Sat, August 19, 2017 at 09:00am to
Sun, August 20, 2017 at 06:00pm / Dubai, UAE
The Harvard South Asia Institute (SAI) Workshop on the Liberal Arts in Higher Education is a forum for faculty, administrators, and leadership from universities across South Asia, the Middle East, and neighboring regions (Central Asia and East Asia) to explore ways in which universities may develop a liberal arts education program for undergraduate students, while fostering such objectives as sustainable development; social inclusion and peace; and cooperation across national boundaries among individuals, institutions, and governments. These goals are essential to addressing shared global challenges and to realizing opportunities to advance human well-being. Universities, as institutions that prepare future leadership of societies, have a unique role to play in the achievement of these goals, educating students as global citizens who can understand, value, and contribute to the common good.
The inaugural event of the Harvard SAI Liberal Arts Education Workshop will be held on August 19-20, 2017, at the Ismaili Centre in Dubai, with the aim of launching a consortium of stakeholders committed to a robust and vibrant future of liberal arts education. This workshop will allow Harvard SAI to initiate a multi-year engagement convening on an annual basis for collaboration, knowledge sharing and the exchange of ideas.
Eligibility
This workshop is available for university faculty, administrators, and leadership only. Please include your title, affiliation, and university email when you register.
Register by Friday, July 7. Learn more here.
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Sat, Aug 19, 2017 at 09:00am
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Sun, Aug 20, 2017 at 06:00pm
COST: $125
in Conferences and Symposiums, Panel, Workshops and Round Tables, Cosponsored Event, Education, Homepage Event, Special Event, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Ali Asani, Fernando Reimers, Jay Harris, Jorge Dominguez
Come hear about SAI Summer Funding opportunities, including research and internship grants, and ask any last minute questions about the application process.
Deadline to apply: February 15, 2017
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Thu, Jan 26, 2017 at 04:00pm
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Thu, Jan 26, 2017 at 05:30pm
Come hear about SAI Summer Funding opportunities, including research and internship grants, and ask any last minute questions about the application process.
Deadline to apply: February 17, 2016
Join the Facebook event.
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Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 04:00pm
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Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 05:30pm
Tue, September 15, 2015 from 08:30am - 10:00am
Webinar
Watch the live stream here.
JP Onnela, Assistant Professor of Biostatistics, Department of Biostatistics, Harvard School of Public Health
Cell phones are no longer just a tool of communication – they are being used to improve the lives of billions of people. As the technology continues to improve, collecting behavioral data is getting easier and less intrusive. Data from cell phones can reveal everything from an individual’s mental health, how pathogens spread, to how social networks function at the societal level. In this session, Professor Onnela will discuss his work on using digital phenotyping to study the behavior of social networks with big data.
8:30 AM in Cambridge, 5:30 PM in Pakistan, 6 PM in India, 6 PM in Sri Lanka, 6:30 PM in Bangladesh, 6:15PM in Nepal
How to participate:
WATCH: One the day of the webinar, watch live on SAI’s website
INTERACT: Tweet your questions and join the conversation on Facebook
Twitter: @HarvardSAI, #SAIWebinar
Facebook: HarvardSAI
Email: sainit@fas.harvard.edu
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Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 08:30am
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Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 10:00am
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 the summer are welcome. Please RSVP to Nora Maginn, maginn@fas.harvard.edu if you’d like to join.
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Thu, Apr 30, 2015 at 04:00pm
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Thu, Apr 30, 2015 at 05:30pm
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 in the S/SRAP office since its creation in 2009, first as deputy and then as principal deputy to Ambassadors Richard Holbrooke, Marc Grossman, and James Dobbins. Ambassador Feldman has been deeply engaged in all aspects of U.S. policy formulation and implementation for both countries, including overseeing political transition issues, economic growth initiatives, regional integration efforts, international engagement with key partners, strategic communications, and Congressional outreach. For his service in the S/SRAP office, he was awarded the Secretary’s Distinguished Honor Award by Secretary Clinton.
Before reentering government, he was a law partner and co-chair of the international Corporate Social Responsibility group at Foley Hoag LLP, the only such legal practice in the U.S. His previous government experience includes serving as Director of Multilateral and Humanitarian Affairs at the National Security Council in the Clinton Administration, and as Counsel and Communications Adviser to the U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.
Ambassador Feldman was Senior Foreign Policy and National Security Advisor to the Kerry presidential campaign in 2004, communications advisor and recount attorney for the Gore campaign in 2000, and a senior campaign advisor to Senator Mark Warner. He helped to found, and subsequently served on the board of, the National Security Network, and is a life member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He has been appointed a White House Fellow and a Henry Luce Scholar, and was a law clerk on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and on the South African Supreme (Constitutional) Court. He is a graduate of Tufts University, Columbia Law School, and Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School.
Cosponsored with the The Future of Diplomacy Project, Harvard Kennedy School.
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Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 04:30pm
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Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 06:00pm
Thu, April 16, 2015 - Fri, April 17, 2015 / Loeb House
Annual Symposium
Workshops to highlight interfaculty research projects supported by SAI, and launch of the exhibit and book Kumbh Mela: Mapping the Ephemeral Megacity.
Thursday, April 16, 2015
10:00 – 12:00 pm: Mobile Technology to Access Healthcare Services – Case Studies from the Global South
1:00 – 3:00 pm: Role of South Asian Arts in Education
4:00 – 4:30 pm: Kumbh Mela: Mapping the Ephemeral Megacity Book and Exhibit Launch
4:30 – 5:30 pm: One Harvard: Working Across Disciplines
Friday, April 17, 2015
10:30 – 12:30 pm: Water and Poverty in Urban Slums
1:00 – 3:00 pm: Mental Health and Disasters
Registration required: Symposium website and registration.
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Thu, Apr 16, 2015
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Fri, Apr 17, 2015
VENUE
Loeb House
ADDRESS
Loeb House, 17 Quincy Street in Cambridge, MA 02138
