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Thu, Nov 5, 2015 from 04:00pm — 05:30pm, ET
South Asia Without Borders Seminar Laila Bushra, Babar Ali Fellow, South Asia Institute Chair: Sugata Bose, Gardiner Professor of Oceanic History and Affairs, Harvard University Over the last three decades, Islamic educational institutions (madrassas) operating in Pakistan have witnessed a dramatic expansion in their numbers and geographical scope. Being more than simply the breeding grounds for […]
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Mon, Nov 2, 2015 from 04:00pm — 05:30pm, ET
Arts Seminar Ranjit Kandalgaonkar, Visiting Artist, SAI Arts Program Chair: Chitra Venkataramani, South Asian Studies Fellow, South Asia Institute Kandalgaonkar’s art practice focuses primarily on unseen or ignored processes of urbanization. In his work, he draws upon contemporary visual arts media, archival documentation and historical artifacts to document, represent and critique urban flows. cityinflux is the name of his practice […]
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Mon, Nov 2, 2015 from 04:00pm — 05:00pm, ET
Student Event Tamara Fernando, History of Art and Architecture & Economics, 2016 Chunkikuli Ladies College, Internship, Sri Lanka Jeshurun Gnanasegaram, Harvard College, 2017 Harvard Bangalore Science Initiative Want to intern in Asia, but unsure where to begin? Do you want to get experience in a particular country and need ideas? Hear from a student panel […]
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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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