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SAI Event Topic : Kumbh Mela

Kumbh Mela, The Ephemeral Megacity

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

VENUE
Asian Art Museum, San Francisco

ADDRESS
200 Larkin St
San Francisco, CA 94102

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

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

VENUE
Harvard School of Public Health

ADDRESS
Harvard School of Public Health
Kresge 502
677 Huntington Ave
Boston, MA

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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Kumbh Mela: Mapping the Ephemeral City

WHEN
Mon, Apr 1, 2013 from 06:00pm — 07:30pm

VENUE
Piper Auditorium
Graduate School of Design
Harvard University

ADDRESS
Piper Auditorium
Graduate School of Design
Harvard University
48 Quincy Street
Cambridge, MA

Diana Eck (HDS), Tarun Khanna (HBS), Sachit Balsari (HSPH), Gregg Greenough (HSPH), and Rahul Mehrotra (GSD) Urban India Project (GSD): Oscar Malaspina, Felipe Vera, James Whitten, Vineet Diwadkar, Alykhan Mohamed Reception to follow Video the event:

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