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Nepal – In Memoriam: Closing Reception and Fundraiser

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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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Bengali Poetry in Australian Deserts: Placing Histories of South Asian Travellers

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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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Development, Dissent and Architecture in the building of Modern India

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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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Storytelling, Learning and Human Communication

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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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Knowing through Others: Testimony as a Source of Knowledge in Classical Indian Philosophy of Religion

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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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Understanding Bihar’s Election

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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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Love, War and Other Longings: Harvard-Brown Pakistani Film Festival

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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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