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Thu, Oct 29, 2015 at 05:00pm, ET
Photographs by Grzegorz Ekiert Ongoing exhibit through October 29, 2015 Closing reception and fundraiser: Thursday, October 29, 5:00 p.m. This exhibit is designed to raise funds for SAI’s Nepal Research and Reconstruction Fund. It provides support for projects in Nepal developed in partnership with local organizations, with a focus on Nepal’s long-term reconstruction. Visit the Harvard […]
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Wed, Oct 28, 2015 from 06:00pm — 08:00pm, ET
Harvard/MIT Series: South Asia and Its Diasporas Samia Khatun, McKenzie Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Melbourne Discussant: Vivek Bald, Associate Professor, Comparative Media Studies/Writing, MIT Australian deserts today are dotted with the remains of 19th century mosques. Built by South Asian merchants and workers in the era of the Australian camel trade, 1860 – 1930, these […]
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Tue, Oct 27, 2015 from 06:30pm — 08:00pm, ET
Urbanization Seminar Peter Scriver, Centre for Asian and Middle-Eastern Architecture (CAMEA), University of Adelaide Chair: Rahul Mehrotra, Professor of Urban Design and Planning, Harvard Graduate School of Design In Jawaharlal Nehru’s strategic vision for India’s postcolonial modernization and development, the architecture and urbanism of Chandigarh, the new Punjab State Capital, was of ‘enormous importance’. ‘It hits […]
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Mon, Oct 26, 2015 from 04:00pm — 05:30pm, ET
Muslim Societies in South Asia Seminar Musharraf Ali Farooqi, Author, Translator, Storyteller Chair: Ali Asani, Professor of Indo-Muslim and Islamic Religion and Cultures; Director, Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Islamic Studies Program, Harvard University Click here to read an event summary. From 2014-2015 author, translator and storyteller Musharraf Ali Farooqi led the highly successful ‘Leading Through Teaching’ storytelling workshop for […]
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Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 05:00pm, ET
The Second Annual Stanley J. Tambiah Lecture in Thai Studies Justin McDaniel, Professor of Religious Studies, University of Pennsylvania Cosponsored by Thai Studies Program at Harvard University Asia Center
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Mon, Oct 19, 2015 from 05:00pm — 06:30pm, ET
GSA Seminar Rosanna Picascia, SAI Graduate Student Associate, PhD candidate in the Study of Religion 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 This talk will look at the debate among Sanskrit philosophers of religion over whether, and the […]
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Mon, Oct 19, 2015 at 04:15pm, ET
Social Anthropology Seminar Series Tejaswini Ganti, Associate Professor of Anthropology, NYU Cosponsored with the Harvard Social Anthropology Program Seminar Series
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Fri, Oct 16, 2015 from 04:00pm — 05:30pm, ET
Student Event Jeffrey Witsoe, Associate Professor, Union College Milan Vaishnav, Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Discussants: Rohit Chandra, PhD Candidate, Harvard Kennedy School Sharan Mamidipudi, PhD Candidate, Harvard Kennedy School The upcoming election in Bihar (which will run from late October to early November 2015), is one of the first main political challenges of […]
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Fri, Oct 16, 2015 - Sun, Oct 18, 2015, ET
The recent revival of cinema in Pakistan has generated excitement and captured the imagination. A new generation of filmmakers ranging from the conventional to the experimental are exploring the possibilities of re-imagining family, friendship, love, the nation, and retelling ways of injustice and cruelty. Love, War and Other Longings is an invitation to come and participate in […]
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Thu, Oct 15, 2015 from 12:30pm — 01:30pm, ET
Global Health Seminar Omar Rahman, Vice Chancellor, Independent University, Bangladesh Cosponsored with the Department of Global Health and Population Brown Bag Seminar Series
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