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SAI Event Region : Pakistan



The Power of Political Connections in Local Elections – Evidence from Pakistan

WHEN
Tue, Mar 29, 2016 at 07:30pm

VENUE
Littauer Building, Room 324
The Fainsod Room
Harvard Kennedy School

ADDRESS
Littauer Building, Room 324
The Fainsod Room
Harvard Kennedy School
79 John F. Kennedy St
Cambridge, MA 02138

Student Event Pakistan in Focus: A student speaker series on Pakistan-based policy research. Asad Liaquat, PhD Candidate, Harvard Kennedy School Cosponsored with the Harvard Pakistan Student Group and the Pakistan Caucus at HKS

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Civil Service Reforms in Pakistan

WHEN
Tue, Mar 1, 2016 from 03:00pm — 04:00pm

VENUE
CGIS Knafel, K354
Harvard University

ADDRESS
1737 Cambridge Street,
Cambridge, MA

Student Seminar Ashan Iqbal, Minister of Planning, Development, and Reform Asim Khwaja, Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School Michael Callen, Assistant Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School Pakistani snacks will be served. Cosponsored with the Harvard Pakistan Student Group and the Pakistan Caucus at HKS

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Voters and Foreign Policy: Evidence from a Survey Experiment in Pakistan

WHEN
Fri, Mar 4, 2016 from 02:00pm — 04:00pm

VENUE
CGIS South, S050
Harvard University

ADDRESS
CGIS South, S050
Harvard University
1730 Cambridge Street
Cambridge MA

Joint Seminar on South Asian Politics Christopher Clary,  Postdoctoral Fellow at the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs at Brown University In traditional surveys in Pakistan, the vast majority of respondents identify India as an enemy and a serious threat to Pakistan. Do these beliefs affect voter choices? In a novel survey experiment, we […]

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Summer Grant Opportunities Open House

WHEN
Tue, Jan 26, 2016 from 04:00pm — 05:30pm

VENUE
CGIS South, S250
Harvard University

ADDRESS
CGIS South, S250
Harvard University
1730 Cambridge Street
Cambridge MA

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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Mental Health in Disaster Response – Local and International Perspectives

WHEN
Wed, Dec 16, 2015 from 05:30pm — 08:00pm

The Aman Foundation and the Harvard University South Asia Institute have co-sponsored this conference on mental health in the wake of natural and manmade disasters in Pakistan. Coping in the Wake of Disasters: Long term Effects of Traumatic “Life-Changing” Situations Sharmeen Khan, Clinical Psychologist Sharmeen Khan is a Karachi-based mental health professional and a human rights […]

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Beyond the Madrassa: Investigating the Civic Infrastructure of Islamist Groups in an Urban Setting

WHEN
Thu, Nov 5, 2015 from 04:00pm — 05:30pm

VENUE
CGIS South, S153
Harvard University

ADDRESS
CGIS South, S153
Harvard University
1730 Cambridge Street
Cambridge, MA 02138

South Asia Without Borders Seminar Laila Bushra, Babar Ali Fellow, South Asia Institute Chair: Sugata Bose, Gardiner Professor of Oceanic History and Affairs, Harvard University Over the last three decades, Islamic educational institutions (madrassas) operating in Pakistan have witnessed a dramatic expansion in their numbers and geographical scope. Being more than simply the breeding grounds for […]

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The Capitals of Postcolonial Pakistan: Urbanism as a discourse of Territorial Selfhood

WHEN
Mon, Nov 9, 2015 from 06:30pm — 08:00pm

VENUE
CGIS South, S050
Harvard University

ADDRESS
CGIS South, S050
Harvard University
1730 Cambridge Street
Cambridge MA

Urbanization Seminar Farhan Karim, Assistant Professor The University of Kansas, School of Architecture, Design, and Planning Chair: Rahul Mehrotra, Professor of Urban Design and Planning, Harvard Graduate School of Design In the two decades following the creation of Pakistan, the government embarked on a lofty project to establish Muslim nationalism as a two pronged symbol: a […]

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Reflections: A Conversation with Salim and Sulaiman Merchant

WHEN
Fri, Oct 2, 2015 from 12:00pm — 01:30pm

VENUE
Thompson Room
Barker Center

ADDRESS
Thompson Room
Barker Center
12 Quincy St
Cambridge, MA 02138

Muslim Societies in South Asia Seminar Read a summary of the event here. Salim and Sulaiman Merchant, Musicians and composers Moderator: Ali Asani, Professor of Indo-Muslim and Islamic Religion and Cultures; Director, Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Islamic Studies Program, Harvard University The Merchant brothers, Salim and Sulaiman, rank among the most dynamic and talented musicians and composers […]

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Using Cell Phones to Study Behavior: From Individuals to Entire Nations

WHEN
Tue, Sep 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 […]

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