Select Page

Events

LMSAI Events Archive

Summer in South Asia: Pre-Departure Orientation

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

This is an orientation for students who are traveling to South Asia in summer 2015, and will include travel tips and logistics, health and safety information, cultural introduction, and will provide an opportunity to meet other students who will be in the region. Food will be served! All Harvard Students traveling to South Asia in […]

More Info

Astu – So Be It

WHEN
Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 04:15pm, ET

Film Screening Astu, directed by Sumitra Bhave and Sunil Sukthankar, and starring Dr. Mohan Agashe, focuses on a retired Sanskrit professor who suffers from Alzheimer’s and goes missing while travelling with his daughter. The screening will be followed by a panel discussion with: Dr. Mohan Agashe, actor, psychiatrist, and consultant in mental health Professor Arthur […]

More Info

Intizar Husain: A World Class Fiction-Writer and The Social Ethics of Yaqub Mirza

WHEN
Tue, Apr 28, 2015 from 02:30pm — 05:30pm, ET

Muslim Societies in South Asia Seminar Chair: Dr. Naseem Hines  Cosponsored with the Harvard Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Islamic Studies Program and Pakistan American Democratic Forum (PADF) Literary Circle Schedule and Speakers: First Session: 2:30 pm -3:30 pm Opening Remarks: Dr Naseem Hines Intizar Hussain: Contemporary World Class Urdu Fiction Dr Razia Mushkoor The Worldview of Intizar Hussain […]

More Info

South Asia Week 2015: A Moment of Opportunity for U.S. Engagement in Afghanistan and Pakistan

WHEN
Mon, Apr 27, 2015 from 04:30pm — 06:00pm, ET

Ambassador Daniel Feldman, U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, discusses U.S. engagement in the region in a seminar co-sponsored by the India and South Asia Program and the South Asia Initiative at Harvard University. Daniel F. Feldman is the Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan (SRAP) with the personal rank of Ambassador. He has served […]

More Info

Incorporations: Capitalism and Collectivity

WHEN
Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 04:15pm, ET

South Asia Without Borders Seminar Matthew Hull, Department of Anthropology, University of Michigan Incorporation, a process by which a group of individuals is constituted as a legal entity, should be placed alongside commoditization as a major mechanism through which human activities are drawn into capitalist processes. In contrast to commoditization, which draws labor, land, and things into […]

More Info

South Asia Week 2015: Afghanistan – Covering America’s Longest War

WHEN
Mon, Apr 27, 2015 from 02:30pm — 04:00pm, ET

Harvard Kennedy School Alumnus Sean Carberry, recently-returned Kabul Bureau Chief for NPR, discusses covering America’s longest war with Anand Gopal, author of “No Good Men Among the Living: America, the Taliban and the War Through Afghan Eyes,” in conversation with Future of Diplomacy Project Executive Director, Cathryn Cluver, in a seminar co-sponsored by the Shorenstein Center. Sean Carberry was most […]

More Info

The Future of Capitalism in India

WHEN
Fri, Apr 24, 2015 from 04:00pm — 05:30pm, ET

South Asia Without Borders Seminar Prasannan Parthasarathi, Professor of History, Boston College Amit Basole, Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Massachusetts-Boston Discussant: Sanjay G Reddy, Associate Professor of Economics and Co-Academic Director of the India-China Institute, The New School for Social Research Chair: Parimal G. Patil, Professor of Religion and Indian Philosophy, Committee on the Study of Religion, […]

More Info

South Asia Week 2015: Ambassador Jalil Jilani on US-Pakistan relations

WHEN
Fri, Apr 24, 2015 from 02:30pm — 04:00pm, ET

In this first public event of the Future of Diplomacy Project’s annual South Asia Week Ambassador Jalil Abbas Jilani discusses his country’s relationship with the United States and regional powers in a talk moderated by South Asia Institute Director, Professor Tarun Khanna, Harvard Business School. Ambassador Jilani assumed his responsibilities as Ambassador of Pakistan on January 2, […]

More Info

India’s National Security Calculus

WHEN
Fri, Apr 24, 2015 at 02:00pm, ET

A lecture by Ambassador Shivshankar Menon, Fisher Family Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School and former National Security Advisor to the Prime Minister of India The South Asian Politics seminar series is co-sponsored by the Watson Institute at Brown University, the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University and the MIT Center for International Studies Free and open to […]

More Info

Responsible Leadership, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation in an Era of Global Change

WHEN
Fri, Apr 24, 2015 - Sun, Apr 26, 2015, ET

CYRUS Institute of Knowledge Annual Conference Scholars and practitioners are invited to submit a proposal for an interactive paper presentation session that reflect different perspectives across disciplines. We welcome participation from public and private sectors to attend the conference. Participants will find presentations enlightening and enriching their personal and professional life. Additionally, there will be significant opportunities for […]

More Info