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Wed, Nov 14, 2012 from 05:30pm — 07:30pm
Anirban Adhya, Associate Professor, Department of Architecture, Lawrence Tech College of Architecture and Design Chair: Rahul Mehrotra, Professor and Chair, Department of Urban Planning and Design, Harvard Graduate School of Design For the City of Kolkata and Bengalis, Durga Pujo is a festival of its own. The festival is rooted in a social-cultural phenomenon that transcends religious […]
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Tue, Feb 19, 2013 from 06:00pm — 07:30pm
Deruralization: The Modernist City in the Age of Globalization Vikramāditya Prakāsh, Professor of Architecture; Adjunct Professor of Landscape Architecture, Adjunct Professor of Urban Design and Planning; Director, Chandigarh Urban Lab, University of Washington Chair: Rahul Mehrotra, Professor of Urban Planning and Design and Chair of the Department of Urban Planning and Design, Harvard Graduate School of Design
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Tue, Mar 26, 2013 from 06:00pm — 07:30pm
Decoding Dhaka Farooq Ameen, Principal, City Design Studio Chair: Rahul Mehrotra, Professor of Urban Planning and Design and Chair of the Department of Urban Planning and Design, Harvard Graduate School of Design The city of Dhaka is one of the largest, most dense urban masses in the world. Its population is projected to reach 20 million by […]
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Mon, Mar 19, 2012 from 04:00pm — 05:30pm
Chaired by Asad Ahmed, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Harvard University Yasmin Saikia, Hardt-Nickachos Chair in Peace Studies, Center for the Study of Religion and Conflict; Professor of History in the School of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies, Arizona State University The scholarship on post-conflict resolution is growing and the new questions and discourses on peacemaking forefront […]
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Thu, Jun 27, 2013 from 05:30pm — 08:30pm
Amar Akbar Anthony is a 1977 Bollywood film about three brothers who were separated during childhood and who grew up in three separate homes, adopting different religions. The film was directed by Manmohan Desai and features Amitabh Bachchan, Vinod Khanna, and Rishi Kapoor. Amar Akbar Anthony was the biggest blockbuster of 1977 and won several […]
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Thu, Mar 29, 2012 from 04:00pm — 05:30pm
Co-Discussants: Rahul Mehrotra, Professor and Chair, Department of Urban Planning and Design, Harvard Graduate School of Design Nicolas P. Retsinas, Senior Lecturer, Harvard Business School; Lecturer in Housing, Harvard Graduate School of Design
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Thu, Mar 1, 2012 from 04:15pm — 05:45pm
Naveeda Khan, Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, Johns Hopkins University Co-sponsored with the Harvard Asia Center as part of their Islam in Asia Seminar Series
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Mon, Apr 22, 2013 from 05:30pm — 07:00pm
The high mountains of the Sri Lankan hill country produce picturesque streams and cascades in and around stepped tea plantations. Photo by Tyler Arnot, HGSE Master Candidate and SAI Winter Session Grant Awardee Reflections on Serendipity The Initiative for Sri Lankan Education (ISLE) presents the opening of its photo exhibit “Reflections on Serendipity. The exhibit will be […]
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Cultural/Social Events, Global Health, South Asia Without Borders, Urbanization, _temp, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
South Asia: The World’s Laboratory A special SAI event in New York City. Inquire for details:sainit@fas.harvard.edu Home to nearly a sixth of humanity, the birthplace of many of the world’s great religions and philosophies, and now a hotbed for innovation and technological change, South Asia is truly the world’s laboratory, a space where we can […]
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Thu, Jul 25, 2013 from 05:30pm — 08:30pm
Ontorjatra (‘The Inner Journey’) is a 2006 Bangla film exploring complex issues of identity and dislocation in a diaspora world. A divorced mother and her son return to Bangladesh after 15 years in London after the ex-husband’s sudden death and funeral. The story follows the transforming experience of the mother and son as they come […]
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Mon, Mar 5, 2012 from 04:00pm — 05:30pm
The Harvard University Asia Center and the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University present a forum on The United States in Asia: Five Media Perspectives With the participation of Nieman Fellows from Asia Moderated by 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 […]
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Tue, Nov 27, 2012 from 12:30pm — 02:00pm
Nadeem Hussain, Founder, President and CEO, Tameer Micro Finance Bank Ltd, Pakistan Nadeem Hussain will discuss the financial revolution which the Tameer Bank is bringing to Pakistan by financially empowering people at the grassroots level, including innovative work such as branchless banking and solar energy. Discussant: Professor Asim Khwaja, Harvard Kennedy School Moderator: Nasim Zehra, […]
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