On October 2, musicians Salim and Sulaiman Merchant visited Harvard to reflect on their musical careers and some of their widely acclaimed compositions inspired by Islam’s rich tradition of spirituality and artistic expression.
Sunil Amrith, the Mehra Family Professor of South Asian Studies and Professor of History, joined the Harvard faculty in 2015.
While at Harvard, Dr. Younas will focus his research on two areas: 1) The connection between education and political violence, and 2) the perspectives of the recipient country in situations where donor countries provide grants and loans.
SAI offers research, internship, and language study grants to Harvard graduate students and Harvard College undergraduate students for the winter session.
The Jana Swasthya Project is using a new mobile health surveillance system to help keep the millions of visitors healthy while they’re at the festival.
Mou Banerjee, SAI Graduate Student Associate and History PhD candidate at Harvard, discusses her dissertation ‘A Question of Faith: Christianity, Colonialism, and the Creative World of Indian Intellectuals, 1830-1907.’
SAI is deeply saddened to share the news that Shahab Ahmed, Professor of Islamic Studies at Harvard, passed away.
SAI hosted its first webinar of the semester on September 15 titled ‘Using Cell Phones to Study Behavior: From Individuals to Entire Nations’ with JP Onnela, HSPH.
SAI spoke with director Zara Hayes about her film on the Rana Plaza Tragedy.
The events will feature screenings and panel discussions.