Events

Jointly organized by the Institute of South Asian Studies and Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore.
CHAIRPERSON

Professsor C. Raja Mohan, Institute of South Asian Studies, National Univesity of Singapore.
ABSTRACT

After decades of neglect, the Bay of Bengal is again at the forefront of economic life and political discussion. The lecture will examine the ways in which the Bay of Bengal’s history of regional integration and subsequent disintegration continue to shape and constrain current possibilities. The lecture will focus on an earlier moment of conflict in the region between the forces of openness and insularity in the mid-twentieth century, and will show how some of the unresolved legacies of that time are still with us.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Sunil S. Amrith is Mehra Family Professor of South Asian Studies and Professor of History at Harvard University. He is an Academic Visitor at the Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore, in July and August 2018. Amrith is a 2017 MacArthur Fellow, and recipient of the 2016 Infosys Prize in Humanities. He is the author of several books and articles, including Crossing the Bay of Bengal: The Furies of Nature and the Fortunes of Migrants (Harvard University Press, 2013) and the forthcoming Unruly Waters: How Mountain Rivers and Monsoons Have Shaped South Asia’s History (Allen Lane, December 2018).
REGISTRATION

Admission is free. We would greatly appreciate if you could register your interest to attend the event at this link https://isas-ari-lecture-bay-of-bengal.eventbrite.sg.