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“Argaḍa” and “Nirargaḍa”

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Thu, Feb 9, 2017 from 12:00pm — 01:30pm, ET

Cosponsored Event Liu Zhen, Professor, National Institute for Advanced Humanistic Studies, Fudan University; Visiting Scholar, Harvard-Yenching Institute Chair/Discussant: Michael Witzel, Wales Professor of Sanskrit, Department of South Asian Studies, Harvard University This talk will offer a short introduction to the Sanskrit word “argaḍa” and its antonym “nirargaḍa”. The word “argaḍa” first appears in Brāhmaṇa literature […]

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Historical and Humanitarian Consequences of Migration

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Wed, Feb 8, 2017 from 05:30pm — 07:00pm, ET

The seminar will take place in CGIS S050, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA. Partition Seminar Jennifer Leaning, François-Xavier Bagnoud Professor of the Practice of Health and Human Rights, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, Director, FXB Center for Health and Human Rights The seminar will explore the story of the mass migration of Hindus/Sikhs […]

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Citizenship Denied: A Microhistory of Indian Immigration in the Early Twentieth Century

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Wed, Feb 8, 2017 from 04:00pm — 05:30pm, ET

Graduate Student Associate Seminar Hardeep Dhillon, PhD Candidate, Dept. of History, Harvard University; SAI Graduate Student Associate Discussants: Sunil Amrith, Mehra Family Professor of South Asian Studies, Harvard University Sugata Bose, Gardiner Professor of Oceanic History and Affairs, Harvard University In the early twentieth century, immigration from Asia to the U.S. propelled local, national, and […]

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Partition Project: Focus Group Discussion

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Wed, Feb 1, 2017 from 07:00pm — 07:30pm, ET

Special Event About the group discussion: Please join us after the Seminar Series event for a brief group discussion to share reflections on the presentation. The newest initiative, the 1947 Partition Stories ‘Looking Back’ project, is a collaborative effort to extend the lessons from Partition into today. Our goal is to reflect on how the consequences […]

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History and Context of the Partition

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Wed, Feb 1, 2017 from 05:00pm — 07:00pm, ET

Partition Seminar Sunil Amrith, Mehra Family Professor of South Asian Studies, Professor of History, Harvard University Professor Amrith will give a broad overview of South Asian political history, including a history of British colonial rule in South Asia, the place of South Asia within the empire, and specifically governance policies and systemic factors that contributed […]

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Livelihood Creation in India

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Mon, Jan 23, 2017 from 06:00pm — 09:00pm, ET

Special Event Please join the Harvard University South Asia Institute (SAI) for the final event of the collaborative project with the Tata Trusts on ‘Livelihood Creation in India’. High tea reception will be followed by a presentation on the impact of the project by Harvard faculty, including Professor Tarun Khanna and two panel discussions. Three […]

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Misaq-e-Ishq: The Covenant of Love

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Tue, Jan 17, 2017 from 07:00pm — 08:30pm, ET

Cosponsored Event The Lahore Biennale Foundation, the LUMS School of Education and the Harvard South Asia Institute present An Evening dedicated to Music, Poetry and the Arts Misaq-e-Ishq: The Covenant of Love Featuring Music and poetry recital by Ali Sethi With Ali Asani, Professor of Indo-Muslim Religion and Cultures at Harvard University And an introduction […]

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The Importance of Religious and Cultural Literacy in a Cosmopolitan World

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Fri, Jan 13, 2017 from 05:00pm — 07:00pm, ET

Special Event Ali Asani, Professor of Indo-Muslim and Islamic Religion and Cultures; former Director of the Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Islamic Studies Program at Harvard University Our world is marked by difference. The inability to engage with and understand these differences has led to polarizations, tensions and conflict in many societies. In recent decades, these conflicts […]

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Harvard Club of India Event

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Thu, Jan 12, 2017 from 07:30pm — 10:00pm, ET

Cosponsored Event Reception and dinner in honor of Harvard University Vice Provost Mark Elliott and Harvard Global Networking Night Business attire Location: India Habitat Center, Tamarind Hall Lodhi Road, New Delhi, Delhi 110003 For questions about this event please contact Namita Wahi LLM’05, SJD’14 at nwahi@sjd.law.harvard.edu Cosponsored with Harvard Alumni Association, Harvard Club of India, Harvard Club of […]

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