Events archive
South Asia Seminar
Gita Piramal (Business Historian, Mumbai; Saïd Business School)
17 May 2016 - 2:00pm
Fellows' Dining Room
Can a company be both a commercial success and a social enterprise? Kamalnayan Bajaj (1915-1972) proved it is possible. Between 1942 and 1972, the group grew from a debt-riddled position to become... Read more
Southeast Asia Seminar
Emily Gasser (Swarthmore College)
11 May 2016 - 2:00pm
Deakin Room
With roughly 720 indigenous languages from 30 families, Indonesia is home to a wealth of linguistic diversity. At the same time, pressure from major regional languages such as Javanese and regional... Read more
Chun-tu Hsueh Distingished Lecture
Dr Evan Medeiros (formerly Special Assistant to U.S. President and Senior Director for Asian affairs, National Security Council)
10 May 2016 - 5:00pm
Nissan Institute Lecture Theatre, St Antony's College
Dr Evan S. Medeiros served for 6 years in the the White House's National Security Council as President Obama's top Asia and China adviser, departing in June 2015. He previously worked at the RAND... Read more
South Asia Seminar
Richard Williams (Oriental Studies; Trinity College, Oxford)
10 May 2016 - 2:00pm
Fellows' Dining Room
When the ruler of a small eighteenth-century kingdom was being assaulted and pillaged by multiple armies - Rajputs, Marathas, Mughals, and Afghans - why would he invest his resources in ensuring that... Read more
Southeast Asia Seminar
Dr Poh Soo Kai (Former Political Prisoner; Independent Author)
4 May 2016 - 2:00pm
Deakin Room
Living in a Time of Deception is a study of Singapore history from the post-war period to 1965, which the author describes as a historical memoir. Part of Singapore’s agitation against colonial rule... Read more
South Asia Seminar
David Lunn (SOAS)
3 May 2016 - 2:00pm
Fellows' Dining Room
Pandey Bechan Sharma (1900–67), known by his pen-name “Ugra” (“fierce”, or “extreme”) has an ambiguous place in the Hindi literary canon. Popular, populist, and unapologetically controversial, he is... Read more
Southeast Asia Seminar
Pia Jolliffe (Blackfriars; Institute of Population Aging)
27 April 2016 - 2:00pm
Deakin Room
Focusing on the Karen people from Burma/Myanmar in Thailand and in the United Kingdom, this talk analyses how global, regional and local developments affect patterns of learning. Based on Marcel... Read more
South Asia Seminar
John Slight (St. John's College, Cambridge)
26 April 2016 - 2:00pm
Fellows' Dining Room
During the colonial period, the British Empire ruled over more Muslims than any other European or Muslim power. The majority of Britain's Muslim subjects lived in India. The British Empire engaged... Read more
Southeast Asia Events in Oxford
15 April 2016 - 9:00am to 17 April 2016 - 9:00pm
Room L3, Mathematical Institute; Lecture Theatre, Middle East Centre, St Antony's College
Free. No registration required. List of Documentaries Feature Length 1987: Untracing the Conspiracy (60 min/Singapore/political freedom and exile) 40 Years of Silence: An Indonesian Tragedy (96 min/... Read more
Southeast Asia Events in Oxford
José Ramos-Horta (Former President of East Timor; Nobel Peace Prize Laureate)
12 April 2016 - 5:00pm
Lecture Theatre, Middle East Centre, St Antony's College
This informal lecture, which will be followed by a question and answer session, is free for all to attend, but registration is required to guarantee admission. The lecture follows the 4 p.m. launch,... Read more
Southeast Asia Events in Oxford
12 April 2016 - 4:00pm to 5:00pm
Investcorp Lecture Gallery
Vernacular Architecture in Southeast Asia Photographs by Carl Alexander Gibson-Hill and Paul Oliver An exhibit at St Antony’s College, 13-24 April 2016 Invitation to the Public Opening Tuesday April... Read more
Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri (Former Foreign Minister of Pakistan)
11 March 2016 - 5:30pm
Nissan Institute Lecture Theatre, St Antony's College
Mr. Kasuri's talk will be followed by a question and answer session. Educated at the Universities of Punjab, Cambridge, and Oxford, Mr Kasuri was called to the Bar from Gray's Inn, London. He then... Read more
The International Political Economy of East Asia
Trading with the Enemy: the Making of US Export Control Policy toward the People's Republic of China
Dr Hugo Meijer (King’s College London; Sciences-Po Paris)
8 March 2016 - 5:00pm
Lecture Theatre, Dickson Poon Building, University of Oxford China Centre, St Hugh’s College
In light of the intertwining logics of military competition and economic interdependence at play in US-China relations, Trading with the Enemy examines how the United States has balanced its... Read more
South Asia Seminar
Katherine Butler Schofield (King's College London)
8 March 2016 - 2:00pm
Fellows' Dining Room
How do we write histories of the ephemeral: of affective and sensory experience, of devotional states and journeys, of the live performance of music and dance—of the tangible yet transient texture of... Read more
Dr S. Y. Quraishi (Former Chief Election Commissioner of India)
7 March 2016 - 5:00pm
Lecture Theatre, Middle East Centre, St Antony's College
To be followed by a drinks reception. Guest of Honour: H.E. Mr Navtej Sarna, Indian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom This event is co-organised with the Oxford India Society.