, Sonal Khullar  and Karin Zitzewitz Chair: Chris Dercon

From the beginning of his artistic career, Bhupen Khakhar expressed a commitment to presenting the world as he saw it and experienced it. Often celebrated for his bold and honest approach to his life and homosexuality in India during the late twentieth century, he stated in the catalogue to his 1972 exhibition at Gallery Chemould, Bombay that he wanted to reach beauty by truth alone.

This event takes its name after the same exhibition and self-written catalogue, Truth Is Beauty and Beauty Is God. Bringing together three speakers who offer a unique insight into a specific period of the artist’s career, this panel discussion aims to introduce and situate the artist’s practice and life within his particular contexts.

Themes explored include Khakhar’s use of the biography, iconography, the visual language of the street, and more broadly his personal experiences in and of modern India.

In partnership with Paul Mellon Centre  and Asia Art Archive.
Tickets £12

India Under Modi: A Superpower in the Making?

Thursday 30th June

1pm to 2pm

Chatham House London, UK

Speakers: Dr Mukulika Banerjee, Nandan Nilekani, Dr Gareth Price, Mihir Swarup Sharma

Chair: James Crabtree

On the surface, the Indian economy is performing well, and the popularity of Narendra Modi, the prime minister elected on the promise of liberalizing reform two years ago, is holding up. Christine Lagarde, the managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), has referred to India as a ‘bright spot’ in the slowing global economy. According to them, growth equalled China’s last year at 7.3% and has now taken the lead as the world’s fastest growing economy. Yet some joke that India’s prospects look brighter the farther away you are.

The panel will reflect on Modi’s two years in power and discuss what they think the government got wrong and what they got right. They will question whether India’s resurgence can be sustained into the future, and discuss what this actually means for the prospects of India’s 1.3 billion people, as well as the balance of power in Asia and beyond.

Click here for more info.

Codex India Summit 2016 

Tuesday 28th June

9th Floor, Taylor Wessing, 5 New Street Square, EC4A 3TW

Speakers include: The Rt Hon John Redwood MP, James Crabtree, Dr David Landsman, Alok Sharma MP, Simon Lister  & Dr Mukulika Banerjee

As growth accelerates, making India the fastest growing large economy in the world, this summit presents an excellent opportunity for CEOs, entrepreneurs, professionals and investors to learn more about India’s potential to become a major economic power in the 21st century – as well as a great networking opportunity for anyone already connected with India and its business community.

India has a lot to be optimistic about.  The digital economy is rapidly expanding, with the number of smart phone users expected to exceed 500 million by 2020., and the start up sector attracting billions in venture capital.  Can these tech driven businesses meet India’s economic and social needs ?
This year’s summit will be organised as a series of panel discussions with delegates encouraged to contribute and debate with speakers.  We will round off the day with a Summer Drinks Reception on one of the most spectacular roof terraces in London..!

For more information about the speakers, agenda and how to register click here and to find out more about Codex click here.

Fireside Chat with Rohan Silva

An IIM-A Alumni London  event

Tuesday 21st June

6pm - 9pm

Second Home, 68-80 Hanbury Street, Spitalfields, E1 5JL

Do you like to know what are the investment policies of UK government and how is it being shaped up? How are the angel investment tax breaks, entrepreneur relief and entrepreneur visa policies developed to improve UK’s investment track record? Are you interested to know the ‘Innovation & Technology’ areas of interest for UK government and Government’s open data agenda? Have you wondered what does it take to build a workspace that brings together thinkers, makers, artists and entrepreneurs? Book a place to meet and interact with Rohan Silva and get first-hand information on the above.

Rohan Silva is co-founder of Second Home, a social enterprise that supports creativity and innovation in cities around the world.

Clcik here to find out more about IIM-A Alumni London and their activities. 

Click here for more info and to register. 

India's Greatest CEOs by Suhel Seth

Thursday 16th June 2016

6:30-8:00pm

Old Theatre, Old Building, Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE

Speakers: Suhel Seth, Rt Hon. Jo Johnson and H.E. Navtej Sarna

You are invited to the launch of Suhel Seth's new book India's Greatest CEOs.

The book will be launched by The Rt Hon. Jo Johnson, Minister of State for Universities and Science, followed by a panel discussion including H.E. Navtej Sarna, Hon'ble High Commissioner of India to the UK and the author. 

