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Mon, May 4, 2015 from 04:30pm — 06:00pm, ET
Special Event Dr Isher Judge Ahluwalia, Chairperson, Board of Governors, the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER) Chair: Tarun Khanna, Director, South Asia Institute; Jorge Paulo Lemann Professor, Harvard Business School Dr Isher Judge Ahluwalia is a renowned Indian economist, with wide experience in the fields of economic growth, productivity, industrial and trade […]
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Fri, May 1, 2015 from 04:00pm — 05:30pm, ET
SAI South Asia Without Borders Seminar Chandan Gowda, Professor of Sociology, Azim Premji 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 Kuvempu (1904-1994), the famous Kannada literary figure, observed, “The Veda is an unfinished book.” Influenced by the vedantic […]
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Fri, May 1, 2015 from 01:00pm — 02:30pm, ET
Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Former Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission of the Republic of India Chair: Rohini Pande, Mohammed Kamal Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School Montek Singh Ahluwalia is the former Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission for India. For his outstanding contribution to economic policy and public service, he was conferred the prestigious ‘Padma Vibhushan’ by the President […]
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Thu, Apr 30, 2015 from 08:30am — 10:00am, ET
Ambassador Husain Haqqani examines the tenuous relationship between the U.S. and Pakistan in a seminar co-sponsored by the India and South Asia Program. A Hudson Institute Senior Fellow and Director for South and Central Asia, Ambassador Husain Haqqani served as Pakistan’s ambassador to the United States from 2008-2011 and is widely credited with managing a difficult partnership during […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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