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Thu, Apr 7, 2016 from 12:00pm — 01:30pm, ET
This event has been cancelled. South Asia Without Borders Seminar Jan Breman, Professor, SOAS, University of London Chair: Parimal G. Patil, Professor of Religion and Indian Philosophy, Committee on the Study of Religion, FAS, Chair of the Department of South Asian Studies
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Tue, Apr 5, 2016 from 06:30pm — 08:00pm, ET
Urbanization Seminar Ranjani Mazumdar, Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University Chair: Rahul Mehrotra, Professor of Urban Design and Planning, Harvard Graduate School of Design This paper looks at the role of media and communication technologies in the imagination of urban spaces in contemporary Bombay cinema. If surveillance practices and their resultant structuring becomes one part of this imagination (No […]
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Sat, Apr 2, 2016 from 11:30am — 01:00pm, ET
Student Event Tanika Sarkar, Professor of Modern History, Centre for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University Chair: Hardeep Dhillon, PhD candidate in History, Harvard University Cosponsored with The Center for South Asian and Indian Ocean Studies at Tufts University
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Thu, Mar 31, 2016 from 04:00pm — 05:30pm, ET
South Asia Without Borders Seminar Umar Saif, Chairman, Punjab Information Technology Board (PITB); Vice Chancellor, ITU Chair: Karim R. Lakhani, Associate Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School Pakistan is the 6th largest country in the world by population. Over half of the population lives below $2 poverty line; 40% of the adult population is unable to read or […]
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Arts Seminar Paribartana Mohanty, Visiting Artist, South Asia Institute Arts Program Chair: Namita Dharia, Lecturer in Anthropology, Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences The lecture-performance is part of Mohanty’s larger project ‘Act the Victim’ that engages with the images of crisis circulating on social media. It is based on a video excerpt of TV interview of Narendra […]
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Tue, Mar 29, 2016 from 08:00am — 09:30am, ET
Livelihood Creation Project Webinar 5:30pm to 7:00pm IST (8:00am to 9:30am ET) Ritesh Mehta, Head of Economic Growth Initiatives, India & South Asia at Facebook The webinar will address: Importance of Social Media for Social Enterprises Creating and maintaining a focused Facebook page Social Media Best Practices for Social Enterprises Ritesh Mehta will share his experiences […]
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Tue, Mar 29, 2016 at 07:30pm, ET
Student Event Pakistan in Focus: A student speaker series on Pakistan-based policy research. Asad Liaquat, PhD Candidate, Harvard Kennedy School Cosponsored with the Harvard Pakistan Student Group and the Pakistan Caucus at HKS
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Tue, Mar 29, 2016 from 04:00pm — 05:30pm, ET
South Asia Without Borders Seminar Dr. Yaaminey Mubayi, Culture and Community Development Chair: Jinah Kim, Assistant Professor of History of Art and Architecture, Harvard University Water as an essential resource for the evolution of human settlements throughout history, has thus far escaped the attention of scholars of history in South Asia. Contemporary research relating to the subject largely […]
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Mon, Mar 28, 2016 from 06:30pm — 08:00pm, ET
Urbanization Seminar Henrik Valeur, Architect-Urbanist, Founder and Creative Director of UiD Chair: Rahul Mehrotra, Professor of Urban Design and Planning, Harvard Graduate School of Design Can India use urbanization as a driver of economic, human and social development like China has done? How can Indian cities be made more inclusive, productive and livable? Are there any […]
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Thu, Mar 24, 2016 from 05:30pm — 08:30pm, ET
Special Event In collaboration with the upcoming “Megacities Asia” exhibition on display at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, from April 3 to July 17, 2016, this event will bring together artists and academics to examine contemporary Asian megacities including Beijing, Delhi, Mumbai, Shanghai, and Tokyo. Discussions will focus on the built environment in these […]
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