The event is free and open to all, but please RSVP  to Tim Aldcroft if you wish to attend.

Suhel was recently interviewed by Saanya Gulati, for the South Asia @ LSE blog. You can read the article here.

This is a '100 Foot Journey Club’ (#100FJC) event, jointly organised by the LSE South Asia Centre and the High Commission of India, London.

Kalpana's Warriors - Shahidul Alam 

An Autograph ABP exhibition

22nd April - 18th June

Rivington Place, London EC2A 3BA

(Exhition Opening Reception and tour on Thursday 23rd April, 6:30pm. More info here.)

Kalpana Chakma was a vocal and charismatic leader who campaigned for the rights of indigenous people in the Chittagong Hill Tracts area of Bangladesh. She was abducted from her home at gunpoint 20 years ago by a military officer and two members of the Village Defence Party and has never been seen again.

Through this powerful installation, using photographs printed on large straw mats each one illuminated by a candle, the acclaimed Bangladeshi photographer, artist and activist Shahidul Alam attempts to break the silence surrounding her disappearance.

Click here for more info.

Tati: Emerging Bengali Textiles and Fashion

An Oitij-jo  Fashion Design and Textiles (FDTC) exhibition

Tuesday 7th June – June 12th June

Rich Mix, 35 - 47 Bethnal Green Road, E1 6LA

'Tati’ in Bangla means weaver. This exhibition is an interwoven conversation between British fashion and textile practitioners who fuse Bengali artisan woven fabrics, cross-cultural design, and re-interpreted contemporary craft within their work - taking Bangladesh beyond the RMG industry. From using indigenous, sustainable new materials and fibres; to drawing design from the daily street cultures of Rickshawallahs in Dhaka; to sourcing fair trade hand woven fabrics from weavers in Bangladesh. Tati aims to start a dialogue about the wider aims of future partnerships of British Designers and the handmade in Bangladesh label.

Click here for more info, and here for the press release.

“We don't want your freedom”: the imagination of virtue among Muslim Bengalis

A Department of Anthropology Research Seminar on Anthropological Theory

Friday 10th June

10:30am - 12:30pm

Seligman Library (OLD 6.05) Old Building

Speaker: Fernande Pool

This seminar is free and open to all. 

For more information contact Deborah James, and click here  to see other events in this seminr series. 

Alternatives to Austerity?

A Department of Anthropology  public conversation 

Thursday 9 June 2016

6.30-8pm

Old Theatre, Old Building

Speakers:  Dr Laura Bear, Anna Coote, Dr Andrea Muehlebach, Dr Carly Schuster 

Chair: Professor Deborah James

This discussion will look towards a post austerity future, discussing proposals for a social calculus to be applied to government policy and sovereign debt relations.

Twitter Hashtag for this event: #LSEausterity

This event is free and open to all with no ticket or pre-registration required. Entry is on a first come, first served basis.

Click here for more info.

Beyond Caste: Identity and Power in South Asia, Past and Present

A South Asia Centre public lecture

Tuesday 7th June

6:30pm - 8:00pm

Alumni Theatre, NAB

Speaker: Sumit Guha

Chair: Tirthankar Roy

Sumit Guha will be giving a public lecture based on his book ‘Beyond Caste: Identity and Power in South Asia, Past and Present’(Brill 2013), which tracks the long history of the practices amalgamated under the label of caste and shows their connection to changing patterns of social and political power down to the present. It frames caste as an involuted and complex form of ethnicity and explains why it persisted under non-Hindu rulers and in non-Hindu communities across South Asia.

The lecture is open to all however there are a limited number of places, so please email to confirm your attendance. 

The Indian Village: Romantic Images versus Historical Realities Lecture  

A South Asia Centre Public Lecture as part of the '100 Foot Journey Club' (#100FJC)

Monday 6th June 

6:30pm - 8:00pm 

Nehru Centre, 8 South Audley Street, London, W1K 1HF

Speaker: Sumit Guha 

Chair: Ed Simpson

This lecture will review the realities of Indian village life and its social and political setting  up to the late twentieth century. 
The event is free to attend and open to all.

