Category : Fellows
Dec 3, 2024 | Afghanistan, Announcements, Arts Program, Associates, Bangladesh, Faculty, Fellows, In Region, India, Myanmar, Nepal, News, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Students
The Mittal Institute is excited to announce the release of the 2023–24 Year in Review and 2023–24 Arts Program reports. Like every year, the comprehensive Year in Review Report includes updates on all major faculty-led programs, lists awards and fellowships, highlights the work of students, student organizations, and scholars, and summarizes events and other achievements. The Arts Program Report highlights the incredible impact and accomplishments of the Mittal Institute’s various arts initiatives, which include fellowships, exhibitions, and events. Both reports offer valuable insights into the institute’s mission of connecting Harvard with South Asia.
Nov 20, 2024 | Fellows, India, News
Rinan Shah and Robert Rahman Raman joined as Mittal Institute India Fellows in November 2023. As their fellowships draws to a close, read about their time spent at the institute, including their experiences, contributions, and explorations below.
Nov 12, 2024 | Afghanistan, Fellows, News
This year’s Benazir Bhutto Leadership Program Fellow is Waheed Ahmad, the first fellow from Afghanistan. He brings over a decade of experience at the intersection of national security, governance, and development. Waheed most notably served as a senior National Security staff of the Afghanistan Democratic Government (2001-2021). He fled Afghanistan as the U.S. withdrew from the country and the Taliban took power in Kabul. Once in the U.S., he served as Resident Practitioner at the Institute for Genocide and Mass Atrocity Prevention (I-GMAP) at Binghamton University, focusing on human rights issues in Afghanistan. He is now a Mason Fellow pursuing his MC/MPA at the Harvard Kennedy School. We spoke to Waheed about his past, his time at Harvard, and his future plans.
Oct 29, 2024 | Announcements, Fellows, News
Vidya Subramanian, former Raghunathan Fellow at the Mittal Institute and STS Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School, has been busy in the years since her 2020 stint at Harvard. We caught up with Vidya to learn more about her work at the intersection of technology and society, and her research into the changing nature of citizenship in our technological society.
Oct 21, 2024 | Announcements, Arts Program, Fellows, News
The Mittal Institute is excited to announce that Naiza Khan, a highly acclaimed visual artist from Pakistan, will be in residence on the Harvard campus in April 2025 as the institute’s second Distinguished Artist Fellow. The Distinguished Artist Fellowship at the Mittal Institute supports the artistic and research endeavors of senior artists from South Asia. A selection committee nominates a fellow in recognition of the artist’s contribution to important issues related to South Asia.
Oct 10, 2024 | Announcements, Climate, Fellows, News
The Mittal Institute is pleased to offer a new fellowship for post-doctoral scholars researching the impacts of climate change on South Asia. The Mittal Family Climate Fellowship aims to support innovative research projects that explore how climate change has influenced the region’s past, is shaping its present, and will affect its future. The application window for Academic Year 2025/2026 is open and will close on December 10, 2024.
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 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...
Aug 8, 2024 | Announcements, Climate, Faculty, Fellows, In Region, News, Students
In our last summer special, we contemplate how rising temperatures, changing monsoon patterns, and rising sea levels will impact South Asia’s growing and diverse population. The Mittal Institute is at the forefront of scholarship and research on ways to...
Jul 12, 2024 | Announcements, Fellows, News, Students
This summer, we are reflecting on the people and programs that made headlines at Harvard over the past academic year. Our second highlights the work of our fellows and Harvard students. Through their research scholarship, internships, and initiatives, this...
Jul 11, 2024 | Blog, Fellows, News
Anu K. Antony, Mittal Institute Raghunathan Family Fellow 2023-2024, set off to Peru to understand why more and more Syrian Catholic nuns from Kerala travel to South America for mission work. Apart from the ethnographic fieldwork, there was also some downtime for sightseeing and friendly encounters with Peru’s four-legged national symbols. Read her travelogue!
Mar 5, 2024 | Announcements, Fellows, In Region, News
The Mittal Institute’s Fulbright Fellow 2024, Sarah Umer, comes to Cambridge from the University of the Punjab Lahore, where she is an associate professor in the College of Art and Design. Her research includes the study of art, ancient civilizations, and religions, predominantly in the South Asian region. We spoke to Sarah about her previous research and her research plans while in residence at LMSAI.
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