Category : News
Dec 16, 2015 | Community, Fellows, In Region, India, News
SAI’s Livelihood Creation project is underway on the ground in India. The research project, supported by the Tata Trusts, aims to build knowledge and capacity around three key areas: rural livelihood creation (emphasis on the handicrafts and handloom sectors);...
Dec 16, 2015 | Community, News, Pakistan, South Asia in the News
Today, the South Asia Institute’s thoughts are with Pakistan as the country marks the one year anniversary of the Peshawar school attack.
Dec 14, 2015 | Bangladesh, In Region, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Students
SAI has awarded 20 grants to support student projects in India, Nepal, and Pakistan over the Winter Session 2016.
Dec 10, 2015 | Bangladesh, In Region, India, Nepal, News, Pakistan
SAI welcomes applications from emerging artists in South Asia to come to Harvard University to participate in discourse with students and faculty on critical issues. The deadline for Spring 2016 is January 8, 2016.
Dec 10, 2015 | Community, Faculty, Fellows, In Region, India, News
SAI’s Livelihood Creation project is underway on the ground in India. The research project, supported by the Tata Trusts, aims to build knowledge and capacity around three key areas: rural livelihood creation (emphasis on the handicrafts and handloom sectors);...
Dec 9, 2015 | Alumni, Arts Program, Bangladesh, Community, Fellows, India, Nepal, Pakistan
Representing Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan, the council members will provide support and advisement for the Arts at SAI program.
Dec 8, 2015 | Community, Faculty, In Region, India
In a SAI webinar on Dec. 3, Mukti Khaire, Harvard Business School, explained why handcrafted items are losing their relevance in contemporary markets.
Dec 3, 2015 | Arts Program, Community, Faculty, Fellows, News, Pakistan
This week, SAI welcomed Basir Mahmood, an artist based in Lahore, Pakistan, to Harvard as the second Visiting Artist, as part of SAI’s Arts Program.
Dec 3, 2015 | Alumni, Community, Faculty, Fellows, In Region, News, Pakistan
The conference aims to identify existing challenges, best practices, and innovations around mental health relief efforts in the wake of natural and manmade disasters.
Nov 24, 2015 | Community, Fellows, News, Pakistan
Mahmood uses video, film, and photographs to build various forms of narratives. He will be at Harvard next week as SAI’s second Visiting Artist.
Nov 23, 2015 | Community, Faculty, Fellows, News
Based on her research in the city of Lahore, Laila Bushra, SAI’s Babar Ali Fellow, discussed the connection between the influence of Islamist groups in Pakistan and civin Islamist infrastructure in a seminar on November 5.
Nov 19, 2015 | Community, Faculty, Fellows, News
By Soujanya Ganig, Ed. M Candidate, Harvard Graduate School of Education; SAI Student Coordinator On November 16, SAI and Harvard Law School hosted a book talk on Unstable Constitutionalism: Law and Politics in South Asia, a book edited by Mark Tushnet and Madhav...