Click here for more information

Tales of the Unexpected: gender equality and social progress in Bangladesh 

A South Asia Centre, Gender Institute and Eva Colorni Memorial Trust  discussion 

Friday 3rd June

6:30pm-8:00pm

Old Theatre, Old Building

Speakers: David Lewis, Juli Huang  and Amartya Sen

Chair: Naila Kabeer 

This panel will discuss why gender indicators for Bangladesh have shown a marked improvement despite various development indices not reflecting a similar upswing.

Click here to see event storify and here for the video/podcast.

Growth Challenges in Fragile States

An International Growth Centre  public discussion, as part of Growth Week 2016

Thursday 2nd June

6:30pm - 8:00pm

Sheikh Zayed Theatre, NAB

Speakers: Sir Paul Collier (Professor of Economics and Public Policy at University of Oxford and Director of IGC); Torsten Persson (Professor of Economics at Stockholm University and Centennial Professor at LSE)

Chair:  Timothy Besley (W. Arthur Lewis Professor of Development Economics at LSE)

The conflicts and crises in fragile states are no longer contained within national borders and now dominate global agendas for development and growth. This panel of experts will explore the major challenges that state fragility poses for creating an environment conducive to sustained and inclusive economic growth.

This event is free and open to all with no ticket or pre-registration required. Entry is on a first come, first served basis.

For more info click here.

Taming the Imperial Imagination: colonial knowledge, international relations, and the Anglo-Afghan encounter, 1808-1878

A Department of International Relations public conversation

Wednesday 1st June

6:00-7.30pm

PAR.2.03, Parish Hall, Sheffield Street

Speaker:  Dr Martin Bayly

Discussants: Dr Duncan Bell, Dr Rob Johnson, Professor Jutta WeldesChair: Dr Tarak Barkawi

Taming the Imperial Imagination (Cambridge University Press) marks a novel intervention into the debate on empire and international relations, and offers a new perspective on nineteenth-century Anglo- Afghan relations.

This event is free and open to all with no ticket or pre-registration required. Entry is on a first come, first served basis. For any queries contact Sophie Wise by email s.wise3@lse.ac.uk or call 020 7955 6821

“India is Indira, Indira is India.” M. F. Husain and the aesthetics of India’s Emergency, June 1975

The South Asia Centre 1st Anniversary lecture

Tuesday 31st May

6:30-8:00pm

Wolfson Theatre, NAB

Speaker: Sumathi Ramaswamy

Through M F Husain's painting 'India June 1975: The Triptych in the Life of a Nation', Ramaswarmy will explore the place of the visual artist in sustaining and deepening India’s much-vaunted democracy.

This event is free and open to all with no ticket or pre-registration required. Entry is on a first come, first served basis.

Please email  if you have any queries

Twitter and Political Rebranding in the Global South:The Case of Narendra Modi

Part of the The ICT4D seminar series, organised by the LSE Department of Management

Tuesday 31st May

3 - 5pm 

32 Lincolns Inn Fields, room LG.14 

Speaker: Joyojeet Pal

The ICT4D seminar series centres on how ICTs may make a contribution to development in the global South.

This event is free and open to all with no ticket or pre-registration required. Entry is on a first come, first served basis.

For more info click here.

The Wonder that is Indian Elections, Challenges & the Way Ahead

A Hundred Foot Journey Club (#100FJC) event, in partnership with the National Indian Students and Alumni Union UK and Pravasi Bharat.

Friday 13th May 2016

6:00pm - 8:00pm

High Commission of India, India House, Aldwych, London WC2B 4NA

Speakers: Dr S Y Quraishi and Dr Mukulika Banerjee

A conversation with the Former Chief Election Commissioner of India, Dr S Q Quraishi, led by Dr Mukulika Banerjee, Director of the LSE South Asia Centre and author of Why India Votes.

The Hundred Foot Journey Club (#100FJC) is a collaboration of the High Commission of India and the LSE South Asia Centre.

The National Indian Students and Alumni Union UK is the pan-UK body representing youth of Indian origin in the UK.

It is the umbrella body of India and India-related societies at universities across the UK.Pravasi Bharat was formed to increase the participation of Indian diaspora in the Indian elections.  

Rethinking the Global Monetary System

An Institute of Global Affairs public lecture

Tuesday 10 May 2016

10-11.30am

Old Theatre, Old Building

Speaker: Dr  Raghuram Rajan

Chair: Professor Erik Berglof

This was the inaugural event for the ‘100 Foot Journey Club’ (#100FJC ), a collaboration between the High Commission of India and the LSE South Asia Centre.

