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Forthcoming ARC events and programmes
Page contents > Tibet: A Panel Discussion | Regional Developments: Thailand and Emerging Asia | Ticket Information | India: Managing Financial Globalisation | The Origins of the Permit-License-Quota Raj in India | Environment and the Aging Experience among South Indian Hunter-Gatherers | Africa and China: Charting Africa’s Chinese Future | Some Aspects of Poverty and Inequality in India | The Elephant and the Dragon: The Rise of India and China and What It Means for All of Us | Roundtable Discussion on Recent Events in Burma | ARC Public Lecture Series 2007/08
Tibet: A Panel Discussion Date/time: Wednesday 2 July 2008, 6:00-8:00pm * Professor Athar Hussain, Director of the Asia Research Centre, LSE
Regional Developments: Thailand and Emerging AsiaDate/time: Monday 2 June 2008, 6:30pm Speaker: Noppadon Pattama Noppadon Pattama is Minister of Foreign Affairs of Thailand. He took up his position in February 2008. Mr Pattama has previously served as Vice Minister at the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment and before that was a member of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives. He was educated at Thammasat University, Oxford University and the University of London. During his time studying in the UK he served as President of the Thai Students’ Association. Ticket InformationThis event is free and open to all LSE staff and students. LSE staff and students are able to collect one ticket from the LSESU reception, located on the ground floor of the East Building from 10.00am on Tuesday 27 May.
India: Managing Financial Globalisation Date/time: Monday 12 May 2008, 6-7:30pm Speaker: Dr. Charles F. Kramer, Chief of IMF's South Asia Division Abstract: What are the main macroeconomic policy challenges posed by India's increasing integration with global capital markets, and how should it deal with them? This question is the subject of increasing debate, particularly as capital flows have ramped up to record levels and amid the recent volatility in international capital markets. It is taken up in the IMF's latest annual "Article IV'" report on India (available here: http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/cat/longres.cfm?sk=21665.0 ). Pitched at a policy audience, and drawing extensively on what has worked in other emerging markets countries, the report considers options for enhancing the monetary policy framework and exchange rate policy, deepening financial markets, calibrating fiscal policy, and pursuing structural reforms so as to maintain growth and stability in the face of large capital inflows. The presentation will set the stage with a discussion of India's recent economic performance, then describe the IMF staff's policy recommendations, drawing on the analytical background work for the report (available here: with background analysis here: http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/cat/longres.cfm?sk=21671.0). This event is free and open to all with no ticket required. The Origins of the Permit-License-Quota Raj in India Date/time: Monday 12 May 2008, 6:30-8:00pm Speaker: Professor Paul Brass, Professor Emeritus of Political Science and International Studies at University of Washington. Accounts and studies of corruption in India since Independence have been primarily of three types: depictions of the actual transactions that take place among clients, politicians, and bureaucrats, notably in Stanley Kochanek’s work; description of the hierarchy in the distribution of corrupt income, of which the landmark—and exemplary—work is that of Robert Wade; and analysis of the discursive aspects of corruption, how it is perceived by ordinary people as well as other participants. Documents from the personal, governmental, and intergovernmental files of one of northern India’s leading politicians, Chaudhuri Charan Singh (also briefly prime minister of India in 1979), provide materials for another perspective on corruption and on the political system in which it is embedded. In the case to be discussed in the lecture, Professor Brass will illuminate the political interactions involved at all levels of the Indian political system in a single transaction. In this lecture, a chapter in his forthcoming biography of Charan Singh that will also comprise, in effect, a history of the politics of northern India from 1937 to 1987, Professor Brass is seeking to outline a framework for penetrating the workings of a political system that does not fall back on caricature designations such as “democracy,” but focuses instead on what he calls the actual “state of play” in a political system at a particular time. Paul Brass is emeritus professor (emeritus) of Political Science and International Studies at the University of Washington and Seattle. His most recent books are Forms of Collective Violence: Riots, Pogroms, and Genocide in Modern India (Gurgaon: Three Essays Collective: 2006) and The Production of Hindu-Muslim Violence in Contemporary India (University of Washington Press, 2003). His current research interests are derived from his work on a multi-volume biography of a prominent north Indian politician and former prime minister, Charan Singh, whose central role in northern Indian politics provide a focus for a broader study of the politics of north India from 1937 to 1987. This event is free and open to all, with no ticket required. Entry is on a first come, first served basis. For more information, please contact arc@lse.ac.uk.
