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Book Talk: The Future Is Asian

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Tue, Feb 19, 2019 from 04:15pm — 06:00pm, ET

Parag Khanna, Managing Partner of FutureMap, will discuss his new book entitled “The Future Is Asian,” in a talk chaired by Tarun Khanna, Jorge Paulo Lemann Professor at Harvard Business School and Director of The Mittal Institute.    This event is co-sponsored with the Harvard University Asia Center.   About the book:   “The ‘Asian […]

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India’s Daughter: Film Screening and Discussion

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Fri, Feb 15, 2019 from 04:00pm — 06:00pm, ET

In collaboration with the Office of Student Affairs at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, the Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute and the Asia Center are co-sponsoring a film screening of “India’s Daughter,” followed by a discussion with Leslee Udwin, Producer and Director.  “India’s Daughter” is a documentary film based on the story […]

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Pakistan’s Youth and the Welfare State: Bilawal Bhutto

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Mon, Feb 11, 2019 from 06:00pm — 07:15pm, ET

Join us for a conversation with Bilawal Bhutto, Chairman of the Pakistan Peoples Party, on Pakistan’s youth and the welfare state. The conversation will be chaired by Mariam Chughtai, Babar Ali Fellow of the Mittal Institute and Associate Dean and Assistant Professor at LUMS Syed Ahsan Ali and Syed Maratib Ali School of Education, Pakistan. […]

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The First Battlefield of Western Nuclear Competition: India and Light Water Reactors, 1955–1963

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Mon, Feb 11, 2019 from 04:15pm — 06:00pm, ET

This event is co-hosted by the Asia Center and the Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute. As part of the Asia Center’s Science and Technology Seminar Series, Professor Jayita Sarkar of the Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University will discuss nuclear policy in India. After President Eisenhower’s 1953 “Atoms for Peace” proposal […]

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Crisis and Credibility: The Politics of Ideas in India and Developing Democracies

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Fri, Feb 8, 2019 at 02:00pm, ET

JOINT SEMINAR ON SOUTH ASIAN POLITICS SERIES Dr. Bilal A. Baloch is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Center for the Advanced Study of India (CASI), Ronald O. Perelman Center for Political Science & Economics and a Lecturer and Regional Director in South Asia, Middle East and North Africa at The Joseph H. Lauder Institute, Wharton School of Business, University […]

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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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