Lent Term 2020

Past Events

Read about our past events in Lent Term 2020 and access podcasts and blog posts.

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She-Merchants, Buccaneers and Gentlewomen

Thursday, 12 March

Speaker: Katie Hickman (@khickmanauthor) is the authour of She-Merchants, Buccaneers and Gentlewomen: British Women in India 1600 – 1900 (2019). 

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

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


 

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India 2020: Peculiar Changes in the Fiscal Structure of the Governments of India

Friday, 28 February

Speaker: Rathin Roy (@EmergingRoy) is Director, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, New Delhi.

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

This event is in collaboration with India UK Young Professional Nework.


 

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Governance & Public Sector Modernisation in Sri Lanka

Thursday, 6 February

Panelists: Ali Cheema (LUMS, Lahore); Michael Moore (Sussex); Susil Premajayantha (H’ble Minister for International Cooperation); Sugath Ranugge (Chairman, National Salaries & Cadre Commission); and Chandima Wickramasinghe (Additional Secretary, Presidential Secretariat).

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

This event is in collaboration with UNDP, Sri Lanka and the Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Colombo.


 

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Rakhine, Assam and Citizenship in India

Tuesday, 4 February

Speakers: Daniel Aguirre (@KDanielAguirre) is Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Roehampton; Mabrur Ahmed (@restlessmabrur) is Founder and Co-Director of Restless Beings; Rahima Begum (@RestlessRahima) is Founder and Co-Director of Restless Beings; Meenakshi Ganguly (@mg2411) is South Asia Director at Human Rights Watch UK; and Tarunabh Khaitan (@tarunkhaitan) is Professor of Public Law and Legal Theory and the Hackney Fellow in Law at Wadham College, University of Oxford (via Skype).

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

Listen to the podcast here. 


 

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The Indian Republic at 70: Crisis or Continuity? 

Monday, 27 January

Speakers: Mukulika Banerjee (@MukulikaB) is Director, South Asia Centre, and Associate Professor in Anthropology, LSE; Shruti Kapila (@shrutikapila) is Lecturer in History, University of Cambridge; Basharat Peer (@BasharatPeer) is Editor (Opinion section), The New York Times. 

Chair: Rajesh Venugopal (@rajeshvenugopal) is Associate Professor in International Development, LSE.

Listen to the podcast here