Category : In Region
Nov 5, 2024 | Announcements, Bangladesh, Climate, Faculty, News, Pakistan
In 1970, East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) was hit by a cyclone that killed 300,000 to 500,000 people. Prof. Mushfiq Mobarak, Yale University, and Prof. Sultan Mehmood, New Economic School of Moscow, provide empirical evidence that the cyclone’s devastation and the Pakistani government’s “callous response” to it were instrumental in galvanizing support for an independence movement. The two authors share their work in this Q+A ahead of a November 15 Joint Seminar on South Asian Politics.
Oct 26, 2024 | Climate, Faculty, In Region, India, News
In an essay for the 1800 Histories project based at the Harvard Center for History and Economics, which explores the local conditions at key sites that play a disproportionate role in methane emissions, WIEGO founder and Mittal Institute Steering Committee member Martha Chen writes about the impact waste pickers have on methane emissions in Delhi, India.
Oct 21, 2024 | Faculty, In Region, India, News
Growing up in Kolkata, Vishal Khandelwal – now an Assistant Professor of History of Art and Architecture in Harvard’s Department of History of Art + Architecture – was first introduced to the art history field right before he left India to attend DePauw University in...
Oct 12, 2024 | Announcements, Faculty, India, News
The project “The History of Punishment in India,” led by Adaner Usmani, Assistant Professor of Sociology at Harvard University, explores the paradox of low violence rates in India despite limited policing and high poverty.
Oct 7, 2024 | Announcements, Arts Program, Community, Nepal, News
This fall, the Mittal Institute welcomes a new Visiting Artist Fellow from Nepal: Saurav Ghimire, a fiction and docu-fiction filmmaker who explores how to subtly disguise personal elements to achieve a universal story. Learn about his artistic motivations and save the date for the October 22 Art Exhibition and Film Screening.
Oct 1, 2024 | Nepal, News
On Friday, September 27, 2024, Rt. Hon. KP Sharma Oli, Prime Minister of Nepal, spoke to more than 400 students, affiliates, and faculty at Harvard Kennedy School’s JFK Jr. Forum. The Mittal Institute co-sponsored the event together with the Institute of Politics at Harvard Kennedy School, the Harvard Center for International Development, and the Asia Center at Harvard University.
Oct 1, 2024 | Community, News, Sri Lanka, Students
Nigel Gray, a summer 2024 LMSAI grant recipient. Nigel Gray, a doctoral student in the Harvard Graduate School of Education, spent this past summer working in Sri Lanka on a research project, “Finding Purpose: Gender & Sociocultural Influences on Sri Lankan...
Oct 1, 2024 | Community, India, News
The ruins of Hampi Vijayanagara. Dr. George Michell, a world authority on South Asian architecture, has made the study of Deccani architecture and archaeology his life’s work. He will join us for a discussion on “Unveiling Hampi Vijayanagara: An Illustrated Lecture on...
Sep 24, 2024 | Community, Fellows, India, News
Arpit Shah, an interdisciplinary researcher who works at the intersection of urban studies and the environment, joined the Mittal Institute this fall as the Raghunathan Fellow. Arpit, an Assistant Professor in Public Policy at the Indian Institute of Management...
Sep 24, 2024 | Community, India, News
Pranab Bardhan, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of California, Berkeley, is a leading Indian economist and author of a new memoir, Charaiveti: An Academic’s Global Journey. The book weaves together Pranab’s observations and anecdotes about the economy, politics, and culture, his life travels, his professional endeavors, and more. Ahead of his Oct. 3 book talk at Harvard, Pranab gave us a glimpse into his book and some themes he will share at the talk.
Sep 18, 2024 | Community, Fellows, India, News
This fall, the Mittal Institute welcomed a new Bajaj Visiting Fellow, Prof. Nilanjana Mukherjee, who is an English Literature professor from the University of Delhi, India. Nilanjana’s scholarship involves questions of space, place, landscape, and cartography in...
Sep 18, 2024 | India, News
This summer, the Mittal Institute’s New Delhi office hosted a series of impactful events and visits, fostering intellectual engagement, artistic exploration, and dialogue on critical issues across various fields.
