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.
Category : Pakistan
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 ...
Megacities Asia
On March 24, SAI hosted a panel discussion in collaboration with the “Megacities Asia” exhibition on display at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
SAI welcomes three new members to Arts Council
The members will support SAI’s Arts Program, which connects South Asia’s curators, museum administrators, artists, and art educators with Harvard faculty and students to advance understanding and appreciation of South Asian art.
Student voices: Understanding the Special Education System in Pakistan
By Syeda Farwa Fatima, International Education Policy, Ed.M Harvard Graduate School of Education ‘16 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...
Education is becoming an extremist battleground in Pakistan
This commentary, by professors at Pomona College and the Harvard Kennedy School who have long studied Pakistan, argues that the Taliban’s attacks on schools and colleges there are a particularly dangerous threat to that nation’s future.
Technology and South Asia
SAI’s third annual publication is a collection of essays from diverse disciplines about the evolution of technology in the region.
Preserving Pakistan’s rich archaeological heritage
Former SAI Aman fellow Muhammad Zahir is working with the the Japanese Center for South Asian Cultural Heritage to preserve archaeological sites in Pakistan that are deteriorating.
Jan. 12: Harvard Alumni Global Networking Night (South Asia locations)
Global Networking Night events will be held in Bengaluru, Islamabad, New Delhi, and Yangon on January 12.