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- Joint Seminar on South Asian Politics
- Date: September 23, 2011
- Time: 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
- CGIS Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge St., Room K354
- This is open to the public.
"Why is Democracy in India So Violent?"
This seminar is co-sponsored by the Watson Institute at Brown University, the Center for International Affairs at the Massachusetts Institute for Technology, and the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University.
- Speakers
- Chandra, Kanchan
Professor of Politics, New York University.
- Joint Seminar on South Asian Politics
- Date: September 30, 2011
- Time: 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
- Brown University, Watson Institute, Joukowsky Forum, Room 155
- This is open to the public.
"Democracy and the Politics of Need"
This seminar is co-sponsored by the Watson Institute at Brown University, the Center for International Affairs at the Massachusetts Institute for Technology, and the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University.
- Speakers
- Das, Veena
Krieger-Eisenhower Professor of Anthropology, The Johns Hopkins University.
- Joint Seminar on South Asian Politics
- Date: October 14, 2011
- Time: 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Lucian Pye Conference Room, E40-496
- This is open to the public.
"Incumbents and Criminals in the Indian National Legislature"
This seminar is co-sponsored by the Watson Institute at Brown University, the Center for International Affairs at the Massachusetts Institute for Technology, and the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University.
- Speakers
- Golden, Miriam A.
Professor of Political Science, University of California at Los Angeles.
- Joint Seminar on South Asian Politics
- Date: November 4, 2011
- Time: 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Lucian Pye Conference Room, E40-496
- This is open to the public.
"War-making and State Building: Pakistan in Comparative
Perspective"
This seminar is co-sponsored by the Watson Institute at Brown University, the Center for International Affairs at the Massachusetts Institute for Technology, and the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University.
- Speakers
- Paul, T. V.
James McGill Professor of International Relations, McGill University.
- Joint Seminar on South Asian Politics
- Date: March 2, 2012
- Time: 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
- Brown University, Watson Institute, Joukowsky Forum, Room 155
- This is open to the public.
"Explaining Corruption: Electoral Competition and Varieties of
Rent-Seeking in India"
This seminar is co-sponsored by the Watson Institute at Brown University, the Center for International Affairs at the Massachusetts Institute for Technology, and the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University.
- Speakers
- Bussell, Jennifer
Assistant Professor of Public Affairs, LBJ School of Public Affairs, University of Texas at Austin.
- Joint Seminar on South Asian Politics
- Date: April 6, 2012
- Time: 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
- CGIS Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge St., Room K354
- This is open to the public.
"Markets, Politics and Social Institutions: India's Dalits in the Post-Economic Liberalization Era"
This seminar is co-sponsored by the Watson Institute at Brown University, the Center for International Affairs at the Massachusetts Institute for Technology, and the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University.
- Speakers
- Kapur, Devesh
Director, CASI; Madan Lal Sobti Associate Professor for the Study of Contemporary India, Political Science Department, University of Pennsylvania.; Former Weatherhead Initiative Associate.
- Pritchett, Lant
Professor of the Practice of International Development, Harvard Kennedy School.
- Joint Seminar on South Asian Politics
- Date: April 20, 2012
- Time: 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
- CGIS Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge St., Room K354
- This is open to the public.
"Explaining the Presence and Absence of Regional Parties
across Indian States"
This seminar is co-sponsored by the Watson Institute at Brown University, the Center for International Affairs at the Massachusetts Institute for Technology, and the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University.
- Speakers
- Ziegfeld, Adam
Postdoctoral Prize Research Fellow, Nuffield College, University of Oxford (2009-2012).
- Joint Seminar on South Asian Politics
- Date: April 27, 2012
- Time: 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Lucian Pye Conference Room, E40-496
- This is open to the public.
"The Bangladesh Crisis of 1971: Revisiting its Causes and
Course"
This seminar is co-sponsored by the Watson Institute at Brown University, the Center for International Affairs at the Massachusetts Institute for Technology, and the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University.
- Speakers
- Raghavan, Srinath
Senior Fellow, Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi.
