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SUMMARY:Michael Dillon Book Launch: A comprehensive new history of Shanghai\, revealing its vital place in Chinese history and politics across the centuries
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]Michael Dillon in-conversation with Professor Kerry Brown \nAbout the Book\nHome to 25 million people\, Shanghai is the most populous and wealthiest city in China. A meeting point between China and the wider world\, the city has become the beating heart of Chinese capitalism\, a place of initiative\, confidence\, and forward thinking. It is a city of stark contradictions\, suffused with both extreme wealth and poverty\, luxury living\, and a highly organised criminal underworld. \nMichael Dillon explores the full history of Shanghai\, from its origins as a small fishing village to the bustling financial hub of today. The city has been central to some of the most turbulent events in China’s modern history\, from the British and French colonial concessions of the nineteenth century\, to the birth of the Chinese Communist Party and its vital role in Chinese economics and politics today. Shanghai is a fascinating portrait of China’s most dynamic city—and explores its future role in the country’s development. \nAbout the Author\nMichael Dillon is professor of history and an affiliate of King’s College London’s Lau China Institute. An expert on modern Chinese history\, politics\, and society\, he is the author of numerous books\, including We Need to Talk About Xi\, a history of modern China\, and biographies of Zhou Enlai and Deng Xiaoping. \nKerry Brown is professor of Chinese studies and director of the Lau China Institute at King’s College London. He is the author of over twenty books on modern Chinese politics\, history\, and society. \nTo join online\, please register here.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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LOCATION:Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre\, 14 Stephenson Way\, London\, NW1 2HD\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Dr Avishek Ray - Epistemology of Roma Origins: India and the Question of Academic Authority
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]This talk critically examines the widely circulated claim that European Roma populations originate from India—a thesis often treated as settled within academic discourse\, yet not unequivocally endorsed by Roma communities themselves. It asks what is at stake epistemologically when such origin narratives become institutionalized: how they shape knowledge production\, authority\, and the politics of representation\, and how they may contribute to the social reproduction of dominant academic voices within academia. \nAbout the Author\nDr Avishek Ray teaches at the National Institute of Technology Silchar. His research examines mobility\, marginality\, and cultural historiography. He is author of The Vagabond in the South Asian Imagination (2022). He co-authored Digital Expressions of the Selfie (2024) and Temporal Spaces in Calcutta (2026). He edited Decolonial Travel (2025). His work appears in journals including South Asia\, Contemporary South Asia\, Inter-Asia Cultural Studies\, Mobilities\, and Race & Class. He has held fellowships at University of Edinburgh\,  University of Minnesota\, Mahidol University\, Pavia University\, IFK Vienna and Purdue University\, and received the Fulbright-Nehru Academic and Professional Excellence Fellowship (2021). \n  \nTo join online\, register here.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://royalasiaticsociety.org/event/dr-avishek-ray-epistemology-of-roma-origins-india-and-the-question-of-academic-authority/
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