‘’ is the Centre’s flagship academic blog, publishing cutting-edge academic ideas to foster informed debate and discussion. Since 2021, ‘South Asia @ LSE’ has consistently ranked amongst the top 10 (out of 40+) academic blogs at LSE, with nearly half a million readers every year.
We are the only Centre in a Higher Education institution anywhere in the world to have published a series of 12 special blogposts to mark the 75th anniversary of Pakistan’s birth and independence (August 2022-July 2023), covering a variety of topics written by academics and thought leaders at LSE and across the globe. These have been widely read and greatly appreciated. All the special blogs are listed below in reverse order.
July 2023: Ali Khan, ‘’
June 2023: Timothy P. A. Cooper, ‘’
May 2023: Qazi Faez Isa, ‘’
April 2023: Tahir Kamran, ‘’
March 2023: Amber Darr, ‘’
February 2023: Abdur Rehman Cheema, ‘’
January 2023: Ameena Saiyid, ‘’
December 2022: Fatima Zahid Ali, ‘’
November 2022: Farah Zia, ‘’
October 2022: Simone Wille, ‘’
September 2022: Seán Carey, ‘’
August 2022: Kazim Saeed, ‘’
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