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COVID-19 in South Asia – A Practitioner’s Workshop: Part 1

Part 1 – Oxygenation and Ventilation: At home and in the hospital 7:30-8:30 pm IST/ 10:00-11:00 am ET Zoom link for the talk Stream the talk on YouTube   The science and practice of Covid-19 clinical care continues to evolve as new discoveries change our treatment options, management of complications and influence vaccination strategies. The […]

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Advancing Justice: Responses to Anti-Asian Racism in the U.S.

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Thu, Apr 1, 2021 from 04:00pm — 05:30pm, ET

Register here to join the webinar. PANELISTS:  Han Lu, Senior Policy Analyst, National Employment Law Project christina ong, PhD Student, Department of Sociology, University of Pittsburgh Elena Shih, Manning Assistant Professor of American Studies and Ethnic Studies, Brown University   MODERATOR:  Vivian Shaw, College Fellow, Department of Sociology, Harvard University; Co-Principal Investigator, AAPI COVID-19 Project […]

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Models of Innovation: Education in South Asia

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Wed, Nov 11, 2020 from 09:30am — 10:30am, ET

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Link to join Webinar: https://harvard.zoom.us/j/96334907470  Register to receive updates on this webinar series: https://bit.ly/34FdVUZ  In this interactive session, four organizations will showcase their innovative models of education delivery in times of the pandemic. These success stories, from Bangladesh, India, Nepal, and Pakistan, bring together learning from all corners of the region and illustrate how the […]

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Rediscovering Partition from New Perspectives

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Tue, Sep 1, 2020 from 10:00am — 11:30am, ET

Partition Webinar Poster

10:00 AM EDT  |  3:00 PM BST  |  7:00 PM PKT  |  7:30 PM IST Join via Zoom: https://harvard.zoom.us/j/95706117879 The impact of the 1947 Partition still ripples throughout South Asia, 73 years later. However, our knowledge of this historic event is constantly being reevaluated by academics and researchers who have continued to illuminate the details […]

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Webinar: The Labor of Fashion, the Global COVID-19 Crisis, and the Politics of Resistance in Bangladesh

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Fri, Jun 12, 2020 from 09:00am — 10:30am, ET

NO REGISTRATION REQUIRED 9:00–10:30 AM EST // 6:00–7:30 PM PKT // 6:30–8:00 PM IST // 7:00–8:30 PM BST Virtual via Zoom: https://harvard.zoom.us/j/99118872916 Stream via YouTube Live: https://youtu.be/JgegRQEm1UY Moderators Dr. Elora Chowdhury, Professor, Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, University of Massachusetts, Boston Dr. Durba Mitra, Assistant Professor, Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality, Harvard University Speakers […]

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Growing the World’s Largest NGO: BRAC, Bangladesh, and Beyond

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Fri, Mar 6, 2020 from 12:30pm — 02:00pm, ET

Founded in 1972, BRAC has become one of the largest and most successful NGOs in the world. Dr. Muhammad Musa, Executive Director of BRAC International, will discuss the efforts that go into making BRAC a success, and explore the organization’s vision to continue expanding in Bangladesh and around the world. Lunch will be provided. Speaker […]

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Bangladesh Rising: Conference at the Harvard Kennedy School

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Sat, May 12, 2018 from 08:00am — 09:00pm, ET

ABOUT THE CONFERENCE: The Economist reported last September that it is “a good moment to celebrate Bangladesh’s economic progress. Its annual growth has averaged more than 6% over the past ten years and has run above 7% over the past two.” More than celebrating, Bangladesh Rising conference will discuss how Bangladesh can maintain its momentum, and […]

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SAI Spring Art Exhibition: Showcasing Research in South Asia Through Visual Arts

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Wed, Apr 4, 2018 at 04:00pm, ET —
Mon, Apr 9, 2018, ET

The SAI Spring Art Exhibition features 2D and 3D art and artifacts inspired by Harvard students who traveled to South Asia sponsored by Harvard SAI travel grants. Some highlights include children’s picture books written in the Indigenous languages of Chittagong Hill Tracts in Bangladesh, photographs of fallen mosques in Myanmar and candid photos of workers […]

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South Asia Without Borders Seminar: The Silk Road to South Asia: From Mongolia to Bangladesh

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Tue, Mar 27, 2018 from 04:00pm — 05:30pm, ET

Ancient records of early Buddhism, recovered from Tibet, identify five great centres of learning a thousand years after the birth of Prince Gautama Buddha. Of the five, two are amongst the four hundred Buddhist sites in Bangladesh; Somapura Mahavihara (Paharpur) and Jaggadala. These centers could not have thrived without patronage and proximity of the Silk Road which brought trade and Buddhism close together. Hasna will discuss a trip she took in 2015 and 2017 to Mongolia in search of a connection between Mongolia and India via Bangladesh. 

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The Dhaka Art Summit

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Fri, Feb 2, 2018 - Sat, Feb 10, 2018, ET

Professor Sugata Bose, Gardiner Professor of Oceanic History and Affairs, Harvard University will be on two panel discussions at the Dhaka Arts Summit (DAS) in February 2018. The Dhaka Art Summit (DAS) is an international, non-commercial research and exhibition platform for art and architecture related to South Asia. With a core focus on Bangladesh, DAS re-examines how we think about these forms of art in both a regional and an international context.

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Crossroads Summer Program

The Crossroads Summer Program is a fully-funded introduction to Harvard and American university culture for students from the Indian subcontinent, the Middle East, and Africa, who are the first in their families to attend college and may also be facing challenging financial and social circumstances. Leading Harvard faculty will teach an intensive, multidisciplinary four-day curriculum in Dubai, for up to 60 accomplished, motivated youth.

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