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Altered State: Painting Myanmar in a time of Transition

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Thu, Feb 4, 2016 - Mon, Feb 22, 2016, ET

An exhibit of paintings on display in the CGIS South Concourse, February 4-22, 2016 Sponsored by the Harvard University Asia Center and the South Asia Institute **A seminar related to the exhibit will be held on Friday, February 19, 2016, 12:15 p.m. in S153, CGIS South with speaker Ian Holliday, The University of Hong Kong

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Rohith Vemula, Death of a Dalit Scholar in Hyderabad

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Wed, Feb 3, 2016 from 04:00pm — 05:30pm, ET

South Asia Without Borders Seminar Abha Sur, Professor, Women’s and Gender Studies, MIT Banu Subramaniam, Professor,  Women, Gender, Sexuality Studies, UMass Amherst  Suraj Yengde, Associate, Dept of African and African American Studies, Harvard University  Chair: Ajantha Subramanian, Professor of Anthropology and South Asian Studies at Harvard University. Rohith Chakravarti Vemula was an Indian PhD student at the Hyderabad Central University. […]

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The Buddha’s Mother’s Death: Past and Present

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Mon, Feb 1, 2016 at 03:30pm, ET

Harvard Buddhist Studies Forum Kim Gutschow, Lecturer, Williams College; Professor, Institute of Ethnology; and Chair, Anthropology of Public Health, Center for Modern Indian Studies, Göttingen University Cosponsored by the Harvard South Asia Institute   

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Corporate Philanthropy Between Empire and Nation: Tata and the Making of Modern India

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Mon, Feb 1, 2016 from 04:00pm — 05:30pm, ET

Graduate Student Associate Seminar Mircea Raianu, PhD Candidate, History Department, FAS; SAI Graduate Student Associate Chair Sunil Amrith, Mehra Family Professor of South Asian Studies, Professor of History, Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences From one of many merchant families in the port city of Bombay in the mid-nineteenth century, Tata became India’s largest and most influential business […]

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Kumbh Mela: Mapping the Ephemeral Megacity

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Mon, Jan 18, 2016 from 06:00pm — 08:30pm, ET

Special Event Welcome by Sabyasachi Mukherjee, Director, CSMVS Museum Introductory remarks by Vikram Gandhi, Harvard South Asia Institute Advisory Council Member; Founder, Asha Impact Diana Eck, Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences; Harvard Divinity School Devesh Chaturvedi, Divisional Commissioner, Allahabad, at the 2013 Kumbh Mela Satchit Balsari, Weill Cornell Global Emergency Medicine Division; Harvard T.H. […]

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Capacity Building Workshop on Rural Livelihoods Creations in the Indian Crafts Sector

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Mon, Jan 11, 2016 - Thu, Jan 14, 2016, ET

Livelihood Creation Workshop The Tata Trusts and SAI have collaborated for the Project on ‘Livelihood Creation in India through Social Entrepreneurship and Skill Development’. This Capacity Building Workshop is for organizations from the Handicrafts and Handlooms sectors. Mukti Khaire, Faculty Chair; Associate Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School Dr. Shashank Shah, Project Director, Harvard University […]

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Webinar: Merchandising and Marketing of Handcrafted Goods

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Thu, Jan 7, 2016 at 07:30am, ET

Livelihood Creation Webinar Merchandising and Marketing of Handcrafted Goods: Challenges and Solutions in the Physical and Online Markets Thursday, January 7, 2015. 6.00 pm to 7:00 pm IST The webinar will address: Innovation in design and product ranges and supply chain Capturing larger audiences and potential customers online and offline Principles of merchandizing that can add […]

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Mental Health in Disaster Response – Local and International Perspectives

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Wed, Dec 16, 2015 from 05:30pm — 08:00pm, ET

The Aman Foundation and the Harvard University South Asia Institute have co-sponsored this conference on mental health in the wake of natural and manmade disasters in Pakistan. Coping in the Wake of Disasters: Long term Effects of Traumatic “Life-Changing” Situations Sharmeen Khan, Clinical Psychologist Sharmeen Khan is a Karachi-based mental health professional and a human rights […]

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Of Sympathy and Solidarity: Japanese Buraku, South Asian Dalit, and Grassroots Politics across National Boundaries

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Fri, Dec 4, 2015 from 04:15pm — 05:45pm, ET

Japan Forum Joseph Hankins, Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of California, San Diego Moderator: Mary C. Brinton, Reischauer Institute Professor of Sociology and Chair, Department of Sociology, Harvard University Cosponsored with the Reischauer Institute Japan Forum presentation and the Weatherhead Center Program on U.S.-Japan Relations   

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