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Events in Academic Year 2004/05India's Policy on Genetically Modified Crops2004/5 CR Parekh Fellowship Public Lecture This event is open to all with no ticket required. Date and time: Monday 27 June 2005, 5pm Anitha Ramanna is 2004/5 CR Parekh Fellow at the Asia Research Centre since May until August 2005. She is a Lecturer in the Department of Politics and Public Administration, University of Pune, India. She completed her Ph.D. in International Studies from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India and a post-doctoral fellowship with the International Food Policy Research Institute in Washington, D.C.. She is a Fulbright Scholar and was affiliated to the University of California, Berkeley and Harvard University in 1998-99. Her interests are in the areas of International Political Economy, Intellectual Property Rights and India's Policy, and Political economy of India's policy on agricultural biotechnology. For more information on Dr Ramanna, please click on her CV here (Word). The debate on genetically modified crops in India reflects wider questions of strategies for economic development, impact of technology on society, and the relations between farmers, business and NGOs. While proponents of agricultural biotechnology argue that it has the potential to solve India's agricultural problems by meeting the needs of farmers, opponents point to the negative implications of biotechnology on environment and farmer's livelihoods. The business and NGO networks have strategically framed farmer's interests in relation to agricultural biotechnology within the broader questions raised by the debate. This study aims to analyse the policy making process in India on genetically modified crops by evaluating the role of actors in shaping policy. The paper focuses on the alliances forged between actors and their use of normative frameworks to set the policy agenda. Both the NGO and business networks attempted to relate biotechnology with farmer's rights and development strategy, but different voices emerge from farmers at the local level and from state governments. This paper focuses on the politics of biotechnology regulation in India in order to draw lessons for future policy making. Human Rights and Tsunami Relief in South IndiaSeats for this lunch-time seminar will be available based on RSVPS. Please write e-mail to Ms Chris Lee at c.s.lee2@lse.ac.uk to book a place. Date and time: Tuesday 14 June 2005, 12 noon - 1.30pm Dr Suresh is Advocate of the Madras High court, Tamil Nadu, India; General Secretary of People's Union for Civil Liberties-Tamil Nadu & Pondicherry State units; Advisor for Tamil Nadu to Supreme Court Commissioner on Food Security in relation to starvation deaths, food security and livelihood rights issues. Dr Suresh also works on change management and institutional transformation with various government departments such as Social Welfare Department, School Education Department and Health and Water Department. He has previously worked on a good governance project for the State of Nagaland in the north-east of India. Christian Civil Society & Democratisation in Jharkhand2004/5 Sir Ratan Tata Fellowship Lecture This event is available to all with no ticket required. Date and time: Thursday 9 June 2005, 5.15pm Sushil J. Aaron is currently Sir Ratan Tata Fellow at the Asia Research Centre, LSE. He did his Ph.D. from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, and has previously worked on Protestant evangelicalism and democracy in south Gujarat. His recent publication is Straddling Faultlines: India's Foreign Policy toward the Greater Middle East (at http://www.csh-delhi.com/Publications/downloads/op/OP7.pdf ) The modern history of the Jharkhand region in India can be understood as a tale of incomplete pacification of the 'tribal' communities by both the colonial and postcolonial regimes. The introduction of alien land tenure laws by the British, the increasing power of inimical political and commercial interests, the tapping of huge mineral reserves as part of India's development march have adversely affected adivasi communities owing to land alienation, displacement and declining access to common property resources. Adivasis continue to grapple with such concerns today that are highlighted through issue-based people's movements in various areas that oppose, for instance, reservoir dams, mining activity or forestry initiatives. Christianity has had a crucial role in the unfolding of this process even though its adherents account for only four percent of the population. A combination of missionary advocacy and institutional presence in