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Poetry Against Tyranny: A Reading and Conversation with Three Burmese Poets

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Fri, Feb 4, 2022 from 04:00pm — 05:45pm, ET

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Register for the talk Speakers: Me Me Khant (Penname: PamarNi) is a Burmese poet from Yangon, Myanmar. She began her poetry journey by writing political poems in local media outlets, criticizing the military-controlled education system (particularly the National Education Law) and crackdown of the journalists. She has then transitioned to composing a wide array of topics […]

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Mittal Institute Grant Workshop

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Mon, Jan 31, 2022 at 05:30pm, ET

Register Here This workshop will go over details for the Mittal Institute’s upcoming Summer 2022 and Seed for Change grant programs, including best practices for each application process. If you have specific questions relating to your application, please send them to Selmon Rafey, Mittal Institute Program Manager (srafey@fas.harvard.edu) to be addressed either during the workshop […]

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The Third Wave: The Impact of COVID-19 on India and the Way Forward

Watch the Talk on YouTube. The webinar will focus on the impact of the third wave of COVID-19 in India and the short and long-term actions and management needed to address it. The panelists will discuss the actual estimated mortality rates due to COVID in India, the successes and failures in the handling of the pandemic, and the […]

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Post Pandemic: Driving Inclusive Growth in Asia

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Wed, Jan 19, 2022 from 08:30am — 09:45am, ET

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Register for Session 1 – Education in Asia: Post Pandemic Wednesday, January 19, 8:30am ET / 9:30pm SGT Stream the event on YouTube In a region containing over half of the world’s population and key global powers such as China and India, the pandemic has caused massive shifts in healthcare, economics, and education that affect […]

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Role of AYUSH Systems in Achieving Universal Health Coverage in India

Watch the talk on YouTube  The webinar is a joint Lancet Citizens’ Commission on Reimagining India’s Health System event with Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU) and Dr D Y Patil Vidyapeeth (DPU). The webinar will focus on the potential of and approach to Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha, Sowa Rigpa and Homeopathy (AYUSH) systems for public […]

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Association for Asian Studies New England Regional Conference

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Mon, Dec 6, 2021 from 08:30am — 05:00pm, ET

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Register for these events The 2021 Association of Asian Studies New England Regional Conference is hosted by Harvard University’s Asia-related centers, including: Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, Harvard University Asia Center, Harvard-Yenching Institute, Korea Institute, Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, and Reischauer Institute of […]

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How do Gender Quotas Impact Accountability?

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Fri, Dec 3, 2021 at 12:00pm, ET

Register for the talk Zuheir Desai is an assistant Professor in the School of Global and Public Affairs at IE University. His research focuses on electoral competition and political accountability. His work spans both theoretical models of elections, voting, and policymaking, as well as empirical applications of these models on developing democracies such as Brazil […]

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The Kinetic City & Other Essays

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Mon, Nov 29, 2021 from 12:30pm — 01:30pm, ET

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Register for the talk The Kinetic City (ArchiTangle, 2021) presents Rahul Mehrotra’s writings over the last thirty years and illustrates his long-term engagement with and analysis of urbanism in India. This work has given rise to a new conceptualization of the city. Mehrotra calls it the Kinetic City, a counterpoint to the Static City, as […]

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Health Seeking Behaviour in Four Indian States

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Tue, Nov 23, 2021 from 12:30am — 02:00am, ET

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Live stream the talk on YouTube 12:30 am – 2:00 am EST / 11:00 am – 12:30 pm IST / 4:30 – 6:00 pm AEDT   The Nossal Institute For Global Health, University Of Melbourne, together with National Council of Applied Economic Research and Population Council India, have been implementing the study ‘Healthcare Seeking in four […]

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Faces of God: Images of Muslim Devotion in Indian Painting

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Fri, Nov 19, 2021 at 12:00pm, ET

Register for this talk In the upcoming ACSAA book-in-progress talk, Dr. Yael Rice (Amherst College) will be in conversation with Dr. Murad Khan Mumtaz, Assistant Professor of Art, Williams College about his book-in-progress Faces of God: Images of Muslim Devotion in Indian Painting. The talk will be moderated by Professor Jinah Kim (Harvard University). Organized […]

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