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Sarah Umer, Fulbright Fellow, on Reconsidering the Harappan Religious Legacy

Sarah Umer, Fulbright Fellow, on Reconsidering the Harappan Religious Legacy

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.

LMSAI Fellow Muhammad Imran Mehsud on the Politics of the Indus River

LMSAI Fellow Muhammad Imran Mehsud on the Politics of the Indus River

The Mittal Institute’s Syed Babar Ali Fellow, Muhammad Imran Mehsud comes to Cambridge from Hazara University Mansehra, Pakistan, where he is an Assistant Professor of International Relations. He is an expert on South Asian transboundary hydropolitics and his research project at the Mittal Institute examines the effectiveness of the Indus Waters Treaty of 1960 in settling contemporary transboundary water issues between India and Pakistan. We spoke with Imran about his research, and his plans for his time at Harvard.

Anu K. Antony, Raghunathan Family Fellow, on the Spiritual Labor of Malayali Nuns

Anu K. Antony, Raghunathan Family Fellow, on the Spiritual Labor of Malayali Nuns

This fall the Mittal Institute welcomed Anu Kottemkerry Antony as the new Raghunathan Family Fellow. Anu is a researcher whose scholarship focuses on the themes of subjectivity, women’s religious life and labor, everyday religiosity, and post-secular discourses in the context of Indian Christianity. She is formerly a visiting faculty member at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Tuljapur, India, and she shared what she looks forward to for her upcoming year at Harvard.