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Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 04:00pm
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Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 05:30pm
Challenges of Newborn Hypothermia in South Asia
Karsten Lunze, Senior Fellow, Primary Care Academic Fellowship Program Boston University School of Medicine
Luke C. Mullany, Associate Professor, Department of International Health Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Naganand Murty, Co-Founder and President, Technologies, Embrace
Kristian Olson, Clinician Educator Service, Massachusetts General Hospital; Associate Director of Education and Technology Innovation, MGH Center for Global Health, Program Leader, CIMIT Global Health Initiative; Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School
Chair: David Bloom, Clarence James Gamble Professor of Economics, Harvard School of Public Health, Harvard University
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Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 12:30pm
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Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 02:00pm
The Effect of Measles and Tetanus Immunization on Children’s Schooling Attainment in Matlab, Bangladesh: Follow-up of Two Intervention Studies
David Canning, Richard Saltonstall Professor of Population Sciences and Professor of Economics and International Health, Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard School of Public Health
Chair: S.V. Subramanian, Professor of Population Health and Geography, Department of Society, Human Development, and Health, Harvard School of Public Health
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Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 04:30pm
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Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 06:30pm
Child Health in South Asia
Jonathan Simon, Chair, International Health and Professor, International Health, Boston University School of Public Health
Chair: S.V. Subramanian, Professor of Population Health and Geography, Department of Society, Human Development, and Health, Harvard School of Public Health
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Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 04:30pm
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Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 06:00pm
What is mhealth? Its Future and Its Implications
Michael Frost, Director, JSI Center for mHealth, Technical Advisor, USAID Deliver Project
Joel D. Selanikio, MD, FAAP, CEO and co-founder, DataDyne.org, Assistant Professor, Georgetown University Department of Pediatrics
Patricia Mechael, Executive Director, mHealth Alliance, United Nations Foundation
Chair: Marc Mitchell, Lecturer on Global Health, Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard School of Public Health; D-Tree International
**Please note that this event is now at the Harvard School of Public Health**
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Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 04:30pm
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Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 06:30pm
Cultural/Social Events, Homepage Event, _temp, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Celebrate the start of the school year with the Harvard South Asia Institute.
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Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 04:30pm
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Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 06:30pm
Harvard students and faculty, start the school year off right with SAI’s Chaat Party! Meet representatives from student groups across Harvard that focus on South Asia, learn about SAI’s internship and funding opportunities, and enjoy delicious South Asia food!

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Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 12:00pm
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Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 02:00pm
Conversations with the South Asia Institute’s Graduate Student Associates
In this luncheon discussion,* advanced doctoral students from across Harvard’s graduate schools will share key insights from their research on South Asia. Each panelist will present for 10-minutes, followed by discussion with the audience.
12:00 noon – Panel 1: Religion, Education, Nationalism
Nationalism in Education: How political agendas influence national identity through Pakistani schools (Mariam Chughtai, HGSE)
Sensing the Unseen: How students at a Pakistani madrasah come to believe in Sufi saints (Bilal Malik, HGSE)
12:45 pm – Panel 2: Rights, Categories and the State
The Right to Property and Economic Development in India (Namita Wahi, HLS)
Why Food? Thinking about hunger, rights, and the state in India (Benjamin Siegel, History)
“Special Care for Special People”: Health care and categories after Bhopal (Bridget Hanna, Anthropology)
The Origin of the Forest, Private Property, and the State: The Political life of India’s Forest Rights Act (Anand Vaidya, Anthropology)
*Note: Lunch provided. For additional event information, contact: bridget.hanna@gmail.com, malik@post.harvard.edu
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Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 09:00am
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Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 05:00am
Health in South Asia: Lessons for and from the World
On April 26th and 27th, South Asia Initiative at Harvard University held its second annual symposium, focusing on Health in South Asia: Lessons for and from the World. The conference brought together global experts with deep research, implementation and policy experience to learn and find new modes for global exchange.
Read more here.
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Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 04:00pm
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Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 06:00pm
Early Roman Contacts With South Asia
Dr. S. Suresh, State Convener, INTACH, Tamil Nadu, India and Fulbright Senior Research Fellow, National Trust for HistoricPreservation and University of Maryland
Chair: Richard Meadow, Senior Lecturer, Department of Anthropology
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Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 12:30pm
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Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 02:00pm
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Thu, May 3, 2012 at 01:00pm
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Thu, May 3, 2012 at 03:00pm
RELIGION, MEANING AND BELIEF IN MEDIEVAL AND CONTEMPORARY SOUTH ASIAN SOCIETIES
“Social Justice in Islamicate South Asia: Ismat Chughtai’s Cosmopolitan Struggle”
Sadaf Jaffer, Doctoral Candidate in the Indo-Muslim Culture program at the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations
“Producing Islam – Belief, Practice, & Politics at an Islamic Seminary (Madrasa) in Pakistan”
Bilal A. Malik , Ed.D. candidate, Harvard Graduate School of Education
“Muhibb Allah Ilahabadi: A Seventeenth Century Sufi, and Why Every South Asianist Should Care About Him”
Shankar Nair, PhD candidate in the Committee on the Study of Religion
“Rethinking the Role of Religion in Premodern South Asia”
Harpreet Singh, PhD candidate in the Committee on the Study of Religion
LAND, LAW, URBANIZATION AND DEVELOPMENT IN SOUTH ASIA
“Urbanization without cities: Land conflicts along inter-urban highways in India”
Sai Balakrishnan, PhD Candidate in Urban Planning, Graduate School of Design
“A Socio-Legal History of the Right to Property in India”
Namita Wahi, S.J.D. Candidate, Harvard Law School