Dr. Kaushik Roy is Reader in History at Jadavpur University, Kolkata and Research Fellow at the Peace Research Institute in Oslo (PRIO). Dr. Roy has published extensively on warfare and military history in a social context both within South Asia an beyond. His latest book 'Hinduism and the Ethics of Warfare in South East Asia' will be published by Cambridge University Press in December 2012. Other publications include 'War, Culture and Society in Early Modern South Asia, 1740-1849 (Routledge, 2011) and the edited volume 'War and Society in Colonial India (Oxford University Press, 2010).

Visiting Professor Kaushik Roy will present the first ICCR lecture on India titled 'Democracy and its Perils in South Asia'.

The lecture takes place Tuesday, 6 November 2012 at 2 pm in building 1455, room 127.

All are welcome.