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Upcoming Mittal Institute Events

Moral Vaccination: Ideas and Institutions in the Control of Contagion in China and India

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Wed, Oct 15, 2025 from 12:00pm — 01:15pm, ET

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Ash Center Seminar Room 225, Suite 200, 124 Mount Auburn Street

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Join Prerna Singh, Mahatma Gandhi Associate Professor of Political Science and International Studies at Brown University, for a Global Challenges to Democracy Seminar.

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Visiting Artist Fellows Art Exhibition Launch

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Tue, Oct 21, 2025 from 05:30pm — 06:45pm, ET

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Cambridge – CGIS South, Room S250

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Please join us for a discussion to launch our new exhibit featuring Mittal Institute Visiting Artist Fellow Hitesh Vaidya, a visual artist based in Bhaktapur, Nepal. Moderated by Prof. Jinah Kim, George P. Bickford Professor of Indian and South Asian Art in the Department of History of Art & Architecture and Faculty Director of the Arts Advisory Council.

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Climate Change, Loss and Damage, and Habitability

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Wed, Nov 5, 2025 at 05:30pm, ET

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CGIS South, Room S354

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Join Eugene Richardson, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Assistant Professor of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital for a discussion on his Mittal Institute faculty climate grant project, “Climate Change, Loss and Damage, and Habitability in Nepal.”

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The Uneven State: Bureaucratic Preferences and State Capacity in India – Joint Seminar on South Asian Politics

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Fri, Nov 7, 2025 at 02:00pm, ET

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Cambridge – CGIS South, S153

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Please join us for a seminar on South Asian politics co-hosted by the Saxena Center at Brown University, the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University, and the Mittal Institute at Harvard University, featuring speaker Anustubh Agnihotri, Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at Ashoka University.

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Rethinking Water Crisis, Narrative Designs, and Strategies of Resilience

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Fri, Nov 14, 2025 from 06:30pm — 08:00pm, IST

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Hybrid - Lecture Hall 1, India International Centre (Annex), New Delhi and on Zoom

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Join us for a seminar on “Rethinking Water Crisis, Narrative Designs, and Strategies of Resilience.” The seminar will explore multifaceted ontologies of anthropogenic water crisis through the lenses of environmental humanities.

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Brokering Rebellion: Identity, Organization and Social Expansion of Insurgency – Joint Seminar on South Asian Politics

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Fri, Oct 10, 2025 at 02:00pm, ET

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Cambridge – CGIS South, S153

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Please join us for a seminar on South Asian politics with Apekshya Prasai, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Boston University and discussant Zoe Marks, Oppenheimer Faculty Director of the Center for African Studies, Harvard University; Lecturer in Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School; Faculty Dean of Pforzheimer House, Harvard College.

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Intersections Conference 2025: Traditions and Innovations in Indian Classical Dance

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Sat, Sep 27, 2025 - Sun, Sep 28, 2025, ET

COST   Various, $30 - $65

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Saturday: Thomas Tull Concert Hall, MIT
Sunday: Harvard Dance Center

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Dance artists, educators, cultural organizers, and curious minds across disciplines are invited to Intersections 2025—a national convening exploring the future of Indian classical dance in the North American diaspora. Hosted by MITHAS (MIT Heritage Arts of South Asia) and the Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute at Harvard, this pioneering conference, curated by the Anubhava Dance Company, centers Indian classical dance as a space for research, creative exchange, and professional dialogue across generations and geographies.

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Monetizing Air: The Cost of ‘Free Housing’ in Mumbai – The State of Architecture in South Asia

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Thu, Sep 25, 2025 from 06:30pm — 08:00pm, ET

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Cambridge – CGIS South, S250

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Join us for another session of the popular State of Architecture in South Asia series that will discuss Dharavi, popularly referred to as ‘Asia’s largest slum.’ The most coveted asset in the Dharavi redevelopment is air: the state is offering air-rights as incentives for rehabilitating ‘slum dwellers.’

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Sun, Wind, and Biomass: India’s Path to a Sustainable Future

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Thu, Sep 18, 2025 at 10:00am, ET

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Virtual Via Zoom

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A Harvard Climate Action Week book talk with Prof. Michael B. McElroy, Gilbert Butler Professor of Environmental Studies at Harvard University, and Prem Shankar Jha, Former Visiting Fellow, Harvard-China Project; author and journalist. Join Prof. McElroy and Prem Shankar Jha as they discuss their new book, Sun, Wind, and Biomass: India’s Path to a Sustainable Future. The book examines the current state of the Indian economy, tracing its trajectory towards a fossil fuel-free energy future.

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Welcome Back Mixer 2025

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Tue, Sep 9, 2025 at 05:30pm, ET

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CGIS South, Tsai Auditorium and Concourse,
1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge

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Join us for a Welcome Back Mixer for South Asia @ Harvard. Celebrate the start of the school year with the Mittal Institute over a South Asian dinner! Meet Mittal Institute faculty and staff, connect with South Asian student organizations on campus, and learn about opportunities and upcoming programs.

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Reflections on Workplace Mental Health: A Formal and Informal Workforce Perspective

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Mon, Aug 25, 2025 from 05:30pm — 07:00pm, IST

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Online

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Join us for a webinar on “Reflections on Workplace Mental Health: A Formal and Informal Workforce Perspective,” organised jointly by the Mittal Institute, Harvard Business School–India Research Centre, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health–India Research Centre, and Lancet Citizens’ Commission on Reimagining India’s Health System.

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