Click here to see event storify and here for the video/podcast.

For more details about the event click here. 

Youth bulge or bomb? Harnessing the potential of Pakistani youth

A South Asia Centre Event

Thursday 28th April

6:30pm-7:30pm

TW1.G.01 (please note Tower 1 is currently only accessible via the Clements Inn gates, next to the Royal Courts of Justice)

Speakers: Marc-André Franche (Country Director UNDP Pakistan, @MAFundp), Emrys Schoemaker (Communications & Conflict Specialist and LSE PhD candidate, @emrys_s). 

Chair: Dr Mahvish Shami (Assistant Professor, Department of International Development, LSE)

Is youth engagement the key to improving human development and peace in Pakistan? This talk will look into the challenges and opportunities of Pakistan’s youth bulge, with specific focus on the role of youth engagement as a strategy to promote human development and peace.

Fore more information please click here.

This event is free and open to all with no ticket or pre-registration required. Entry is on a first come, first served basis.

Please email  if you have any queries.

Changing Waters: Towards a New EU Asia Strategy

Launch of LSE IDEAS Special Report Changing Waters

Thursday 28 April 2016

6.30-8:00pm

Tower 2 9.04

This event explores an overhaul of the EU's 2001 Asia Strategy, more important than ever in the context of Asian economic growth and the US 'pivot'. Can the EU act as a neutral arbiter in this volatile region?

Click here for more information.

People Power: how non-violent strategies are shaking and shaping the world

A South Asia Centre and IGA public lecture

Wednesday 27th April

7:30pm-9:00pm 

Old Theatre

Speaker: Srdja Popovic

Chair: Dr John Chalcraft (Associate Professor in the History and Politics of Empire/Imperialism)

From Arab streets to Wall Street, Popovic will talk about how non-violent protests and their strategies are re-shaping political and social arenas across the world.

Click here to read an edited transcript of Srdja Popovic and Yogendra Yadav discussing political theory and the practicalities of fostering non-violent mass movements. A podcast of the conversation is also available.

This event is free and open to all with no ticket or pre-registration required. Entry is on a first come, first served basis.

Please email  if you have any queries

FD-zone London Fifth Edition - Imagining Facts: Documentary Narratives and the Indian Nuclear Project

A collaboration between the Faculty of Media, Arts and Design, University of Westminster, and the Films Division, Government of India

Monday 25th April 

6pm to 7.30pm

Room: UG05, University of Westminster

309 Regent Street, London W1B 2HW

In the current Indian scenario where diverse people’s movements challenge the Indian state’s nuclear project, we ask what is the role of “scientific facts” in providing legitimacy for particular truth claims? Through a curated screening of non-fiction films from 1960s onwards, the session will explore how documentary becomes a terrain to articulate opposing assertions about the Indian nuclear project.

The screening will be followed by a discussion with Prof. Raminder Kaur (University of Sussex), Prof. Joram ten Brink (Director, DocWest - International Centre for Documentary and Experimental Film, University of Westminster) and the curator Fathima Nizaruddin (University of Westminster). The session will be chaired by Prof. Rosie Thomas (Director, Centre for Research and Education in Art and Media, University of Westminster)

This event is free and open to all but pre-registration through Eventbrite is required to attend. 

Click here for more information

How Did Aung San Suu Kyi Win So Big?

Monday 25th April 2016

6.00 - 7.30pm

Wolfson Theatre, New Academic Building

Speaker: Peter Popham

Chair: Dr Jurgen Haacke

In this talk Peter Popham will seek to identify the secrets of Aung San Suu Kyi Win's phenomenal achievement: including the trust, identification and outright love of millions of Burmese, on account of her years under house arrest; a personality cult based on beauty and worldwide fame; and, not least, the ruthless egotism of a woman with a raging hunger for the highest office. He will then consider how these factors are likely to impact her effectiveness as Burma’s ruler.

Click here for more information.

A More Sustainable Energy Strategy for India

An Asia Research Centre event

Thursday 14th April 

6.30pm-8pm 

Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building

Speakers: Montek Singh Ahluwalia and Nicholas Stern

This event is free and open to all but pre-registration through Eventbrite is required to attend. 

