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Event Topic : Kumbh Mela

Kumbh Mela, The Ephemeral Megacity

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Sat, Nov 5, 2016 from 02:00pm — 03:30pm, ET

Special Event This year’s annual SACHI meeting and event will explore the megacity Kumbh Mela and features specialists Diana Eck, professor of Comparative Religion and Indian Studies at Harvard University, and Rahul Mehrotra, professor of Urban Design and Planning at Harvard Graduate School of Design, followed by a short discussion. Facilitated by Robert Goldman, Professor of Sanskrit, UC […]

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Sacred Geographies: India and the US

Diana Eck, Professor of Comparative Religion and Indian Studies at Harvard University. Eck invites Harvard alumni and friends to join her in New York City for a conversation about her most recent book, India: A Sacred Geography, which is a culmination of more than a decade’s work.  Eck will address spiritual pilgrimages in India, such as […]

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Public Health at the World’s Largest Gathering

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Thu, Mar 28, 2013 from 03:30pm — 05:30pm, ET

A Field Report from India’s Kumbh Mela   Panel discussion and Q & A with HSPH Kumbh Mela Team Featuring: Satchit Balsari MD, MPH: Fellow, FXB Center for Health and Human Rights • Associate Faculty, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative • Director, Global Emergency Medicine Program / Weill Cornell Medical College • M.P.H., Harvard School of Public Health, […]

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