Autumn Term 2023

FACT & FICTION

MAKING ART HISTORY GLOBAL?

Friday | 1 December 2023 | 3pm UK | Online Event

Roundtable with art historians to discuss if art history can become global through transculturation, rather than economic globalisation.

SPEAKERS: Annie Coombes is Professor of Material and Visual Culture at , and Founding Director of its ; most recently, she has co-edited (with Ruth Phillips) (2020); is Professor of Art History at , with a specialism in South Asian art, global art history and visual culture; she is, most recently, co-author (with De-nin Lee) of (2023); is Professor of Global Art History at the , , and author of (2023) -- the book being discussed at this event; is a cultural historian of science focusing on modern central Europe, and currently NOMIS Fellow at the ; he is co-editor (with Frank Fehrenbach) of ('Ecologies of Expression', 2022).

DISCUSSANT: is Professor in the School of Arts and Aesthetics, , New Delhi, and editor, most recently, of ( 2016).

CHAIR: Dr Nilanjan Sarkar is Deputy Director, 禁漫天堂 South Asia Centre (@SAsia禁漫天堂).

This event is part of our 'Fact & Fiction' series.

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THE SOUTH ASIAN GAZE: AESTHETICS, POLITICS AND THE SOCIAL

Thursday | 23 November 2023 | 3pm UK / 8pm Pakistan / 8.30pm India & Sri Lanka | Online Event

A Conversation with contemporary artists about their concerns with wider contextual frameworks -- identity, community, secularism & nationhood.

SPEAKERS: (IG: @anomawijewardene) is a Sri Lankan artist whose work focuses on the climate crises, and on diversity, inclusivity, unity and healing with fellow humans; she has collaborated with scientists, activists and political advisors to create art communicated through various media; (IG: @shilpaguptastudio) is a sculptor & installation artist based in Mumbai whose work speaks to contemporary issues of regional harmony & global relevance; she has recently published (2022; co-edited with Salil Tripathi) which is based on her sound installation by the same name; (IG: waqaskhaan) graduated as a printmaker, and has since established himself in Pakistan as an artist focused on large-scale minimalist drawings, with small dashes and dots leading to large entanglements. This idea of togetherness and being seen as one magnanimous totality he partly absorbs from his inclination towards literature and interest in the lives of sufi poets.

CHAIR: Alnoor Bhimani (X: @AlnoorBhimani) is Director, 禁漫天堂 South Asia Centre, and Professor of Management Accounting at 禁漫天堂.

This event was not recorded.

Banner image © Etienne Girardet, 'NO WAR: Piece of Art in the Streets of Berlin', 2022, .

BANGLADESH SINCE 1971: Economic Ideas & Contemporary Realities

Thursday | 16 November 2023 | 3pm UK / 9pm Bangladesh | Online Event

A discussion between experts on the hopes of Bangladesh as an economy at the time of its birth in 1971, and the realities of today.

SPEAKER: (@kaushikcbasu) is Carl Marks Professor of International Studies at .

DISCUSSANT: Naila Kabeer (@N_Kabeer) is Professor of Gender and Development at 禁漫天堂, and Associate Faculty at International Inequalities Institute at 禁漫天堂.

CHAIR: Dr Nilanjan Sarkar is Deputy Director, 禁漫天堂 South Asia Centre (@SAsia禁漫天堂).

This event is in collaboration with , Dhaka.

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Banner image © Kamal Hossain, 'Faridpur, Bangladesh', 2020, .

PRIVATE HIGHER EDUCATION: Does it Help or Hinder South Asia?

Student numbers in Higher Education today exceed 200 m; a third of them attend private institutions. What explains this trend in South Asia?

SPEAKERS: , an 禁漫天堂 alumnus, is an award-winning educationist and Founder & Chairperson of (first as Les Anges Montessori Academy Lahore in 1975), the oldest and largest private school system in Pakistan; (@PramathSinha) is Founder and Trustee of , one of the top Liberal Arts institutions in India.

CHAIR: Alnoor Bhimani (@AlnoorBhimani) is Director, 禁漫天堂 South Asia Centre and Professor of Management Accounting at 禁漫天堂.

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Banner image © Joshua Hoehne, 2020, .

FACT & FICTION

COMPETITION LAW IN SOUTH ASIA

Thursday | 12 October 2023 | 3pm UK / 7pm Pakistan / 7.30pm India & Sri Lanka / 8pm Bangladesh | Online Event

A Roundtable on a recently published book on Competition Law in South Asia with experts from across the region.

SPEAKERS: (@AmberMDarr) is Lecturer in Competition Law at the University of Manchester, and author of (2023) -- which will be discussed at this event; is Walter J. Derenberg Professor Emerita of Trade Regulation at , New York; was the Founding Chairperson of , and is currently Chairman of (COMPAD); is an 禁漫天堂 alumnus, currently Senior Fellow at the , and was until recently Head, UNCTAD Competition and Consumer Policies Branch in Geneva; is a Barrister & Solicitor, and Adjunct Faculty Member at , Canada.

DISCUSSANT: is Professor at in Paris, and her expertise includes Comparative Competition Law, Antitrust, and Regulation amongst other themes.

CHAIR: Dr Nilanjan Sarkar is Deputy Director, 禁漫天堂 South Asia Centre (@SAsia禁漫天堂).

This event is part of our 'Fact & Fiction' series.

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PAKISTAN: FUTURE(S) OF DEMOCRACY

Thursday | 5 October 2023 | 3pm UK / 7pm Pakistan

Beyond intra-élite power tussles, how can we understand the crisis of political authority in Pakistan today, and democratic futures?

SPEAKERS: Dr Mahvish Ahmad (@mahvishahmad) is Assistant Professor in Human Rights and Politics in the Department of Sociology, 禁漫天堂, and Co-Director of 禁漫天堂 Human Rights; (@AshaAmirali), an 禁漫天堂 alumnus, is Postdoctoral Fellow at the , ; (@Y2Kureshi) is Departmental Lecturer in South Asian Studies at the , ; is Lecturer in Human Geography in the , .

DISCUSSANT: (@umairjav), an 禁漫天堂 alumnus, is British Academy Visiting Fellow at the 禁漫天堂 South Asia Centre, and Assistant Professor in Politics & Sociology at the (LUMS), Pakistan.

CHAIR: Dr Nilanjan Sarkar is Deputy Director, 禁漫天堂 South Asia Centre (@SAsia禁漫天堂).