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South Asia in Translation: Previewing the October Conference

Artistic Expression, from South Asia to Cambridge: Welcoming Our New Visiting Artist Fellows

The Mittal Institute welcomed two new Visiting Artist Fellows, Cop Shiva and Garima Gupta, to campus for the start of their eight-week research fellowship at Harvard. The program allows mid-career visual artists from around South Asia to spend eight weeks on the Harvard campus. The VAF differs from a typical artist residency program in that it is research-centered, providing artists with the vast resources of Harvard’s intellectual community to enhance their artistic practice.
Cop and Garima share more about their artistic motivations below. And save the date to join them at the Mittal Institute’s Visiting Artist Fellows Art Exhibition on Tuesday, October 10, where they will share more of their work with our community.
LMSAI’s New Delhi Office Hub for Visitors + Events this Summer

Pradeep Kumar Choudhury, LMSAI Bajaj Fellow, on Using Data to Connect Education and Development

Building for a Billion: A Q&A with Sunita Nadhamuni, Champion of Digital Health Technology

Tree and Serpent: The Origins of Buddhist Art

The “Tree & Serpent: Early Buddhist Art in India, 200 BCE–400 CE” exhibit tells the story of early Buddhist art through 125 objects dating from 200 BCE to 400 CE. Conceptualized by John Guy, Florence and Herbert Irving Curator of the Arts of South and Southeast Asia in The Met’s Department of Asian Art, the exhibit was a complex logistical exercise, with major loans—of which many are loaned for the first time—from India, Europe, the United Kingdom and the United States. We spoke with John Guy about the exhibit, and what it took to bring it to the public.
Presenting the LMSAI Fellows + Graduate Student Associates

India Takes Entrepreneurial Approach to Space Exploration

To Harvard, With Love: Postcards from Abroad

Courses on South Asia at Harvard: Fall 2023

Summer Reading 2023: GSA Recommendations

Summer is on the horizon and that means it’s a great time to catch up on a book (or two or three!). We spoke with some of the Mittal Institute’s Graduate Student Associates to see what’s on their reading list and to hear more about their favorite reads.