Summer Term 2020

Brothers in Arms: Sri Lanka Elections 2020

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

Speakers: Swasthika Arulingam is a lawyer, and member of the Liberation Movement, a Left feminist political movement of women in Colombo; Gehan Gunatilleke (@GehanDG) is a Researcher at the Bonavero Institute of Human Rights, University of Oxford; Jayadeva Uyangoda (@JayadevaUyangod) is Emeritus Professor in Political Science, University of Colombo; Javid Yusuf is a columnist at the Sunday Times, Colombo; Rajesh Venugopal (@rajeshvenugopal) is Associate Professor in International Development, LSE; 

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

Watch a recording of the event here.

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

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

Speakers: Craig Calhoun (@craigjcalhoun) is University Professor of Social Sciences, Arizona State University, and member of Senior Advisory Board, LSE South Asia Centre. Pratap Bhanu Mehta (@pbmehta) is Professor of Political Science, Ashoka University, and Contributing Editor at The Indian Express.

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

This event is free and open to all and will be livestreamed on the LSE South Asia Centre's Facebook Page.

Watch a recording of the event here.

South Asia: The Public Health Response to Covid-19

Webinar

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

Speakers: Dr Ahmed Mushtaque Raza Chowdhury was formerly Vice Chair of BRAC, Dhaka, and is an alumnus of LSE Professor; K Srinath Reddy is President Public Health Foundation of India; Dr Faisal Sultan (@CEOSKMCH) is CEO, Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital & Research Centre, Lahore; Dr Mishal S Khan (@DrMishalK) is Associate Professor in Health Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

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

This event is part of LSE's Maryam Forum '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 LSE Institute of Global Affairs and the LSE School of Public Policy.

This event is free and open to all and will be livestreamed on the LSE 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.

Watch a recording of the event here.

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

Webinar 

Date/Time: Monday, 22 June, 4:00pm

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

Chair: Adnan Khan is Professor in Practice, School of Public Policy, LSE.

This event is in collaboration with LSE School of Public Policy, Institute of Global Affairs and International Growth Centre. 

This event is part of LSE's public event series - COVID-19: The Policy Response.

Watch a recording of the event here.

Covid-19 in South Asia: A Comparative Perspective 

Webinar

Wednesday, 22 April

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

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

Watch a recording of each speaker here.