Click here  for more information

LSE SU India Forum: India's Growing Global Footprint 

Tuesday 19th March 2016

9am-6pm

Old Theatre, Old Building

The LSE SU India Forum (LIF) is a day-long conference that aims to promote vibrant discussions on issues facing contemporary India through keynote speeches and panel discussions by renowned experts across various fields.

Click here for more details and to register for tickets.

Omar Hamid in discussion with Huma Yusuf  

A South Asia Centre  book discussion

Friday 18th March

6:30pm - 8:00pm

Ronald Coase Lecture Theatre, 32L.LG.04

Omar Hamid will be discussing with journalist Huma Yusuf his two books - 'The Prisoner' and 'The Spinner's Tale' 

'The Prisoner' is a thriller inspired by the events surrounding the abduction and murder of Wall Street Journal's Daniel Pearl in 2002 .'The Spinner's Tale' follows the different paths taken by two school friends into adulthood and how far apart their worlds become.

This event is free and open to all with no ticket or pre-registration required.

Please email  if you have any queries

Jang Bahadur in Europe; the First Nepalese Mission to the West – Lecture by John Whelpton

A Royal Asiatic Society  lecture

Friday 18th March

6:30pm - 8:30pm

Royal Asiatic Society, 14 Stephenson Way, London, NW1 2HD

More information here

Of Housing and Politics: Mapping political opportunities for mobilising in Bangalore, India.

A South Asia Centre research presentation and discussion.

Wednesday 16th March

4.15-5.45pm

TW2.9.04

Speaker: Dr Swetha Rao Dhananka 

What are the conditions for the emergence of a social movement on the issue of adequate housing for the urban poor in the city of Bangalore? Swetha Rao Dhananka will discuss her research into the articulation of political opportunities given by the Indian post-colonial, legal and policy framework with the action repertoires of differently resourced civil society organisations.

The presentation will be followed by a discussion session around the themes raised by the research. 

Swetha Rao Dhananka is a post-doc fellow sponsored by the Swiss National Science Foundation and hosted by UCL’s Development Planning Unit and the Indian Institute for Human Settlements in Bangalore, India. She received the faculty prize from the University of Lausanne (Switzerland) for her doctoral research on Politics and Housing for Bangalore’s urban poor.

Conference: The Academic Book in the South

A partnership between the British Library and the Academic Book of the Future project

Monday 7th – Tuesday 8th March

9:30am - 5:30pm

British Library Conference Centre, St Pancras, London

This two day conference discusses how profound changes in publishing will affect the Academic Book of the Future in the South.

Speakers at this conference will address the production, dissemination, reading and reception of the academic book with specific focus on Africa, the Middle East and South Asia. The conference will consider, among other things, how scholars’ ability to access and produce knowledge is facilitated by digital technology, and how academics can play a more active role in the creation of, and access to, books in the Arts and Humanities, both printed and digital. It will appeal particularly to scholars and practitioners with interests in authorship, publishing and librarianship and the history of the book. 

There is more information about the conference here

How can we Transform the Economic Lives of the Ultra Poor?

An International Growth Centre LSE Literary Festival film screening & discussion

Friday 26th February

1-2pm

Thai Theatre, NAB

Speakers: Professor Robin Burgess, Professor Naila Kabeer, Lewis Temple

Chair: Upaasna Kaul

Tackling extreme poverty has proven to be one of the most intractable challenges facing policymakers today. This event will explore the impact of an innovative and proven approach for poverty alleviation, developed in Bangladesh by the international NGO BRAC, targeted at individuals defined as being extreme or ‘Ultra-Poor’.

There is more information about this event here 

Reception for LSE Alumni from Pakistan in the UK

On Tuesday 16th February 2016, the South Asia Centre held a reception for LSE Alumni from Pakistan in the UK where they met the LSE President & Director, Professor Craig Calhoun, and His Excellency Mr. S. Ibne Abbas, High Commissioner of Pakistan to the UK. 

Dr Mukulika Banerjee also spoke about the South Asia Centre and it's imminent trip to Islamabad, Lahore and Karachi.

