Memorial Lectures
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The Centre commemorates Dr. Asghar Ali Engineer’s legacy by inviting eminent scholars to give a public lecture on issues that the late Dr. Engineer devoted his life’s work to.
Majoritarianism does not enhance rights or result in material benefits to the members of the majority community: Prof. Prabhat Patnaik
Report of 13th Dr. Asghar Ali Engineer Memorial Lecture: Democracy versus Majoritarianism “The survival of democracy depends upon the getting rid of majoritarianism”, explained Prof. Prabhat Patnaik, prominent Marxist Economist and author,…
13th Dr. Asghar Ali Engineer Memorial Lecture
The 13th Dr. Asghar Ali Engineer Memorial Lecture on “Democracy versus Majoritarianism” was delivered by Prof. Prabhat Patnaik on 18th November 2019 at Polytechnic Conference Hall, University Polytechnic, Jamia Millia…
Invitation | 14th Dr. Asghar Ali Engineer Memorial Lecture
Centre for Study of Society and Secularism cordially invites you to the 14th Dr. Asghar Ali Engineer Memorial Lecture on “History as Profession and as Political Capital” to be delivered…
12th Dr. Asghar Ali Engineer Memorial Lecture
Report of the 12th Dr. Asghar Ali Engineer Memorial Lecture – by Neha Dabhade “Muslims of India are in worst position today than in 1857 or 1947”, lamented A. G…
11th Dr. Asghar Ali Engineer Memorial Lecture
Secularism: its meaning and the need for it” by Prof. Irfan Habib “The RSS didn’t participate in the Indian freedom struggle and didn’t contribute in fighting for independence from the…
10th Dr. Asghar Ali Engineer Memorial Lecture
The 10th Dr. Asghar Ali Engineer Memorial Lecture was organized by CSSS in collaboration with India Arab Cultural Cent re, Jamia Millia Islamia University in Delhi on 8th December 2017. The…
9th Dr. Asghar Ali Engineer Memorial Lecture
“Incidences of untouchability not only persist, they are increasing”, argued Padma Shri Prof Sukhadeo Thorat, former chair of ICSSR, while delivering the ninth Dr. Asghar Ali Engineer Memorial Lecture on Saturday, 5th…
8th Dr. Asghar Ali Engineer Memorial Lecture
Dr. B.R Ambedkar arguably was one of the tallest Indian political thinkers in India. His contribution to building of modern India is momentous. Even today after decades of his demise, his thoughts inspire…
7th Dr. Asghar Ali Engineer Memorial Lecture
The Seventh Dr. Asghar Ali Engineer Memorial Lecture was delivered by Dr. Dietrich Reetz from ZentrumModerner Orient (ZMO), Berlin on the topic of “Muslim Global Actors in South Asia: World Making from the Margins of the Islamic…