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This ‘Tough Talk’ asks: should we apologise/ask for apologies for the past, or should we let the past be, and work towards a better future?
About this event
SPEAKERS
Tom Bentley [2] (@TomJBentley) is Lecturer in the Department of Politics & International Relations, University of Aberdeen, and is the author of Empires of Remorse: Narratives, Postcolonialism and Apologies for Colonial Atrocity [3] (2016).
Claus Leggewie [4] is Ludwig Börne Professor at Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen, and has worked on cultures of remembrance, conflicts & historical memory.
Ali Riaz [5] is Distinguished Professor in Politics & Government at Illinois State University, and has spoken publicly about an apology from Pakistan to Bangladesh for 1971 [6] (Bangladesh’s War of Liberation).
Rafiuzzaman Siddiqui is a former Pakistani diplomat who has twice served as Pakistan’s High Commissioner in Bangladesh, and has spoken about better relations between Pakistan & Bangladesh [7].
Shalini Sharma [8] is Senior Lecturer in South Asian History at Keele University, and has been closely involved with the demand from the British government to apologise for 1919 (Jallianwala Bagh) in India.
CHAIR
Nilanjan Sarkar [11] (@SAsiaLSE) is Deputy Director, LSE South Asia Centre [12].
Banner image: ‘Fists in the Air’, PikPng [13].