Edward Luce: Demystifying India inaugural talk
Tuesday evening, 7:30 p.m.-9:00 p.m.
September 15, 2009
Chafee Auditorium URI Kingston Campus
India and the World Edward Luce, Washington Bureau Chief, Financial Times, author In Spite of the Gods, The Strange Rise of Modern India.
Edward Luce is the Washington, DC Bureau Chief of The Financial Times (FT). Earlier, he was the FT Bureau Chief for South Asia, based in New Delhi, India.
Between 1993 and 1994 he was the Geneva-based correspondent for The Guardian newspaper of the UK. He then moved to Manila to be the Philippines correspondent of the Financial Times between 1995 and 1997. Between 1997 and 1999, he was the Financial Times’ capital markets editor, based in London.
Between December 1999 and January 2001, Edward was the speechwriter to Larry Summers, Treasury Secretary in the Clinton administration.
Edward graduated in politics, philosophy and economics from Oxford University in 1990 and completed a post-graduate diploma in newspaper journalism from City University in London in 1993.
Mr. Luce will kick off the Fall 2009 University of Rhode Island Honors Colloquium with insights from his long and intimate knowledge of India. His book "In Spite of the Gods: The Strange Rise of Modern India" is an insightful look into contemporary India.
Links:
In Spite of the Gods: The Strange Rise of Modern India: Edward Luce: Books
Colloquium Coordinators:
Professor Ruby Roy Dholakia
College of Business Administration
Professor Nikhilesh Dholakia,
College of Business Administration
Professor Arun Shukla
College of Engineering
Related Sites:
Demystifying India on Facebook
IndiaAtURI on YouTube
IndiaAtURI on Twitter
IndianAtURI on Sakai
Contacts:
Questions, contact the Honors Center at 401.874.2381, or Deb Gardiner. or www.uri.edu/hpr.