Environment and the Aging Experience among South Indian Hunter-Gatherers Date/time: Wednesday 2 April 2008, 2-3pm Speaker: Dr. Seetha Kakkoth, Sir Ratan Tata Fellow (2007/08), Asia Research Centre, LSE Dr. Seetha Kakkoth is the current Sir Ratan Tata Fellow at the Asia Research Centre, LSE. She works in the Department of Anthropology, Kannur University, Kerala State, India. Her areas of research interest are Hunter-gatherers, Aging and Tribal health. There has been much discussion on aging and peoples’ concerns for old age. However, few studies have been done on the aging experience from an emic perspective. This geroanthropological paper makes an attempt to understand the aging experiences of hunter-gatherer tribes viz., the Cholanaickan and the Aranadan, living in the distinct ecosystem of Nilambur Valley of Kerala, South India. The paper suggests a cross-cultural perspective with the theoretical underpinning of ecological model of aging. By examining the aging experiences of tribal elders in their changing environments (physical, socio-cultural and spiritual), this paper portrays how different components of their environments move from supportive towards challenging or unsupportive, making their aging experiences more or less positive. This event is free and open to all with no ticket required. Africa and China: Charting Africa’s Chinese Future Date/time: Tuesday 12 February 2008, 6.30pm Speaker: Professor Chris Alden, Department of International Relations, LSE Dr Chris Alden is a Senior Lecturer in International Relations at the London School of Economics and Project Director of the China in Africa based at the South African Institute of International Affairs. He is the author of the ‘China in Africa’ (Zed 2007) and numerous works on Asian-African relations. Nowhere in the world is China’s rapid rise to power more evident than in Africa. From multi-billion dollar investments in oil and minerals to the influx of tens of thousands of merchants and labourers, as well as cheap consumer goods, China’s economic and political reach is redefining Africa’s traditional ties with the international community. Some Aspects of Poverty and Inequality in IndiaThe C.R. Parekh Fellowships Seminar 2008/09 Date/Time: Wednesday 23 January 2008, 6.30pm Speaker: Dr. Himanshu, CR Parekh Fellow 2007/08 Dr. Himanshu is Assistant Professor of Economics at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Currently he is the CR Parekh Fellow at the Asia Research Centre, LSE. His primary area of research is in the area of poverty, employment and agriculture in India. There has been a raging debate on whether consumption poverty declined in India over the late nineties. This seminar uses the latest (2004/5) thick round of NSS data to show that recent data re-affirms conclusions by Sen and Himanshu (2004) that the 1990s were indeed a lost decade for poverty reduction. In addition, the paper makes a number of suggestions to sort out confusion surrounding recent discussions of poverty trends. In particular, the paper suggests that different poverty lines should be used for the MRP and the URP for measuring consumption. Another suggestion is to revisit the extent to which poverty estimates should be rooted in calorie norms. Finally, the paper goes beyond poverty measurement to understand the determinants of poverty reduction. This assumes greater importance in this period of high growth and rising inequality. This event is free and open to all with no ticket required. The Elephant and the Dragon: The Rise of India and China and What It Means for All of UsDate/Time: Thursday 22 November 2007, 6pm Speaker: Ms Robyn Meredith, Forbes magazine, Hong Kong Robyn Meredith is a foreign correspondent and Senior Editor for Forbes magazine, Hong Kong. An award-winning journalist, she was formerly a correspondent for the New York Times. At this event, Robyn Meredith will discuss her new book, The Elephant and the Dragon: The Rise of India and China and What It Means for All of Us. The book examines the relationship between India and China, the two rising Asian powers, and how might they reshape the world. After the talk, Robyn Meredith will be signing copies of her book, which will be on sale at a special discounted price of £15 (RRP £16.99) This event is free and open to all with no ticket required. Roundtable Discussion on Recent Events in BurmaDate/Time: 16 October 2007, 4-6pm Chair: Professor John Sidel, LSE Panel:
Recent events in Burma (Myanmar), most notably the protests in the streets of Rangoon (Yangon) and the ensuing crackdown by the military regime, have revived public interest and concern with regard to the continuing economic and political crisis in the country. In response, the LSE's Asia Research Centre has organised a roundtable discussion of these events, with a set of recognised specialists on the country presenting their views on what has happened, what has not happened, and why. The participants in this discussion include specialists on Burma (Myanmar) with expertise on the country's international relations, domestic politics, and religious institutions. This event is free and open to all with no ticket required. ARC Public Lecture Series 2007/08The lecture series is interdisciplinary, open to the public and held outside teaching hours, 6.30-8 p.m. The series in the Michaelmas Term of the academic year 2007-08 focuses on particular topics concerning China and India under the general title of internal dynamics and international context. Discussion of Contested Lands Date/Time: Tuesday 16 October 2007, 6.30-8.00pm The book examines the recent or current peace processes in Kashmir, Sri Lanka, Israel-Palestine, Bosnia and Cyprus for an answer to the question: how can peace be made, and kept, between warring groups with seemingly incompatible claims? How Indian Governments Seek to Make an Impact amid Changing Power Dynamics Date/Time: Tuesday 6 November 2007, 6.30-8.00pm James Manor is best known for his work in the areas of political science and state-society relations in developing countries particularly India /South Asia. His recent work has focused on civil society and governance and the politics of poverty reduction. Panel Discussion on the 17th Congress of the Chinese Communist Party Date/Time: Tuesday 20 November 2007, 6.30-8.00pm Speaker: Professor Stephan Feuchtwang, LSE Panel:
The panel discussion will review the decisions announced at the 17th Party Congress due to be held in October/November in 2007 in the context of the developments since the last congress in 2002 and the prospect over the next 5 years until the 18th Congress in 2012. Poverty Alleviation in China: Achievements and Remaining Problems Date/Time: Tuesday 4 December 2007, 6.30-8.00pm China’s emergence as an economic giant is well recognised. Less well known and discussed is China’s impressive record in poverty alleviation. In 1980, at the beginning of the reform era, a third of the rural population lived in extreme poverty; by 1990 this had fallen to less than 10%. This presentation will review China’s record in poverty alleviation and outline the problems that still remain. Should you have queries on the programme please contact Professor Athar Hussain (email:a.hussain@lse.ac.uk), Co-director of the Asia Research Centre. |
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