Chronic Illness in a Pakistani Labour Diaspora documents the epidemic of chronic illness that afflicts Pakistanis in Britain. Drawing on fieldwork carried out over a decade, it shows how the structures of race and class into which postwar immigrants were incorporated upon their arrival in Britain left a legacy of untimely and unjust chronic illness that has persisted and become even more entrenched over time and generations. It examines how Pakistani people have made sense of this epidemic and how it has affected families, households and livelihoods. It looks at the moral imagination chronic ill health inspires about responsibilities towards others, safety nets and care. Finally, in this context where carers so often also suffer ill health, the book examines the ethics of patience and waiting for divine intervention. Dr Kaveri Qureshi is a lecturer in Global Health Equity at the School of Social and Political Science, University of Edinburgh.

Lunch Table in Hall from 12:30, followed by a talk in the Florey Room at 13:15 delivered by Dr Ruiliang (Ray) Liu (University of Oxford) entitled New Chronology of Buddhist Monuments along the Silk Road: Applying Radiocarbon Dating and Bayesian Modelling to Western Chinese Cave Temples. Coffee and cakes will be served.

Lunch Table in Hall from 12:30, followed by a talk in the Florey Room at 13:15 delivered by Prof Kutalamis Görkay (Ankara University) entitled Zeugma on the Euphrates: Recent Works. Coffee and cakes will be served.

The book uses case studies of poverty and inequality, of education, health, work, and gender issues to outline the human story behind the economic figures and performance indicators. The factors that have made India unique, such as its internal geography and languages, the significance of the service sector, and the "democratic paradox of public service delivery" are explored in detail. India's demographic dividend of a young population is one factor indicating a bright economic future, although its traditions and political structures remain the focus of intense debate.

Ms Emese Végh is a DPhil candidate in Archaeological Science at the Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art, University of Oxford. Join us for her talk, titled ‘The Burning Question in Forensic Science: Can we mask signs of decomposition by burning the body?’

This volume makes a major intervention in the debates around the nature of the political economy of Pakistan, focusing on its contemporary social dynamics. This is the first comprehensive academic analysis of Pakistan's political economy after thirty-five years, and addresses issues of state, class and society, examining gender, the middle classes, the media, the bazaar economy, urban spaces and the new elite. The book goes beyond the contemporary obsession with terrorism and extremism, political Islam, and simple 'civilian–military relations', and looks at modern-day Pakistan through the lens of varied academic disciplines. It not only brings together new work by some emerging scholars but also formulates a new political economy for the country, reflecting the contemporary reality and diversification in the social sciences in Pakistan. The chapters dynamically and dialectically capture emergent processes and trends in framing Pakistan's political economy and invite scholars to engage with and move beyond these concerns.

Lunch table in Hall with drinks provided by the AWRC followed by talk in the Florey Room at 13:15 delivered by Dr Marco Ferrante, Berggruen Fellow in Comparative Philosophy, on "Is Language Necessary to Consciousness? A Classical Indian Perspective". All welcome.

Please join the Wolfson Feminist Society for our first event in the theme of women and war. This Friday, at 8pm, we will be screening First they Killed my Father, a film adaptation of the award winning book by Loung Ung. Set in 70s Cambodia, this biographical film tells the story of a five year old girl trained to be a child soldier.

Lunch table in Hall with drinks provided by the AWRC followed by talk in the Florey Room at 1:15 delivered by Prof Jacob Dahl on "Where have all the Ur III seals gone?". All welcome. Coffee and cakes will be served.

The newly inaugurated Wolfson feminist society is launching with a flash presentation event. This event is a platform for Wolfson students to give brief presentations on their work relating to the broad theme of gender, followed by questions and discussion. All members of the Wolfson community will be welcome to attend and participate in the conversation. A social mixer with refreshments will follow the event.