Thanks to all alumni who came, and for the support given by members of the LSE SU Pakistan Society and LSE SU Pakistan Development Society. It was great to meet you and hope to see you at South Asia Centre events in the near future

Photos of the event are on our Facebook page here

'Nepal After the Constitution' - a round table discussion

An LSE SU Nepalese Society event

Thursday 11th February 2016

6:00 - 8:30 pm

Room 9.04, Floor 9, Tower 2

Speakers include - 

• Professor Michael Hutt, Professor of Nepali and Himalayan Studies at SOAS and Director of SOAS South Asia Institute
• Dr Punam Yadav, Visiting and Teaching Fellow at LSE Centre for Women, Peace and Security
• Dr Chandra Laksamba, Former Executive Director and Senior Research Officer at Centre for Nepal Studies, UK
• Dr Mara Malagodi, British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow at LSE’s Law Department

For more info, and updates on the event, click here

  'Gender Facets in South Asia: challenges ahead'

A Public Lecture by Naila Kabeer, Co-Director of the Centre for South Asian Studies

Thursday February 4^th  2016

5.00 – 6.30 pm

(Public lecture, followed by reception from 6.30 – 7.30pm)

Conference Room, ECCI, High Schools Yard, Infirmary Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1LZ 

For more information click here

LSE India Summit 2016

Thursday 28-Saturday 30 January 2016

Cidade de Goa & The International Centre Goa

The three day event will include four panel discussions, alongside an exhibition of rare documents from the archives of the Reserve Bank of India, and two specially curated talks by Serbian political thinker Srdja Popovic and award-winning novelist Amitav Ghosh.

Details on panels and speakers here.

Register on the Difficult Dialogues website here. 

Developments in Relations Between Pakistan and India
An Asia Research Centre  Public Lecture

Friday 22nd January 2016

6.30pm to 8pm

Room TW1.G.01, Ground Floor, Tower One
 
Speaker: Mr Zahid Hussain
Chair: Professor Athar Hussain
 
Following the election of a new government in India and recent increased high-level contact between the two countries, Zahid Hussain will discuss challenges and current prospects for change in Pakistan and India’s bilateral relations.
This event is free and open to all with no ticket required. Entry is on a first come, first served basis.

For more info click here

Please direct any queries to arc@lse.ac.uk or call 020 7955 7615

Subjects of Reason: goods, markets and imaginaries of the global future

An LSE Law Matters public lecture

Thursday 21 January 20

4.30pm-8pm

Old Theatre, Old Building

Speaker:   Professor Sheila Jasanoff

Chair: Professor Andrew Lang

The lecture will look at how discourses of exchange create commensurable systems of exchange across highly disparate regions and forms of life. Three legal encounters will be considered as points of friction: the creation of the single carbon market; the regulation of GMOs by the World Trade Organisation; and the Novartis-India litigation on the cancer drug Gleevec.

This event is free and open to all with no ticket or pre-registration required.

Click here  for more information

Tackling Extreme Poverty through Programmes Targeting the World's Ultra-Poor

An International Growth Centre (IGC) and BRAC public discussion

Wednesday 9 December 2015

6.30-8pm

Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building

Speakers: Sir Fazle Abed, Professor Oriana Bandiera, Professor Robin Burgess, Dr Mushtaque Chowhudry, Professor Esther Duflo

Chair: Professor Craig Calhoun

More event details and information here.

Narratives of Inclusion. Can cities help us live together?

An event of the Urban Age Global Debates series hosted by Alfred Herrhausen Society and LSE Cities

Speakers: Suketu Mehta, Richard Sennett

Chair: Tessa Jowell

Thursday 3 December 2015

18:30-20:00

More event details and information here.

(Re)Doing Respectable Femininity: Issues of Gender and Class among ‘New Women’ of Bangladesh 

An LSE Sociology Social Inequalities Research Cluster  Session

Dr. Nazia Hussein will be presenting extracts from her ongoing research. She is a Teaching Fellow in Sociology. Her research interests are in the areas of gender, class, ethnicity and religion in South Asia and more specifically Bangladesh. 

Wednesday, 2^nd December

12:30pm

32 Lincolns Inn Fields, 32l.lg.2.02

For more any queries contact Dr Hussein here

Made in Bangladesh, Cambodia and Sri Lanka

An LSE South Asia Centre event

Dr Sanchita Banerjee Saxena will discuss her recent book, which explores the labour behind the global garment and textiles industries. Click here for more details on the book.

