In their own words: Why I support the arts
In a recent interview with SAI, Arts Council member Omar Saeed spoke about his intersecting interests in arts, education, and health.
Category : Pakistan
Partition Project moves forward with in-region meetings
The project focuses on the humanitarian consequences experienced by those on both sides of the Punjab border.
Alum Q+A: Saving lives at birth
Sabeena Jalal, an alum of the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health and currently based in Karachi, has developed a blade to be used by midwives during childbirth to cut the umbilical cord. The blade does not get infected, so she hopes the tool can reduce the rate of infant mortality in developing countries.
Widener’s growing South Asia collection: “The sky is the limit”
Librarians at Harvard’s Widener Library have been working meticulously to process more than 22,000 volumes that have been acquired from Pakistan over the last 10 years.
Update from Visiting Artists, 2015-16
Alumni of SAI’s Visiting Artist Program say the experience at Harvard was incredibly enriching for their work.
Call for Applications: Program for Visiting Artists from South Asia (Deadline: Aug. 15)
The Program welcomes applications from emerging artists in South Asia to come to Harvard University to participate in interdisciplinary discourse with students and faculty on global issues relevant to South Asia.
Faculty Voices: Rebuilding the Social Compact in Pakistan
A study conducted by Asim Khwaja, Harvard Kennedy School, looked at how to strengthen the social compact between citizen and state – whereby a citizen pays taxes and receives public goods and services.
2016 Student Summer Grants
With support from SAI, Harvard students are in South Asia for research, internships, and language study in Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka this summer.
Year in Review 2015-16
This has been a year of firsts for the Harvard South Asia Institute. Take a look back at the year with our Year in Review. Click here to view the publication.
Call for Applications: Aman Fellowship (Deadline: Sept. 1)
The fellowship supports recent PhDs and advanced professional degree holders in areas related to Pakistan, particularly areas of science and development.
Contribute to SAI’s Summer Blog!
SAI welcomes submissions for its summer blog from Harvard students, faculty, alumni, and affiliates on an array of topics pertaining to South Asia.
Student voices: Women’s rights in Pakistan
This is part of a recurring series in which we share reports from Harvard students who have traveled to South Asia with support from a SAI grant during the winter session. Click here to read more reports from students. By Hira Baig, MTS ’16, Harvard Divinity School ...