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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 […]
More InfoSymposium: Trace: Artisanal Intelligence, Material Agency, and Ritual Technology in South Asian Art
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Sat, Dec 8, 2018 at 04:00pm, ET
The ‘material turn’ in art history opened new avenues for research with fresh approaches that shift our attention from considering an object as a static thing in an absolute state to putting more emphasis on the process of making and its use and reuse. A chipped area in a miniature painting is no longer an […]
More InfoOutbreak: 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.
More InfoMeritocracy: Perspectives from China Past and Present
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 […]
More InfoUrbanization 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 […]
More InfoTranscultural 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 […]
More InfoUrban 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 […]
More InfoTrauma 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 […]
More InfoJoint Seminar on South Asian Politics: Deliberative Inequality: A Text-As-Data Study of Tamil Nadu’s Village Assemblies
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Fri, Nov 2, 2018 from 02:00pm — 04:00pm, ET
Join Vijayendra Rao in a seminar discussing his paper “Deliberative Inequality: A Text-As-Data Analysis of Indian Village Assemblies” (Co-authored with R. Parthasarathy and N. Palaniswamy). Vijayendra (Biju) Rao, a Lead Economist in the Research Department of the World Bank, integrates his training in economics with theories and methods from anthropology, sociology and political science to study the […]
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