Friday 27 November 2015
4-5.30pm
NAB 1.15, New Academic Building, LSE

Video available here 

DSC Prize for South Asian Literature Shortlisting Announcement

An LSE South Asia Centre event

Thursday 26 November 2015
6.30-8pm
Shaw Library, LSE

More event details and information about the DSC Prize here.

Lord Meghnad Desai - 'A Revolutionary Act: The Making of the Indian Constitution'

An LSE South Asia Centre event

Ambedkar Hall, India House, High Commission of India,WC2B 4NAIt is free to attend but please email if you would like to come

This special lecture celebrates the anniversary of the adoption of the Constitution by the Government of India on 26 November 1949.  

Thursday 26 November 2015

10.00-11:30am

Ambedkar Hall, India House, High Commission of India,WC2B 4NA

Reviving Global Democracy: beyond the 'Western Model'?

An LSE Department of International Development/Civil Society and Human Security Research Unit event

Speakers: Professor Richard Youngs, Dr Mukulika Banerjee, Dr Senem Aydin-Düzgit
Chair: Professor Mary Kaldor

Wednesday 11 November 2015
6.30-8pm
Room 2.06, New Academic Building

Details here

Bihar Vidhan Sabha Election Results 2015

A South Asia Centre Global Hangout Discussion

Speakers: Giles Veniers, Jeffrey Witsoe, Manisha Priyam, Milan Vaishnav, Neelanjan Sircar, Pranav Gupta, Sarthak Bagchi

Chair: Mukulika Banerjee

To see the video of the converstion clik here

Monday 9 November 2015
2-3.30pm
9.04, Tower 2, LSE

In conversation with Amartya Sen

A South Asia Centre public conversation

Speaker: Professor Amartya Sen
Chair: Professor Lord Stern

Friday 6 November 2015
6.30-8pm
Old Theatre, Old Building, LSE

Podcast available here

Details here.

Will the 21st Century be Asian?

An LSE IDEAS event

Speakers: Professor Danny Quah, Professor Michael Cox, Dr Leslie Vinjamuri
Chair: Mr Tim Frost

Monday 2 November 2015
6.30-8pm
Old Theatre, Old Building

Podcast available here.

Anthropology and Development: Challenges for the 21st century

A Department of Social Policy and Department of Anthropology public discussion

Speaker: Professor James Fairhead, Professor Katy Gardener, Professor David Lewis and Professor David Mosse 
Chair: Professor Deborah James

Wednesday 28 October 2015
6.30-8pm
Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building, LSE

Podcast available here.

Justice, Accountability and Human Rights in India

In partnership with LSE Human Rights  and the India Study Group

Speaker: Dushyant Dave
Chair: Professor Chetan Bhatt

Wednesday 21 October 2015
6.30-8pm
Old Theatre, Old Building, LSE

Podcast available here.

Shobhana Bhartia in conversation with Mukulika Banerjee

A South Asia Centre public conversation

Speaker: Shobhana Bhartia
Chair: Mukulika Banerjee

Tuesday 13 October 2015
6.30-8pm
Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building, LSE

Podcast and video available here.

Myanmar on the Brink

LSE Saw Swee Hock Southeast Asia Centre public discussion

Speaker: Mark Canning, Dr Jurgen Haacke, Shibani Mahtani
Chair: Professor Danny Quah

Thursday 5 October 2015
6.30-8pm
Old Theatre, Old Building, LSE

Podcast available here.

The Political and the International: Reflections on the Singapore Mutiny 1915

Speaker: Dr Itty Abraham 
Chair: Professor William A. Callahan

Thursday 24 September 2015
6.30-8pm
Clement House 2.02

Details here.

A Sacred River Voyage: Thames on the Ganges with Iain Sinclair, LSE's Laura Bear & Nathalie Cohen

A Totally Thames festival event

Tuesday 15 September 2015
6.30-9pm

This voyage  will be a journey of story-telling and film in which the past and present of the Thames and the Ganges flow together.

Travelling by boat from Westminster to Greenwich it will explore the historical depths linking the two great rivers; the intermingling currents of their fates; and their sacred qualities for the people who live along them. This meeting of the rivers will be led by the LSE anthropologist and film-maker Laura Bear in conversation with psychogeographer Iain Sinclair and archaeologist Nathalie Cohen.

Details here.