Spray was awarded multiple research grants from SAI to pursue her work in Nepal.
The application deadline is February 13, 2014 for graduate students and February 14, 2014 for undergraduate students.
The theme of this year’s conference is India, Turning the Page: Prospects and Paradoxes.
Shankar Ramaswami is halfway through his year as SAI’s South Asian Studies Postdoctoral Fellow. In addition to his involvement with SAI seminars and working on a book about his fieldwork in India, he is teaching a class this spring semester titled ‘South Asian Studies 196: Work and Religion in Modern South Asia.’ SAI caught up with Ramaswami to talk about his upcoming class, as well his experience as an SAI Fellow.
SAI is sad to share the news that Professor Stanley J. Tambiah, Esther and Sidney Rabb Professor of Anthropology, Emeritus, passed away on January 19 after a long illness.
In this rapidly changing world, a world-class transformational education experience is what today’s youth aspires to obtain. Excellence in teaching and research standards and holistic learning for societal improvement is the endeavour of all leading universities. Three eminent Harvard University faculty members presented their views on ‘Building World-Class Education: What Lessons Does Harvard Offer?’
In a Q+A, Ishani Premaratne, Harvard College ‘15 talks about GrowLanka, which has developed a mobile job alert system to give employers a direct line of access to job seekers, and empower women through employment.
“An urban time-bomb.” That is how Rahul Mehrotra of the Harvard Graduate School of Design described the explosive growth of contemporary cities across South Asia.
The South Asia Institute at Harvard University offers two opportunities for scholars and practitioners to continue their research at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts.