Farzana Bardai on education and capacity building in Afghanistan

As part of its engagement plan with the Afghan scholars/researchers and academic society in diaspora, the Afghan Institute for Strategic Studies organized a gathering with the Afghan community ( alumni and students) of University of Sussex on Monday 24th of April on the occasion of Eid.

We're joined next Wednesday by Dr. Sanjeev Routray as he gives his talk on "Who is a Construction Worker? Bureaucratic Arbitrariness, Entrepreneurial Unions, and Performances of Eligibility in Delhi"

Next Wednesday, 17 May, we are joined by Dr. Sumrin Kalia from UCL for their seminar on Populism in Pakistan

Next Wednesday we'll be joined by Dr. Nishpriha Thakur from KCL, for their talk on 'Sub-standard or Sub-legal? Distribution, Dossiers, and Fake-talk in the Pharmaceutical Markets of India'

Honoured to join the "Afterlives of Urban Muslim Asia" workshop focusing on Afghanistan at the Darwin college of Cambridge University co-organised by Sussex Asia Centre led by Prof Magnus Marsden.

Next week is the first seminar of the Autumn line-up. We are joined by Dr Vivek Narayan (Ashoka University) for his talk on 'The Möbius Strip of Spirit and Matter'

This week the Asia Centre is joined by Prof. Santhosh of IIT Madras for a talk on "A Goddess and a Muslim Saint: The Emerging Discourses on Communal Harmony in Kerala, South India"

Next Wednesday, 8th Nov., Margaret Seebloom-Faulkner will be joining the Asia Centre for a talk on ‘Global Regulatory Capitalism and the Rise of Asian Biotech’

Next Wednesday the Asia Centre welcomes Dr. Caroline Bennett as she discusses 'Overwhelming Violence: the imagined Khmer Rouge in contemporary Cambodia'

The Sussex Asia Centre, Sussex Centre for Migration Research and Protracted Displacement Economies welcomes Pof. Gerard McCarthy on 22nd Nov. for a talk on post-coup Myanmar

A reminder that 22nd Nov. Prof. Gerard McCarthy is visiting the Global Studies School at Sussex to give a talk to the Sussex Asia Centre, SCMR & PDE. Attendance now also available through Zoom

We regret to announce that this week's seminar by Prof Gerard McCarthy has had to be cancelled. We will be in touch with information about the rescheduling of the event in due course.

29th Nov. is the final seminar of the Autumn Seminar. We welcome Dr. Rabia Khan for her talk on 'From the Diaspora to the Homeland: History, Memory and Identity among Hazaras in England'

Tues 6th February, Prof. Magnus Marsden gives a talk at Sussex on ‘The legacies of Afghanistan’s Urban Cosmopolitanism: Sikhs, Muslims and Markets in London.’

Tuesday 20th February, Dr. Ka-Kin Cheuk will present a talk on ‘Homeland visit and transnational connections: a study of the Sikhs in Hong Kong and their family trips in India’

Dr. Nick Long of LSE joins the Sussex Asia Centre on the 29 Feb. for his talk on 'Modern Sorcerers: The Cultural Politics of Hypnotherapy in Contemporary Indonesia'

14th March, the Asia Centre is joined by Dr. Saheira Haliel for a talk on 'Working for laowai: trade, gender, employment, and social status'

This May 14 the Asia Centre holds its Annual Lecture and PhD workshop. The workshop’s central aim is to promote the study of Asia and provide a supportive environment for doctoral researchers working on or in Asian settings/communities. Reception to follow in the evening.

The Asia Centre and Global Law and Policy (LPS) are happy to present "The Comparative Landscape and Major Trends of China's Short Video Market," a lecture by Prof. Gao Fei of Jiangsu Normal University