Looking Back, Informing the Future: A Multidisciplinary Research Project on the 1947 Partition of British India
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Thu, Nov 30, 2017 from 06:30pm — 08:00pm
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2017 marks the 70th anniversary of the Partition of British India, as well as the launch of Harvard’s South Asia Institute’s major research on Partition.
Panelists will discuss the complexities of large-scale human migration and resettlements. Such lessons can inform current cross-border displacement and the corresponding growth of urban settlements and cities.
VIEWPOINTS, HARVARD SOUTH ASIA INSTITUTE & THE ASIA SOCIETY PRESENT
LOOKING BACK, INFORMING THE FUTURE:
A Multidisciplinary Research coordinated by the Harvard South Asia Institute on the 1947 Partition of British India
Speakers:
TARUN KHANNA Director, Harvard South Asia Institute; Jorge Paulo Lemann
Professor, Harvard Business School.
KARIM LAKHANI Charles Edward Wilson Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School; Director Harvard Innovation Science Laboratory.
JENNIFER LEANING François-Xavier Bagnoud Professor of the Practice of Health and Human Rights. Director, FXB Center for Health and Human Rights.
RAHUL MEHROTRA Professor of Urban Design and Planning, Harvard Graduate School of Design; Principal, RMA Architects of Mumbai, India.
PRASHANT BHARADWAJ Assistant Professor, Department of Economics at the University of California, San Diego
Viewpoints is an annual series featuring prominent, visionary figures in the creative arts and is made possible by the generous support of Aashish and Dinyar S. Devitre.
Tickets at asiasociety.org: $20 members; $22 students/seniors; $25 nonmembers
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