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The Political Economy of Local Journalism in India (in-person)

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Fri, Oct 16, 2026 from 03:00pm — 05:00pm, ET

VENUE
CGIS South, S153, 1730 Cambridge St, Cambridge MA (Harvard University)

ORGANIZER

Please join us for a seminar on South Asian politics co-hosted by the Saxena Center at Brown University, the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University, and the Mittal Institute at Harvard University, featuring Adam Auerbach, Associate Professor of Political Science, Yale University.  

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Harnessing the State: Oppressed Groups and the Pursuit of Radical Democracy (In-person)

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Fri, Sep 25, 2026 from 03:00pm — 05:00pm, ET

VENUE
 CGIS South, S153, 1730 Cambridge St, Cambridge MA (Harvard University)

ORGANIZER

Please join us for a seminar on South Asian politics co-hosted by the Saxena Center at Brown University, the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University, and the Mittal Institute at Harvard University, featuring Hari Ramesh, Assistant Professor of Government at Wesleyan University, who will talk about his book Harnessing the State: Oppressed Groups and the Pursuit of Radical Democracy

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Citizen Reactions to Religious Nationalist Rhetoric — Joint Seminar on South Asian Politics (in-person)

WHEN
Fri, Apr 3, 2026 at 02:00pm, ET

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Cambridge – CGIS South, S153

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Please join us for a seminar on South Asian politics co-hosted by the Saxena Center at Brown University, the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University, and the Mittal Institute at Harvard University, featuring speaker Rajeshwari Majumdar, Assistant Professor, School of Media and Public Affairs, The George Washington University.

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Mischief of the Franchise: The Grant of Universal Suffrage in British Ceylon (Sri Lanka), 1927-28 — Joint Seminar on South Asian Politics

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Fri, Mar 27, 2026 at 02:00pm, ET

VENUE
CGIS South, S153

ORGANIZER

Join us for a talk with Dan Slater on “Mischief of the Franchise: The Grant of Universal Suffrage in British Ceylon (Sri Lanka), 1927-28.” What prompted a white ruling elite to grant universal suffrage to a population of color for the very first time in modern history? This presentation discusses the surprising and puzzling decision by the colonial Donoughmore Commission to extend the franchise in British Ceylon (present-day Sri Lanka) in 1927-28, offering a novel account for both why and how suffrage expansion unfolds in the absence of either elite or popular pressures to expand voting rights.

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Joint Seminar on South Asian Politics with Rachel Brule (in-person)

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Fri, Feb 27, 2026 at 02:00pm, ET

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Cambridge – CGIS South, S153

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Please join us for a seminar on South Asian politics co-hosted by the Saxena Center at Brown University, the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University, and the Mittal Institute at Harvard University, featuring speaker Rachel Brule, Associate Professor of Global Development Policy at Boston University’s Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies.

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Whither Secularism and Pluralism? A discussion with Shashi Tharoor, Sugata Bose and Diana Eck

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Fri, Feb 13, 2026 from 12:15pm — 01:15pm, ET

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WCC 1023 Classroom, Harvard Law School

ORGANIZER

Join us for a discussion with Shashi Tharoor, Sugata Bose and Diana Eck on the chapter ‘Whither Secularism and Pluralism?’ of Dr Tharoor’s book Our Living Constitution: A Concise Introduction & Commentary.

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Bangladesh’s Pivot Point: Democracy, Geopolitics, and the 2026 Parliamentary Election

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Thu, Feb 5, 2026 from 12:00pm — 01:30pm, ET

VENUE
Cambridge – CGIS South, S153

On February 12, Bangladesh will hold its first parliamentary elections since a student-led uprising ended the 15-year tenure of the Awami League (AL) and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in August 2024. The election results will have a profound effect on the country’s democratic trajectory and geopolitical position.

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The Discourse of Modernity in India: Ethnography with Children & Policy Analysis

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Thu, Nov 20, 2025 at 12:00pm, ET

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CGIS South, S250

ORGANIZER

Speaker: Nita Kumar, Brown Family Professor of South Asian History, Claremont McKenna College. Moderator: Doris Sommer, Ira and Jewell Williams Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures and of African and African American Studies, Harvard University

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The Uneven State: Bureaucratic Preferences and State Capacity in India – Joint Seminar on South Asian Politics

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Fri, Nov 7, 2025 at 02:00pm, ET

VENUE
Cambridge – CGIS South, S153

ORGANIZER

Please join us for a seminar on South Asian politics co-hosted by the Saxena Center at Brown University, the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University, and the Mittal Institute at Harvard University, featuring speaker Anustubh Agnihotri, Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at Ashoka University.

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Moral Vaccination: Ideas and Institutions in the Control of Contagion in China and India

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Wed, Oct 15, 2025 from 12:00pm — 01:15pm, ET

VENUE
Ash Center Seminar Room 225, Suite 200, 124 Mount Auburn Street

ORGANIZER

Join Prerna Singh, Mahatma Gandhi Associate Professor of Political Science and International Studies at Brown University, for a Global Challenges to Democracy Seminar.

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Brokering Rebellion: Identity, Organization and Social Expansion of Insurgency – Joint Seminar on South Asian Politics

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Fri, Oct 10, 2025 at 02:00pm, ET

VENUE
Cambridge – CGIS South, S153

ORGANIZER

Please join us for a seminar on South Asian politics with Apekshya Prasai, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Boston University and discussant Zoe Marks, Oppenheimer Faculty Director of the Center for African Studies, Harvard University; Lecturer in Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School; Faculty Dean of Pforzheimer House, Harvard College.

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HUM SAB EK (We Are One) – Hopkins India Conference

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Fri, May 9, 2025 at 04:30pm, ET — Sat, May 10, 2025 at 03:00pm, ET

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Main Theater, Hopkins Bloomberg Center

HUM SAB EK (We Are One) will stop in Washington, DC, for a panel and curatorial tours. It will be the fifth in a continuing series of discussions across academic institutions, international development organizations, and public and private sectors, examining alternatives to our current future.

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