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Foreign Correspondence in South Asia

WHEN
Fri, Apr 11, 2014 from 04:00pm — 05:30pm

VENUE
CGIS South, S250
Harvard University

ADDRESS
CGIS South, S250
Harvard University
1730 Cambridge Street
Cambridge MA

Jonathan Shainin, News Editor, newyorker.com; Former Senior Editor, The Caravan Hasit Shah, BBC News, London, Nieman Fellow Ravi Nessman, South Asia Bureau Chief, Associated Press; Nieman Fellow Chair: Matthew Baum, Marvin Kalb Professor of Global Communications, Harvard Kennedy School

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‘Pious Wishes?’: Observations on the Directive Principles in the Indian Constitution and the Uniform Civil Code

WHEN
Fri, Feb 28, 2014 from 04:00pm — 05:30pm

VENUE
CGIS South, S050
Harvard University

ADDRESS
CGIS South, S050
Harvard University
1730 Cambridge Street
Cambridge MA

South Asia Without Border Seminar Ronojoy Sen, Senior Research Fellow, Institute of South Asian Studies and Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore Chair: Parimal Patil, Professor of Professor of Religion and Indian Philosophy, Department of South Asian Studies, Harvard University Dr Ronojoy Sen is a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of South Asian Studies and […]

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Intellectual Antecedents of the Global South: The Historical Thought of K. M. Panikkar

WHEN
Tue, Apr 8, 2014 from 12:00pm — 01:30pm

VENUE
CGIS South, S050
Harvard University

ADDRESS
CGIS South, S050
Harvard University
1730 Cambridge Street
Cambridge MA

South Asia Without Borders Seminar Christopher Lee, Lecturer in International Relations, Centre for Indian Studies in Africa, University of Witwatersrand; Sheila Biddle Ford Foundation Fellow, W. E. B. Du Bois Research Institute, Hutchins Center for African and African American Research Kris K. Manjapra, Assistant Professor of History, Tufts University Cosponsored with the W. E. B. Du Bois […]

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Gandhi on Courage, Ethics and Society

WHEN
Fri, Mar 28, 2014 from 04:00pm — 05:30pm

VENUE
CGIS South, S250
Harvard University

ADDRESS
CGIS South, S250
Harvard University
1730 Cambridge Street
Cambridge MA

South Asia Without Borders Seminar Uday Mehta, Distinguished Professor of Political Science, The City University of New York Discussant: Shankar Ramaswami, South Asia Institute South Asian Studies Postdoctoral Fellow Chair: Parimal G. Patil, Department of South Asian Studies, Harvard University Uday Singh Mehta, distinguished professor of political science, is a renowned political theorist whose work encompasses […]

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Dharna and the Discretionary State: The Construction of the Political and Genealogies of Democracy in Contemporary India

WHEN
Mon, Feb 24, 2014 from 04:15pm — 05:45pm

VENUE
William James Hall, 1550

ADDRESS
William James Hall, 1550
33 Kirkland Street
Cambridge MA

South Asia Without Border Seminar Lisa Mitchell, University of Pennsylvania Chair: Ajantha Subramanian, Professor, Social Anthropology Program, Harvard University Cosponsored with the Harvard Political Anthropology Department 

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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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Chakravyuh (Lotus Maze): Travails, Entanglements, and Visions of Migrant Workers in Delhi

WHEN
Thu, Dec 5, 2013 from 04:00pm — 05:30pm

VENUE
CGIS South, S354

ADDRESS
CGIS South, S354
1730 Cambridge Street
Cambridge MA 02138

South Asia Without Borders Seminar Shankar Ramaswami, South Asia Institute South Asian Studies Postdoctoral Fellow Chair: Parimal G. Patil, Department of South Asian Studies, Harvard University This presentation will explore migrant workers’ experiences, aspirations, and world-views in Delhi, drawing on fieldwork among metal workers in the Okhla Industrial Area.  The presentation invokes the image of the chakravyuh (lotus maze), […]

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Filmmaking in Nepal: ‘Highway’ by Deepak Rauniyar

WHEN
Wed, Nov 20, 2013 from 02:30pm — 05:30pm

VENUE
Science Center Hall E

ADDRESS
Science Center Hall E
1 Oxford St
Cambridge, MA

South Asia Without Borders Deepak Rauniyar, Filmaker Asha Magrati, Actress Screening: 2:30-4:00 pm. Talk: 4:00-5:30 pm This event is followed by a reception. Cosponsored with the Department of South Asian Studies and Department of Visual and Environmental Studies.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swqDfJTCvQo

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Mind & Attention in Indian Philosophy

WHEN
Sat, Sep 21, 2013 at 09:15am —
Sun, Sep 22, 2013 at 03:30pm

VENUE
Thompson Room
Barker Center

ADDRESS
Thompson Room
Barker Center
12 Quincy St
Cambridge, MA 02138

South Asia Without Borders Workshop Organized by: Parimal G. Patil, Department of South Asian Studies, Harvard University Susanna Siegel, Department of Philosophy, Harvard University Sebastian Watzl, Center for the Study of Mind in Nature, University of Oslo View full schedule here. Sponsored by the Center for the Study of Mind and Nature, Oslo, the Department […]

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Transcendent Territory and Portable Deities: Mobility and the Problem of Indigeneity between Nepal and India

WHEN
Mon, Nov 4, 2013 from 04:15pm — 05:45pm

VENUE
William James Hall, 1550

ADDRESS
William James Hall, 1550
33 Kirkland Street
Cambridge MA

South Asia Without Borders Sara Shneiderman, Assistant Professor of Anthropology & South Asian Studies, Yale University Chair: Ajantha Subramanian, Professor, Social Anthropology Program, Harvard University Cosponsored with the Political Anthropology Working Group  

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Thinking with the Heart: A Language of Justice After the 1971 War of Bangladesh

WHEN
Mon, Mar 19, 2012 from 04:00pm — 05:30pm

VENUE
CGIS Knafel, K262
Harvard University

ADDRESS
1737 Cambridge Street
Cambridge MA 02138

Chaired by Asad Ahmed, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Harvard University Yasmin Saikia, Hardt-Nickachos Chair in Peace Studies, Center for the Study of Religion and Conflict; Professor of History in the School of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies, Arizona State University   The scholarship on post-conflict resolution is growing and the new questions and discourses on peacemaking forefront […]

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South Asia: The World’s Laboratory

South Asia: The World’s Laboratory A special SAI event in New York City. Inquire for details:sainit@fas.harvard.edu Home to nearly a sixth of humanity, the birthplace of many of the world’s great religions and philosophies, and now a hotbed for innovation and technological change, South Asia is truly the world’s laboratory, a space where we can […]

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