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Brothers in Arms: Sri Lanka Elections 2020

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

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

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

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

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

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

Chair:  (@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 .

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South Asia: The Public Health Response to Covid-19

Webinar

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

Speakers:  was formerly Vice Chair of BRAC, Dhaka, and is an alumnus of LSE Professor;  is President Public Health Foundation of India;  (@CEOSKMCH) is CEO, Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital & Research Centre, Lahore;  (@DrMishalK) is Associate Professor in Health Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

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

This event is part of LSE's  '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  and the .

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.

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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; (@AiyarYamini) is President and Chief Executive, Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi;  is Professor, McCourt School of Public Policy and the Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University;  (@mushfiq_econ) is Professor of Economics, Yale University.

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

This event is in collaboration with ,  and  

This event is part of LSE's public event series - .

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Covid-19 in South Asia: A Comparative Perspective 

Webinar

Wednesday, 22 April

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

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

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