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South Asia: Local Solutions with Global Impact

WHEN
Thu, Apr 16, 2015 - Fri, Apr 17, 2015

VENUE
Loeb House

ADDRESS
Loeb House
17 Quincy Street
Cambridge, MA 02138

Annual Symposium Workshops to highlight interfaculty research projects supported by SAI, and launch of the exhibit and book Kumbh Mela: Mapping the Ephemeral Megacity. Thursday, April 16, 2015 10:00 – 12:00 pm: Mobile Technology to Access Healthcare Services – Case Studies from the Global South 1:00 – 3:00 pm: Role of South Asian Arts in Education 4:00 – 4:30 […]

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Kumbh Mela: Mapping the Ephemeral Megacity Book Launch and Exhibition

WHEN
Thu, Apr 16, 2015 from 04:00pm — 05:30pm

VENUE
Loeb House

ADDRESS
Loeb House
17 Quincy Street
Cambridge, MA 02138

Over fifty Harvard professors, students, administrative staff, and medical practitioners made the pilgrimage to Allahabad, India, to the Kumbh Mela site in 2013, to analyze issues that emerge in any large-scale human gathering. The Kumbh Mela: Mapping the Ephemeral MEGACITY book and exhibition consolidate research findings and serve as an example of interdisciplinary research conducted at […]

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Conceptualizing The Urban Civic Realm: Insights From The Indian City

WHEN
Tue, Apr 14, 2015 from 06:30pm — 08:00pm

VENUE
CGIS South, S250
Harvard University

ADDRESS
CGIS South, S250
Harvard University
1730 Cambridge Street
Cambridge MA

Urbanization Seminar Speaker: Prem Chandavarkar, Managing Partner, CnT Architects. Chair: Rahul Mehrotra, Professor of Urban Design and Planning and Chair of the Department of Urban Planning and Design, Harvard Graduate School of Design. It is necessary to distinguish between ‘civic space’ and ‘public space’: the former must embrace inter-personal engagement, whereas the latter need not go […]

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Perspectives: A Conversation with Rohail Hyatt

WHEN
Mon, Apr 13, 2015 from 04:00pm — 06:00pm

VENUE
CGIS South, S020 Belfer
Harvard University

ADDRESS
CGIS South, S020 Belfer
Harvard University
1730 Cambridge Street
Cambridge MA 02138

Arts Initiative and Muslim Societies in South Asia Seminar Rohail Hyatt, Producer, Coke Studio; actor; film composer; rock music artist; and keyboardist Chair: Ali Asani, Professor of Indo-Muslim and Islamic Religion and Cultures, Faculty of Arts and Sciences; Director, Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Islamic Studies Program, Harvard University Hyatt will discuss the laws of nature in contrast to the current […]

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The People’s Hero? Jayaprakash Narayan Reconsidered

WHEN
Thu, Apr 9, 2015 from 05:00pm — 06:30pm

VENUE
CGIS South, S250
Harvard University

ADDRESS
CGIS South, S250
Harvard University
1730 Cambridge Street
Cambridge MA

SAI Student Event Mircea Raianu, PhD Candidate, Harvard History Department; Graduate Student Associate, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs Benjamin Siegel, Assistant Professor of History, Boston University; former Predoctoral Fellow, Harvard Academy for Area Studies; former Graduate Student Associate, South Asia Institute Anand Vaidya, South Asian Studies Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard South Asia Institute; former Graduate Student […]

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Language of Metaphysics, Language for Politics: Some Lessons from Allama Prabhu’s Vacanas

WHEN
Fri, Apr 3, 2015 from 04:00pm — 05:30pm

VENUE
CGIS Knafel, K262
Harvard University

ADDRESS
1737 Cambridge Street
Cambridge MA 02138

South Asia Without Borders Seminar Prithvi Datta Chandra Shobhi, Assistant Professor of History, Karnataka State Open University. 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 The seminar will focus on the vacanas of Allama Prabhu, the 12th century vacanākara […]

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Empire from the Edges: Shi‘i and Messianic Challenges to Mughal Authority

WHEN
Thu, Apr 2, 2015 from 04:00pm — 05:30pm

VENUE
CGIS South, S153
Harvard University

ADDRESS
CGIS South, S153
Harvard University
1730 Cambridge Street
Cambridge, MA 02138

Updated location: CGIS South S153 Muslim Societies in South Asia Seminar Samira Sheikh, Associate Professor of History; Associate Professor of Asian Studies Program; Affiliated Faculty, Islamic Studies Program; Co-Director Vanderbilt History Seminar, Vanderbilt University. Chair: Ali Asani, Professor of Indo-Muslim and Islamic Religion and Cultures, Faculty of Arts and Sciences; Director, Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal […]

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Transnational Urbanism and Post-colonial Challenges Planning and design processes under the aegis of transnational organizations: case studies in India and in the South-East Asia region

WHEN
Tue, Mar 31, 2015 from 06:30pm — 08:00pm

VENUE
CGIS South, S050
Harvard University

ADDRESS
CGIS South, S050
Harvard University
1730 Cambridge Street
Cambridge MA

Urbanization Seminar Speaker: Maristella Casciato, Associate Director, Research – Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA), Montreal. Chair: Rahul Mehrotra, Professor of Urban Design and Planning and Chair of the Department of Urban Planning and Design, Harvard Graduate School of Design. The lecture Transnational Urbanism and Post-colonial Challenges sheds light on the complex processes of decolonization after […]

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