the fields of education and health by the Lutherans, Catholics and Anglicans helped foster a generation of Christian politicians who played a leading role between 1930s to the 1950s in the movement for separate statehood. Christian politicians have since lost popular appeal for a host of reasons and have given way to civil society actors who are involved in mobilising or shaping adivasi struggles. This study looks at the contemporary interplay of Christians and politics in Jharkhand, by assessing the work of some of these actors; the nature and efficacy of their involvement; their equation with establishment Christianity, the relations with non-Christian sarna adivasi activists etc. Understanding Christian civil society affords a useful angle for understanding Jharkhand politics that continues to be characterised by a tenuous stalemate between adivasi disaffection and aggrandising developmentalist interests. India in a Globalising WorldDate and time:Tuesday 3 May, 6.30pm Presented by Asia Research Centre There is a great transformation underway in India. Its current economic dynamism with particular aptitude in the knowledge based industry has been acknowledged as one of the factors of global growth. India's pluralism, inclusiveness and democratic society give it added strength and confidence in meeting the challenges posed by a globalising world. The High Commissioner will give a perspective on India today. HE Kamalesh Sharma is High Commissioner of India in the UK. Prior to this post, he was Special Representative of the Secretary General of the United Nations to East Timor as Under Secretary General from 2002-04, and was a member of the Indian Foreign Service from 1965-2002. This event is free and open to all with no ticket required. (First come first served.) For media inquiries, please contact Ms Jessica Winterstein, Press and Information Office, LSE by email at j.winterstein@lse.ac.uk or phone at +44 (0) 20 7107 5025. For general inquiries, please email Ms Chris Lee, Centre Manager, ARC at c.s.lee2@lse.ac.uk. ARC Seminar Series 2004/5 India and China: comparisons and juxtapositions(All sessions of the seminar series are open to all with no ticket required.) Lent term: Gender seclusion and the status of women in agriculture: a regional perspective from India and China Date and time: Tuesday 15 February 2005 6.30pm Dr Shailaja Fennell is a Fellow of Jesus College and the Assistant Director of Development Studies, Department of Land Economy, University of Cambridge. STICERD in 1996 published a study by her and others on Population and Pensions Policy. Trade policy in the prism of economic and foreign policies: India and China compared Date and time:Tuesday 1 March 2005 6.30pm Dr Razeen Sally is Senior Lecturer in International Political Economy and the Head, International Trade Policy Unit in the Department of International at LSE. Dr. Sally's research interests cover political economy of trade policy in emerging markets/developing countries; the WTO; history of economic ideas, especially the theory of commercial policy. A Kashmir Peace Process Date and time:Tuesday 8 March 2005 6.30pm Dr. Sumantra Bose is Reader in Comparative Politics in the Government Department at LSE. Dr. Bose's specialist interests are in the challenges of conflict management and democratisation in societies gripped by protracted ethnic conflict. He has expert knowledge of at least three such contexts: Kashmir, Bosnia & Herzegovina, and Sri Lanka. He is the author of "Kashmir: Roots of Conflict, Paths to Peace" Harvard University Press. Panel discussion of China's international relations and tensions with Taiwanese and Inner Mongolian nationalism Date and time:Tuesday 15 March 2005 6.30pm Dr Rosemary Foot is a Fellow of St Anthonys College, University of Oxford and co-editor with Barry Buzan of Does China Matter? A Reassessment, 2002. WORLD SUPERPOWER: Does China really have what it takes?Organised by the LSE - Harvard Project for Asian and International Relations (HPAIR) Presented as part of the 2004/5 ARC Seminar Series on India and China: comparisons and juxtapositions. Superpower or at best, a regional power? What is China's foreign policy and what of Sino-American-EU relations? Is the Chinese economy all that promising and is its Communist governance an obstacle? Social inequality, poor environmental and human rights record - Doesn't China have enough on its hands? To be the world's superpower is a gargantuan task. Does China really have what it takes? Explore this exciting and controversial topic with our panel of experts. Date: Tuesday, 15 March (The event is free and open to all with no ticket required. Please directly contact Ms Astrid Chang, HPAIR at a.y.chang@lse.ac.uk for any queries related to this event.) Panel: Chair: Dr. Chris Hughes, Senior Lecturer in International Relations, LSE, former Director of the Asia Research Centre UNESCO and the Education for All (EFA) StoryOrganised by the Filipino Society Sponsored by the Asia Research Centre Date and time: Thursday 3 March 6.30pm This event is open to all with no ticket required but the number of seats may be limited. Please contact the Filipino Society at Su.Soc.Filipino@lse.ac.uk for any queries. The talk will be followed by refreshments and an opportunity to discuss the topic. Border Crossings: Taiwan and Academic CulturesDate and time: Saturday 26 February 2005 from 9.30 to 17.30 For queries on this event, please contact Dr Fang-Long SHIH, ARC Visiting Fellow. The 2005 ARC-Philippine Fellowship Public Lecture:Asian Perspective Philippine Experience: Piloting a Unified Model of Sustainability, CNE (Culture, Nature and Economic Capitalization), in Pateros, Metro-Manila and Its Implication to Integralism in Sustainable Development. Date and time: Monday 21 February 2005, 6.30pm Dr Gonzales is currently a visiting fellow at the Asia Research Centre. He was invited to the Centre last year under the ARC and Philippine Embassy's joint fellowship programme. He was also Visiting Scholar at the Department of Geography, University of Cambridge and Chair, Economics, National Research Council of the Philippines (2003-2004). He is currently Director, Social Research Center, Pontifical and Royal University of Sto. Tomas, Espana, Metro-Manila, Philippines, Chairman of Economy, Sociology, Ecology of Sustainable Development, 37th World Congress of International Institutes of Sociology (Stockholm, Sweden, July 2005) and Philippine Chapter President, Society of Catholic Social Scientists, USA. For more information on Dr Gonzales, please click on the resume of Dr Ernesto Gonzales. Abstract Global warming and ozone depletion are the most pressing issues confronting modern society today. In the study of the interface of this ecology with economics, these issues are referred hereto as the Critical Natural Capital (CNC). In the global affairs of Sustainable Development Planning and Programming, the debate remained among scholars as to whether CNC's is substitutable with the General Savings of Economic Development or not. The WS (weak sustainability) says it is substitutable. But, the SS (strong sustainability) group say it is not. What remained clear so far is the urgency of being able to integrate the conflicting forces of economy, ecology and socio-cultural affairs into a one whole body of thought so that global policy in sustainable development could amplify this urgent need to integrate economics with ecology and socio-cultural dimensions of truths. This study is an attempt to present a more precise estimation of the conditions of Sustainable Development at the local level. The choice is Pateros, Metro-Manila which is the poorest and smallest town in the Metro-suburbs of Manila yet is a natural depository of experiences in this interlocking problems of economics, ecology and socio-cultural concerns. This piloting of integralism in Sustainable Development consisted the formulation of a Model and Methods of Research applied at the local level. Its implications to the broader dimensions of integration in the Asian Perspective were attempted in this study, yet the level of understanding still fall short of the rigors of the colossal issues and problems in this integration of the conflicting forces in the study of a multi-disciplinary Sustainable Development. Chinese Nationalism Under the Shadow of GlobalizationDate and time: Monday 7 February 2005 6:00pm During the 1990s Mr Wang Xiaodong established himself as one of the foremost advocates of a revival of Chinese nationalism to withstand the threats to sovereignty and identity posed by globalization as China moved away from socialism and towards the market. Starting as an editor and author for the influential intellectual journal Strategy and Management, which he left in 1999, his literary career continued with his co-authorship of the popular book China's Road Under the Shadow of Globalization. (This event is open to all with no ticket required.) The full transcript of the lecture is available both in Chinese and English. Apart from any fair dealing for the purpose of research or private study, or criticism or review, it is not allowed to reproduce, store, transmit partial/ entire contents of the document without the author's permission. For viewing, please click on the titles below:
