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SAI Event Topic : Joint Seminar on South Asian Politics

Who Influences Voters in Rural India? An Experimental Approach

WHEN
Fri, Nov 18, 2016 from 02:00pm — 04:00pm

VENUE
CGIS South, S153
Harvard University

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

Joint Seminar on South Asian Politics Simon Chauchard, Assistant Professor of Government Department, Dartmouth College Chair: Ashutosh Varshney, Sol Goldman Professor of Political Science and International and Public Affairs, Director of the Brown-India Initiative Cosponsored with the Center for Contemporary South Asia at the Wat­son Insti­tute at Brown Uni­ver­sity, the Weath­er­head Cen­ter for Inter­na­tional Affairs, and the MIT Cen­ter […]

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New Potions in Old Bottles: Explaining the Differential Control of Smallpox in 19th Century Canton and Calcutta

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Fri, Oct 14, 2016 from 02:00pm — 04:00pm

VENUE
CGIS Knafel, K354
Harvard University

ADDRESS
1737 Cambridge Street,
Cambridge, MA

Joint Seminar on South Asian Politics Prerna Singh, Mahatma Gandhi Assistant Professor of Political Science and International and Public Affairs, Brown University Chair: Ashutosh Varshney, Sol Goldman Professor of Political Science and International and Public Affairs, Director of the Brown-India Initiative Cosponsored with the Center for Contemporary South Asia at the Wat­son Insti­tute at Brown Uni­ver­sity, the Weath­er­head Cen­ter for […]

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Neighborhood Sanitation and Infant Mortality (Livestream)

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Fri, Feb 26, 2016 from 02:00pm — 04:00pm

Joint Seminar on South Asian Politics Dean Spears, Rice Institute Dean Spears is the Executive Director of the RICE Institute. Dean’s research focuses on children’s health and human capital, which these days often means height, sanitation, and social forces in Indian households and villages. He has also done research about population issues in social welfare […]

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East India Company Revisited

WHEN
Fri, Apr 22, 2016 from 02:00pm — 04:00pm

VENUE
CGIS South, S153
Harvard University

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

Joint Seminar on South Asian Politics Atul KohIi, David K.E. Bruce Professor of International Affairs and Professor of Politics and International Affairs, Princeton University Cosponsored with Brown University, MIT, and the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs Reception to follow.

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

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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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Why Regional Parties? Clientelism, Elites, and the Indian Party System

WHEN
Fri, Feb 5, 2016 from 02:00pm — 04:00pm

VENUE
CGIS Knafel, K354
Harvard University

ADDRESS
1737 Cambridge Street,
Cambridge, MA

Joint Seminar on South Asian Politics Adam Ziegfeld, Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, George Washington University Today, regional parties in India win nearly as many votes as national parties. Ziegfeld questions the conventional wisdom that regional parties in India are electorally successful because they harness popular grievances and benefit from strong regional identities. […]

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