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FABIAN DIALOGUES 1

Beatrice & Sidney Webb: The Race for LSE

Date/Time: Tuesday, 17 November/4-5.30 pm

Speakers: Michael Cox is Professor & Co-Founder of LSE IDEAS where he is currently Senior Fellow, and author of a new history of LSE, 'The School: LSE and the Making of the Modern World' (forthcoming);  is Archivist, London School of Economics and Political Science;  is Professor of Politics and Contemporary History, University of Manchester, and has published extensively on the Webbs;  (@ChrisRenwick) is Senior Lecturer in Modern History, University of York, and author of and .

Moderator:  (@andrew_harrop) is General Secretary, Fabian Society.

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

This event is part of LSE 125 Years anniversary celebrations, and in collaboration with . 

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FACT & FICTION

SUHELDEV: The King Who Saved India

Date/Time: Wednesday, 11 November/4-5:30pm UK Time.

Author  (@authoramish),  Director, Nehru Centre, London, and author of  will be in conversation with  Deputy Director, LSE South Asia Centre, whose research interest is in the history of medieval India. 

This event is part of the , held in collaboration with the .

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FACT & FICTION: 'Outrage: 'Religious Offence' in South Asia Today'

Date/Time: Tuesday, 27 October/3-5:00pm UK Time.

Speakers:  (@utsavbains) is a Human Rights lawyer based in New Delhi;  (@AmberMDarr) is a Barrister and Advocate of the Supreme Court of Pakistan, and Lecturer in Law, Coventry University;  lectures in Buddhist studies at Bath Spa University, and specialises in Buddhist philosophy and engaged Buddhism;  (@kfroystad) is Professor in Modern Asian Studies, University of Oslo; (@IselinFryd) is Professor at the MF Norwegian School of Theology, Religion and Society, Oslo;  is a lawyer in the Supreme Court of Bangladesh, and an activist;  is Assistant Professor in South Asian Studies, University of St. Gallen.

Chair:  is Deputy Director, LSE South Asia Centre.

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COLONIAL LAWS AND SOCIAL CHANGE

Date/Time: Wednesday, 21 October/3-5:00pm UK Time

Speakers:  (@ataparnachandra) is Associate Professor of Law, National Law School of India University, Bengaluru;  (@DrOsamaSiddique) is Associate Fellow at the Institute of Development and Economic Alternatives, Lahore, and author of ;   (@aritha) is a lawyer, and Director of the Equality, Law & Justice Programme, iProbono, Colombo.

Moderator: is South Asia Regional Director, iProbono, London.

Chair: Alnoor Bhimani (@AlnoorBhimani) is Director, LSE South Asia Centre.

This event was held in collaboration with .

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GEOPOLITICS beyond BORDERS: The Dragon's Ring -- China in South Asia

Date/Time: Tuesday, 13 October / 3 pm

Speakers: (@FilippoBoni1) is Lecturer in Politics & International Studies, Open University, UK; is Deputy Director-General and Senior Fellow, The Institute for International Relations, Tsinghua University, Beijing;  is Senior Fellow for South Asia, International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), London; is Director, Strategy & Policy Analysis Program, Center for Naval Analysis (CNA), Virginia, USA.

Moderator: Chris Alden is Professor, LSE International Relations, and Co-Director, LSE IDEAS.

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

This event was held in collaboration with LSE IDEAS and , London.

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FACT & FICTION: Everyday Justice in Myanmar

Date/Time: Friday, 9 October / 4 pm

Speakers: (@KDanielAguirre) is Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Roehampton; is Professor of Asian and Military History, SOAS;  (@HeleneKyed) is Senior Researcher, Danish Institute for International Studies, Copenhagen; Mi Thang Sorn Poine is Senior Research Officer at EMReF, and a member of the EverJust Research Group in Yangon.

Moderator: Hans Steinmüller (@steinmuller) is Associate Professor, LSE Anthropology, and an Associate at LSE Saw Swee Hock Southeast Asia Centre.

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

This event is in collaboration with LSE Saw Swee Hock Southeast Asia Centre.

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TOUGH TALK: Are South Asians Racist? 

Date/Time: Wednesday, 30 September/3:00pm

Speakers: (Jasmine Morris) (@turbandexplorer) is a writer and young activist who advocates for multicultural inclusion within the Sikh community;  is one of the organisers of the 'Don’t Call Me K Word' campaign, and a feminist advocate in Rangoon, Myanmar;  is a Student Counselor at the University of Colombo, and has worked closely with Sri Lankan Africans for several years, including being a translator for the community at academic events;  (@maliniranga) is Associate Professor, School of International Service, and is Interim Faculty Director of the Antiracist Research and Policy Center, American University, Washington D.C.;  (@NgurangReena) is a first-generation researcher, writer and activist from Arunachal Pradesh in North-East India, and is currently a PhD scholar at the Centre for European Studies, JNU, New Delhi; (@iconcoclastary) is a Pashtun from Pakistan, until recently Post-doctoral Research Fellow at Ryerson University, Toronto. His profile on LinkedIn says that Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan guided him to have a sense of identity, and Walter Benjamin mentors him from his grave; (@beheroze) is Lecturer in Asian American Studies, University of California, Irvine, and her research focuses on the Sidi community in India.

Chair:  is Deputy Director, LSE South Asia Centre.

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