Islam and West - Perception and RealityDate and time: Tuesday 18 January 2005 6.30pm Dr Maleeha Lodhi, the High Commissioner for Pakistan, is an alumna and Honorary Fellow of the School. She has had a multi-faceted career and has been a leading public figure both in Pakistan and abroad. Previously, she was Ambassador in the US and successively served as the editor of two leading Pakistan dailies.She has been active in counselling the Pakistani community in the UK to integrate further in the British society, while maintaining their religion. (This event is open to all with no ticket required.) ARC Seminar Series 2004/5 India and China: comparisons and juxtapositionsCo-organised by Athar Hussain (Asia Research Centre), Stephan Feutchwang (Anthropology Department) & Jonathan Parry (Anthropology Department) Michaelmas Term:14 October Thursday 6.30pm, Room D502 (Clement House) Meghnad Desai was made Professor of economics at LSE in 1983, director of the Centre for the Study of Global Governance in 1992. His books, among numerous publications, include Marx's Revenge: the resurgence of capitalism and the death of statist socialism (Verso, 2002). He became a life peer in 1991. For more information, please click on the paper script (PDF) for the lecture. (Apart from any fair dealing for the purpose of research or private study, or criticism or review, it is not allowed to reproduce, store, transmit partial/ entire contents of the document without the author's permission.) 4 Nov Thursday 6.30pm, Hong Kong (Theatre Clement House) Tim Dyson is Professor of Population Studies in the Development Studies Institute (DESTIN), LSE. Robert Cassen is Visiting Professor in the Centre for the Analysis of Social Exclusion (CASE), LSE 9 Nov Tuesday 6.30pm, Room D502 (Clement House) Athar Hussain is Deputy Director of the Asia Research Centre. He has been engaged in research on the Chinese economy since 1987 and has served as consultant to various international organisations and governments on a wide range of policy issues concerning China. He is the author of numerous books and papers including 'Chinese Economic Reforms from a Comparative Perspective' and 'Social Welfare in China in the Context of Three Transitions' 23 Nov Tuesday 6.30pm, Room D502 (Clement House) Stephan Feuchtwang is a senior research associate in the Department of Anthropology at the LSE and author of a number of studies in the anthropology of history in China, including 'Remnants of revolution' in Chris Hann (ed) (2002) Post-Socialism (Routledge). Alpa Sha received her doctorate in anthropology from LSE and is now Lecturer in the Anthropology Department, Goldsmiths College. Henrike Donner, Post-doctoral Research Fellow in the Anthropology Department, LSE. Author of 'The Naxalbari Path: Reason and Emotion in the Personal Lives of Political Activists' forthcoming Occ. Papers Series, Centre for South Asian Studies Cambridge University For more information, please click on the following papers (apart from any fair dealing for the purpose of research or private study, or criticism or review, it is not allowed to reproduce, store, transmit partial/ entire contents of the document without the author's permission.):
7 Dec Tuesday 6.30pm, Room D502 (Clement House) Harry Harootunian is Professor of History in East Asian Studies at New York University and is author of History's Disquiet: Modernity, Cultural Practice, and the Question of Everyday Life (New York: Columbia University Press, 2000). ARC-FMG SeminarGoverning Stock Markets in Transition Economics: lessons from China Presented in collaboration of Asia Research Centre and Financial Markets Group, LSE. Date and time: Monday 29 November 5.45pm-7.15pm This event is open to all with no ticket required. For more information on the lecture and the speaker, please click on the outline of the presentation(PDF). (Apart from any fair dealing for the purpose of research or private study, or criticism or review, it is not allowed to reproduce, store, transmit partial/ entire contents of the document without the author's permission.) ASEAN and regional institutions in the Asia-Pacific: ambition versus performanceDate and time: Wednesday 10 November 5.30pm This event is open to all with no ticket required. For more information on the lecture and the speaker, please click on the abstract and bio. (Apart from any fair dealing for the purpose of research or private study, or criticism or review, it is not allowed to reproduce, store, transmit partial/ entire contents of the document without the author's permission.) Indonesia: The challenges of democratisationDate and time: Friday 5 November 6.30pm This public lecture is open to all with no ticket required. |
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