Radhakrishnan Lecture Series 2025: The Developmental State in Climate Crisis

Two countervailing propositions about the developmental state both have force in an era of climate change. Its weaknesses have failed to address deep inequalities that now structure social vulnerability to climate shocks; and its excesses have created a cascade of new environmental risks. Drawing on the Indian experience—and looking beyond India to the wider region—Sunil Amrith’s Radhakrishnan lectures reflect on how the problem of postcolonial freedom became inextricable from a broader crisis of habitability. It concludes by examining paths to environmental justice within and beyond the state.
Type: Seminar Series

Talks:

Thursday 8 May 2025

Radhakrishnan Lecture 1: Acceleration as a Riposte to Colonialism
Date: 8 May 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Sunil Amrith (Yale University)
Venue: All Souls College, High Street OX1 4AL
Venue Details: Old Library
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 15 May 2025

Radhakrishnan Lecture 2: Population as a Planetary Force
Date: 15 May 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Sunil Amrith (Yale University)
Venue: All Souls College, High Street OX1 4AL
Venue Details: Old Library
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 22 May 2025

Radhakrishnan Lecture 3: The Freedom to Breathe
Date: 22 May 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Sunil Amrith (Yale University)
Venue: All Souls College, High Street OX1 4AL
Venue Details: Old Library
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Editor: Helena Wynn