South Asian Seminar Series

South Asia Research Group


Providing research-focused exchanges around issues of South Asian politics and political economy.

Research Pillar(s): Comparative Politics and Area Studies, Political Behaviour, Political Economy

Members: Dr Nirvikar Jassal, Dr Pavithra Suryanarayan, Dr Aliz Toth

Comparative Politics Seminar Series:

The South Asia Research Group organize seminars as part of the Comparative Politics Series. These seminars are open to all faculty, fellows, and PhD students working on issues of African and Comparative politics, or related development or political economy issues. The group also jointly co-hosts a yearly Politics of Global South event which is an all-day conference for the discussion of ongoing research in African politics and political economy with scholars from across universities in London.

Comparative Politics Series Seminar Convener(s): Catherine Boone, Dr Carl Müller-Crepon, Dr George Ofosu, Mathias Poertner, Pavithra Suryanarayan.

If you would like to be added to the mailing list, please contact gov.comms@lse.ac.uk

Past Seminars 2025/26

Autumn Term

Thursday 16 October, 12pm to 1.30pm
Anirvan Chowdhury (KCL)
CBG.4.17

Thursday 13 November, 12pm to 1.30pm
Rikhil Bhavnani (Wisconsin University)
CBG.4.17

Thursday 4 December, 12pm to 1.30pm
Sandip Sukhtankar (University of Virginia)
CBG.4.17

Winter Term

Thursday 19 February, 12pm to 1.30pm
Aarushi Kalra (Oxford University)
CBG.4.17

Wednesday 18 March, 4.30pm to 6pm
Janaki Bakhle (UC Berkeley) in conversation with Christophe Jaffrelot and Pavi Suryanarayan
CBG.2.01 (The Yangtze Theatre)

Thursday 19 March, 12pm to 1.30pm
Renard Sexton (Emory University)
CBG.4.17

Spring Term

Thursday 7 May, 12pm to 1.30pm
Lisa Bjorkman (University of Louisville and Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology)
CBG.4.17

Past Seminars 2024/25

Autumn Term

Thursday 17 October, 12pm to 1.30pm
Mike Callen (LSE)
CBG.4.17

Thursday 14 November, 12pm to 1.30pm
Milan Vaishnav (Carnegie Endowment for International Peace)
CBG.4.17

Winter Term

Thursday 23 January, 12pm to 1.30pm
Adam Auerbach (John Hopkins)
CBG.4.17

Thursday 20 February, 12pm to 1.30pm
Gareth Nellis (UCSD)
CBG.4.17 

Thursday 20 March, 12pm to 1.30pm
Simon Chauchard (University Carlos III Madrid)
CBG.4.17

Past seminars 2023/24

Autumn Term

Thursday 26 October 2023, 12.00pm to 1.30pm
Gabi Kruks Wisner (University of Virginia)
CBG.4.17

Thursday 23 November 2023, 12.00pm to 1.30pm
Radhika Jain (UCL)
CBG.4.17

Thursday 7 December 2023, 12.00pm to 1.30pm
Mashail Malik (Harvard)
CBG.4.17

Winter Term

Wednesday 31 January 2024, 12.00pm to 1.30pm
Pradeep Chhibber (Berkeley)
SAL.1.05

Thursday 1 February 2024, 12.00pm to 1.30pm
Tariq Thachil (University of Pennsylvania)
CBG.4.17

Thursday 29 February 2024, 12.00pm to 1.30pm
Anjali Bohlken (Georgia Institute of Technology)
CBG.4.17 

Thursday 21 March 2024, 12.00pm to 1.30pm
Paul Novosad (Dartmouth)
CBG.4.17