The Advanced Study Institute of Asia at SGT University, is hosting the inaugural lecture of its ASIA Distinguished Lecture Series by 𝐃𝐫. Rajat M. Nag
The Quiet Unmaking: How Institutions Decay from Within
Drawing on varied historical experiences of societies across diverse geographies and time- from the Roman Republic through the Mauryan Empire to the Ming Dynasty, and on to twentieth century Weimar Germany, and Argentina, the lecture will focus on the slow, cumulative processes through which institutions gradually erode. The result is often a “Quiet Unmaking” rather than a dramatic, sudden collapse. The aim is to understand some recurring patterns of institutional weakening over time—and what they reveal about the fragility and resilience of organized societies.
𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞: 𝐓𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝟑𝟎 𝐀𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐥 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔
𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞: 𝟐:𝟎𝟎 – 𝟒:𝟎𝟎 𝐏𝐌 (𝐅𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡 𝐓𝐞𝐚)
𝐕𝐞𝐧𝐮𝐞 : 𝐃𝐫. 𝐀𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐝𝐤𝐚𝐫 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞 (𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐂), 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐃𝐞𝐥𝐡𝐢
𝐀𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫:
Dr. Nag is concurrently a Distinguished Fellow at ASIA, New Delhi and the Emerging Markets Forum, Washington, D.C, He is also a Distinguished Professor at the Beijing Normal University, Beijing. He previously served as the Managing Director General of the Asian Development Bank, where he played a key role in shaping development policy across Asia. His recent co-authored book, “From Here to Denmark: the importance of institutions for good governance (Oxford University Press, 2023)”, examined the challenges of institutional development and governance.
𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞: https://lnkd.in/gdWSmEuZ
