Post-graduate student workshop-series: The Political Economy of Transition in India

Post graduate student workshop-series arranged by Asia Research Centre, CBS in co-operation with Centre of Development Studies, Cambridge University and South Asian Studies, Oxford University

Thursday, November 1, 2012 - 13:30 to Thursday, November 29, 2012 - 16:00

This post-graduate student workshop-series take place over the course of five Thursays in November, and is arranged by Asia Research Centre, CBS in co-operation with Centre of Development Studies, Cambridge University and South Asian Studies, Oxford University.

Workshop dates: November 1, 8, 15, 22 and 29

 

Time: 13:30-16:00

Room: DSØ080

 

The five workshops on "the Political Economy of Transition in India" will be led by leading scholars of contemporary India from Oxford, Cambridge, the Indian Institute of Management, and Copenhagen Business School.

Workshop session 1: November 1

 

Dr. Mathew McCartney, Oxford University, Growth and Liberalisation in India and Pakistan

 

Workshop Session 2: November 8

 

Dr. Shailaja Fennell, Cambridge University, Institutional Reforms and the Changing Political Economy of Rural India

 

Workshop Session 3: November 15

 

Professor Anthony D’Costa, Copenhagen Business School, Theorizing Global Capitalism with India’s Development Dynamics

 

Workshop Session 4: November 22

 

Professor Sebastian Morris, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad and CBS-ICCR Visiting Professor, Regulatory and Policy Developments in the Electricity Sector in India

 

Workshop Session 5: November 29

 

Professor Barbara Harriss-White, Oxford University, Political Economy of India’s Informal Economy

 

To find out more about the workshops, including information about reading material, please see here: 

Registration and important information:

All Workshops are free but registration is required and total enrollment will be limited to 15 students. You register by writing: arc.int@cbs.dk.

Students must be enrolled in either a master’s or PhD program and are expected to be somewhat familiar with Indian society, economy, and politics and must have taken some India-related courses. First preference will be given to CBS students, after which seats will be open to students from the greater Copenhagen area, including Lund.

CBS students can register from September 20 and non-CBS students from October 10. If you cannot participate after all, please excuse yourself by contacting Asia Research Centre in order to make room for students on the waiting list. Registered students are expected to read the essential readings before the workshops. Each workshop will be preceded by a public lecture in the morning from 10:00-12:00. To maximize learning outcomes, students are also expected to attend the five public lectures (for information on the public lecture series please see here) 

Want to know more about India?

From November 1-11 The Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival, CPH:DOX, has a film series that focuses on India called "INDIA UNREAL". Find out more here.

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