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Fri, Dec 6, 2013 from 02:00pm — 03:30pm, ET
Science Technology and Engineering Seminar M. V. Ramana, Nuclear Futures Laboratory & Program on Science and Global Security, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs Princeton University Chair: Matthew Bunn, Professor of the Practice of Public Policy, Co-Principal Investigator, Project on Managing the Atom, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School […]
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Thu, Dec 5, 2013 from 04:00pm — 05:30pm, ET
South Asia Without Borders Seminar Shankar Ramaswami, South Asia Institute South Asian Studies Postdoctoral Fellow Chair: Parimal G. Patil, Department of South Asian Studies, Harvard University This presentation will explore migrant workers’ experiences, aspirations, and world-views in Delhi, drawing on fieldwork among metal workers in the Okhla Industrial Area. The presentation invokes the image of the chakravyuh (lotus maze), […]
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Wed, Dec 4, 2013 from 04:00pm — 05:30pm, ET
Muslim Societies in South Asia Seminar Frank Korom, Professor of Religion and Anthropology at Boston University Chair: Ali Asani, Professor of Indo-Muslim and Islamic Religion and Cultures, Faculty of Arts and Sciences; Director, Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Islamic Studies Program This lecture explores the social predicament of a low-caste community of narrative scroll painters in […]
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Wed, Nov 20, 2013 from 02:30pm — 05:30pm, ET
South Asia Without Borders Deepak Rauniyar, Filmaker Asha Magrati, Actress Screening: 2:30-4:00 pm. Talk: 4:00-5:30 pm This event is followed by a reception. Cosponsored with the Department of South Asian Studies and Department of Visual and Environmental Studies. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swqDfJTCvQo
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Tue, Nov 19, 2013 from 04:00pm — 05:30pm, ET
Urbanization Seminar Jonathan Spencer, Professor of the Anthropology of South Asia & Head of School of Social and Political Science, Social Anthropology, School of Social and Political Science, University of Edinburgh Chair: Charles Hallisey, Yehan Numata Senior Lecturer on Buddhist Literatures, Harvard Divinity School Since the end of the country’s 30-year civil war in 2009, […]
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Fri, Nov 15, 2013 from 04:00pm — 05:30pm, ET
Muslim Societies in South Asia Seminar Pasha M. Khan, Professor, Urdu Language and Culture, McGill University Chair: Sunil Sharma, Modern Languages and Comparative Literature, Associate Professor of Persianate and Comparative Literature, Convener of Persian and Hindi-Urdu, Boston University Cosponsored with the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Islamic Studies Program This talk will consider the career of Mir […]
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Fri, Nov 8, 2013 from 12:00pm — 01:30pm, ET
Social Enterprise Seminar Maitreyi Bordia Das, Lead Social Development Specialist and Team Leader for Social Inclusion, Social Development Department, World Bank Shankar Ramaswami, SAI Postdoctoral Fellow in South Asian Studies, Harvard University Chair: Martha Chen, Lecturer in Public Policy, Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations, Harvard Kennedy School S050, CGIS South, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge MA Cosponsored […]
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Mon, Nov 4, 2013 from 04:15pm — 05:45pm, ET
South Asia Without Borders Sara Shneiderman, Assistant Professor of Anthropology & South Asian Studies, Yale University Chair: Ajantha Subramanian, Professor, Social Anthropology Program, Harvard University Cosponsored with the Political Anthropology Working Group
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Fri, Nov 1, 2013 from 12:00pm — 01:30pm, ET
Seminars, Global Health, _temp, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Global Health Seminar Arthur Kleinman, Esther and Sidney Rabb Professor, Department of Anthropology, Harvard University and Professor of Medical Anthropology in Global Health and Social Medicine and Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School Jennifer Leaning, Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Professor of the Practice of Health and Human Rights, Harvard School of Public Health; Director, FXB Center for […]
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Thu, Oct 24, 2013 from 04:00pm — 05:30pm, ET
South Asia Institute Film Event Doria Bramante, Film Producer, Advisory Board member, International Campaign for Human Rights in Bhutan Narad M. Adhikari, Human rights activist, Board member, International Campaign for Human Rights in Bhutan Suraj Budathoki, Founder and Coordinator, International Campaign for Human Rights in Bhutan Chair: Kevin Caffrey, Lecturer, Committee on Degrees in Social […]
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Mon, Oct 21, 2013 from 12:00pm — 01:30pm, ET
Social Enterprise and Education Seminar John Wood, founder and board co-chair of Room to Read Chair: Fernando Reimers, Ford Foundation Professor of International Education and Director of Global Education and of International Education Policy at Harvard University Cosponsored by the Harvard Graduate School of Education International Education Policy Program Over 60 million primary school-aged […]
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Fri, Oct 18, 2013 from 04:00pm — 05:30pm, ET
Muslim Societies in South Asia Seminar Amina Steinfels, Associate Professor of Religion, Mount Holyoke College Chair: Sunil Sharma, Chair, Modern Languages and Comparative Literature, Associate Professor of Persianate and Comparative Literature, Convener of Persian and Hindi-Urdu, Boston University Despite a growing sophistication in the study of Islam, our understanding of Sufism continues to be hampered by deeply ingrained […]
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