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Tue, Oct 31, 2023
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Webinar
The webinar aims to focus on the global south conceptualisations of borderlands in the particular case of South Asia post the partition of 1947. The fragmented history of the South Asian borderlands is a complex yet intriguing space for exploration.
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Fri, Sep 10, 2021 from 09:00am — 10:30am
Register for the talk An Asia Beyond the Headlines Seminar Series Panelists: Shirin Jaafari, Reporter, The World, USA Shubhanga Pandey, Chief Editor, Himal Southasian, Sri Lanka Nasim Zehra, Author/Columnist; National Security Expert; Senior Anchor/Analyst, Channel 24, Pakistan Moderator: James Robson, James C. Kralik, and Yunli Lou Professor, Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations; […]
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Thu, May 2, 2019 - Fri, May 3, 2019
VENUE
Science Center Hall A
ADDRESS
Science Center Hall A
Harvard University
Cambridge MA 02138
As part of the Nepal Studies Program, Professor Michael Witzel from Harvard University will lead a conference titled “Hinduism in Nepal: The Ritual Dimension.” Ritual has played a major role in Hindu societies, from the Vedas to modern times, and it has been particularly prominent in Nepalese society. It accompanies individuals from morning until night, from birth to death, and it shapes the customs of society throughout the year. This conference will explore some of the rituals, past and present, that are typical for Nepal. Stress is put on the extensive documentation that has been carried out over the past few decades, with a particular focus on fire rituals.
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Tue, Apr 3, 2018 from 12:00pm — 02:00pm
The panel will discuss conceptions of “citizenship” in India as related to caste and indigeneity. The discussion will be an opportunity to explore the ways that citizenship and belonging have been constructed through exclusion and marginalization based on social, political, and ethnic lines. Rajyashri Goody, Visiting Artist, The Lakshmi Mittal South Asia Institute, Harvard University Suraj […]
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Tue, Mar 27, 2018 from 04:00pm — 05:30pm
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CGIS South, S153
Harvard University
ADDRESS
CGIS South, S153
Harvard University
1730 Cambridge Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Ancient records of early Buddhism, recovered from Tibet, identify five great centres of learning a thousand years after the birth of Prince Gautama Buddha. Of the five, two are amongst the four hundred Buddhist sites in Bangladesh; Somapura Mahavihara (Paharpur) and Jaggadala. These centers could not have thrived without patronage and proximity of the Silk Road which brought trade and Buddhism close together. Hasna will discuss a trip she took in 2015 and 2017 to Mongolia in search of a connection between Mongolia and India via Bangladesh.
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Tue, Mar 20, 2018 from 04:00pm — 05:30pm
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CGIS South, S250
Harvard University
ADDRESS
CGIS South, S250
Harvard University
1730 Cambridge Street
Cambridge MA
Professor Sax will discuss the pre-colonial society of the Western Himalayas, which consisted of small territories ruled by local devatas (Hindu deities) through their oracles. He will provide ethnographic details of the system as it still exists, paying special attention to how it has adapted to the modern, secular Indian republic.
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Shehla Rashid Shora has emerged as a prominent face of the student-youth movement in India. She was active in the movement seeking justice for Dalit research scholar, Rohith Vemula, who ended his life after facing prolonged harassment by the University of Hyderabad administration. She also led the movement for the release of JNU students, Kanhaiya, Umar and Anirban who were wrongfully imprisoned following a vicious media trial.
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Tue, Oct 17, 2017 from 12:00pm — 02:00pm
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CGIS South, S030
Harvard University
ADDRESS
CGIS South, S030
Harvard University
1730 Cambridge Street
Cambridge MA 02138
In this talk, Ahmed will speak about the communal violence experienced during the transfer of power to Indian and Pakistani governments, specifically examining the situation which prevailed in the Punjab. Ahmed will present an analysis based on empirical evidence and a Theory of Ethnic Cleansing to shed light on how and why the Punjab was bloodied (March 1947), partitioned (End of March to 17 August 1947) and cleansed.
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Wed, Apr 5, 2017 from 04:00pm — 05:30pm
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CGIS South, S050
Harvard University
ADDRESS
CGIS South, S050
Harvard University
1730 Cambridge Street
Cambridge MA
Coins are small metallic documents of the past. In the images and legends impressed upon them, they contain clues that can give us insights into the times in which they were created and used. In this talk, examples from ancient India will be used to show how the unpuzzling of these clues can help us bring back forgotten dynasties, recreate historical events and shine a light on political and economic conditions.
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Mon, Apr 24, 2017 from 12:00pm — 01:30pm
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CGIS South, S354
ADDRESS
CGIS South, S354
1730 Cambridge Street
Cambridge MA 02138
SAI Research Affiliate Hasit Shah – journalist, Londoner and Prince fan – explores the connections between a group of second-generation British South Asians and a musician they too claimed as one of their own.
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Wed, Oct 5, 2016 from 04:00pm — 05:30pm
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CGIS South, S153
Harvard University
ADDRESS
CGIS South, S153
Harvard University
1730 Cambridge Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
South Asia Without Borders Seminar Frank Heidemann, Professor, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München Chair: Richard Wolf, Professor of Music and South Asian Studies, Harvard University In puja, a Hindu act of worship, the relationship between devotee and God is transformed and the space between them altered. Using case studies of the Badagas in the Nilgiri hills of South […]
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Fri, Oct 7, 2016 from 04:00pm — 05:30pm
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CGIS South, S354
ADDRESS
CGIS South, S354
1730 Cambridge Street
Cambridge MA 02138
South Asia Without Borders Seminar Alf Nilsen, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Bergen Chair: Ajantha Subramanian, Professor of Anthropology and South Asian Studies, Harvard University This paper aims to contribute to discussions of subaltern politics in contemporary India through an investigation of the character and trajectory of democratic mobilisation among Bhil Adivasis in western Madhya Pradesh. Grounded […]
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