Events in Academic Year 2003/04

Taiwan's Domestic, International and Cross-Strait Politics in President Chen Shui-bian's Second Term

12 June 2004, Graham Wallas Room, Old Building, LSE

Organised by:

Institute for National Policy Research (INPR), Taiwan
Asia Research Centre, London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE)
Taiwan Foundation for Democracy (TFD), Taiwan

Asia Research Centre seminar series 2003-2004

Summer term 2004

Presented by Asia Research Centre, The Institute of Commonwealth Studies, and the Politics of South Asia Specialist Group of the Political Studies Association:

25 May 2004, New Theatre, 5-7pm
Roundtable Discussion on the Outcome of the General Elections in India
Speakers:
James Manor, Institute of Development Studies
Andrew Wyatt, University of Bristol
Andrew Whitehead, BBC World Service
Chair: John Harriss, LSE

Lent term 2004

Rebuilding Economic Security in Asia

20 January - Stephen Green, Royal Institute of International Affairs (RIIA): China's Stock Market
27 January - Dr John Wong, University of Sydney: British Legacy in Hong Kong: putting the mass demonstrations of 1 July 2003 in historical perspective, 1895-2003
3 February - Dr Razeen Sally, International Relations, LSE: Trade Policy in Souteast Asia: WTP, AFTA, FTAs
10 February - Dr Linda Yueh, Economics, LSE: China's Economic Growth: a possible destabilising force in Asia?
17 February - Dr Andrew Walter, International Relations, LSE: Compliance with International Financial Regulatory Standards in Post-Crisis Asia
24 February (rescheduled to Wednesday 17 March) - Dr Athar Hussain, Asia Research Centre, LSE: How Unstable is China?

Michaelmas term 2003

Rethinking Asian Security

14 October - Christian Tyler: Muslim China: China's wild west?
28 October - Dr Christopher Hughes: China and the Terrorist Challenge
11 November - Professor Reinhard Drifte: Non-Traditional Security Issues in Sino-Japanese Relations
25 November - Dr Barry Buzan: Does China Matter: the interplay of the regional and the global

LSE Taiwan Cultural Research Programme 2003-2004

London-Taiwan summer workshop: Western Social Theory in Dialogue with Taiwan Studies

26 May - The Idea of Modernity. Lecture: Paul F Tremlett. Discussant: Charles Stafford
3 June - The Idea of Nation. Lecture: Paul F Tremlett. Discussant: Mark Harrison
11 June - The Idea of Democracy. Speaker: Yao Chia-Wen. Chair: Christopher R Hughes.
Panel one: Democracy and Education. Respondent: Stuart Thompson
Panel two: Democracy and Identity. Respondent: Mark Harrison
Panel three: Democracy and Conflict. Respondent: Paul F Tremlett
17 June - The Idea of Education. Lecture: Paul F Tremlett. Discussant: Stuart Thompson
24 June - The Idea of Identity. Lecture: Paul F Tremlett. Discussant: Margaret Hillenbrand
1 July - The Idea of the East. Lecture: Paul F Tremlett. Discussant: Carol Rennie
8 July - The Idea of Religion. Lecture: Paul F Tremlett. Discussant: Fang-long Shih

Other seminars

Role of Middle Powers in Asia-Pacific Security, 7 November 2003

Lent term 2003

Challenges to the Secular State in Asia

21 January - Dr Maneesha Tikekar: The Changing Discourse of Nationalism in India - the politics of Hindutva
4 February - Dr James Putzel: Political Islam in Southeast Asia: a 'clash of civilisations' or symptoms of a weak state?
18 February - Professor Stephan Feuchtwang: Peasants, Democracy and Religion in China
4 March - Dr Kirsten Schulze: Towards an Islamic State? Indonesia since the fall of Suharto

Occasional lecture

25 February - Professor Tim Dyson and Professor Robert Cassen: On the Future of India: population, human development and the environment