The History of British Diplomacy in Pakistan (April 7, 2021)

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Speaker

• Ian Talbot, Director of the Centre for Imperial and Postcolonial Studies and Professor in History of Modern South Asia, University of Southampton. His key interests are in the fields of the history of the colonial Punjab; the 1947 Partition of India and the history of Pakistan. He is the author of 10 monographs and three jointly written volumes in these areas, along with numerous book chapters and articles. His most recent publications include Punjab and the Raj (Manohar, 2020); A History of Modern South Asia (Yale University Press 2016); and Colonial Lahore: A History of the City and Beyond (co-written with Tahir Kamran, Hurst 2016).

 

 

With Discussants

• Mohammad Waseem, Professor of Political Science at Department of Social Sciences, Lahore University of Management Sciences
• William Milam, Former Ambassador to Pakistan and Bangladesh, United States Department of State
  

Chaired by

• Adil Najam, Dean, Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies and Professor of International Relations and Earth & Environment, Boston University

This panel will discuss the development of British diplomatic efforts in Pakistan from 1947 through the “War on Terror,” as chronicled in the new book by Ian Talbot, Director of the Centre for Imperial and Postcolonial Studies at the University of Southampton and Research Affiliate at the Mittal Institute.

Virtual attendees for the panel will also be provided the opportunity to purchase the book at a discount!