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Cricket in Pakistan: Nation, Identity and Politics

24 January 2023, 6:00 pm–7:30 pm

Kids playing cricket on busy street

A discussion with author, Professor Ali Khan

This event is free.

Event Information

Open to

All

Availability

Yes

Cost

Free

Organiser

UCL Anthropology

Location

Gordon House 209
29 Gordon Square
London
WC1H 0PP
United Kingdom

Ali is Associate Professor of Anthropology and Dean of the Mushtaq Ahmad Gurmani School of Humanities and Social Sciences at LUMS. His research interests vary from labour issues to popular culture in Pakistan focusing particularly on cinema and sports. His publications include: Power, Policy and the Discourse on Child Labour (OUP, 2007); Cricket Cauldron (I.B.Tauris, 2013); and Pakistani cinema: Cinema and Society (OUP, 2016)

Discussants: Prof Bhaskar Vira (Cambridge University) and Prof Ammara Maqsood (UCL). Chair: Prof Humeira Iqtidar (KCL)