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2019 Summer Grants Open House

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Wed, Jan 30, 2019 from 04:30pm — 05:30pm, ET

The Mittal Institute’s summer student grant applications for 2019 are now open. If you’re a Harvard undergraduate or graduate student looking to fund your research, internship, or language study in South Asia this summer, the deadline to apply for a grant is February 8. Come hear about The Mittal Institute’s funding opportunities for Summer 2019. At our Open House, […]

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Hinduism in Nepal: The Ritual Dimension

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Sun, Jan 20, 2019 at 10:00am, ET —
Tue, Jan 22, 2019 at 05:00pm, ET

As part of the Nepal Studies Program, Professor Michael Witzel will lead a conference titled “Hinduism in Nepal: The Ritual Dimension.” Ritual has played a major role in Hindu societies, from the Vedas to modern times, and it has been particularly prominent in Nepalese society. It accompanies individuals from morning until night, from birth to death, and it shapes the […]

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Outbreak: Epidemics in a Connected World

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Tue, Dec 4, 2018 from 06:00pm — 08:30pm, ET

“Outbreak: Epidemics in a Connected World”, an event jointly organized by The Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute and the Harvard Global Health Institute and presented in New Delhi, examined the connections between human, animal and environmental health, and the response to disease outbreaks in India.

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Meritocracy: Perspectives from China Past and Present

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Tue, Nov 27, 2018 from 06:00pm — 08:30pm, ET

How should societies identify and promote merit? Enabling all people to fulfill their full potential and ensuring that competent and capable leaders are selected to govern are central challenges for any society. Failure to meet these challenges can have enormous costs, for individuals and for societies as a whole. The richness of China’s historical experience […]

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Urbanization Seminar: Mrinalini Rajagopalan

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Mon, Nov 19, 2018 from 06:00pm — 07:30pm, ET

Mrinalini Rajagopalan, Director of Graduate Studies and Associate Professor, Department of History of Art & Architecture, University of Pittsburgh, is a historian of India’s built environment and is particularly interested in the impact of colonialism and nationalism on the architectural, urban, and preservation cultures of modern South Asia. Her first monograph Building Histories: The Archival and Affective Lives […]

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Transcultural Attractions: American Photographs of an Indian Dancer

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Fri, Nov 16, 2018 from 04:30pm — 06:00pm, ET

AJAY SINHA, Professor of Art History, Mount Holyoke College Chair: JINAH KIM, Gardner Cowles Associate Professor of History of Art & Architecture and Faculty Director, Arts @ Mittal Institute In the Spring of 1938, an Indian dancer, Ram Gopal, posed in a variety of fantastical costumes for the American photographer, Carl Van Vechten, in New York City. Studying over […]

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Urban Resilience Asia Pacific Conference 2018

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Wed, Nov 7, 2018 - Thu, Nov 8, 2018, ET

While urbanisation brings unprecedented social and economic opportunity, it also increases the threat of disasters, with greater concentrations of people living in dangerous places, such as those living in coastal areas, on land that floods, or on marginalised land. Asia Pacific is one of the world’s fastest urbanising regions. It is also home to the […]

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Trauma and Memory: Healing Through Art

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Sat, Nov 3, 2018 from 04:00pm — 06:00pm, ET

The Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute, Harvard University hosted a special talk as part of its Artist Talk: India Seminar Series. The talk titled “Trauma and Memory: Healing through Art” by Kabi Raj Lama – a Nepal based artist and Visiting Artist Fellow at Harvard University retraced the artist’s personal life story involving […]

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