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Urbanization and the Rise of the Right in India – Joint Seminar on South Asian Politics

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Fri, Apr 4, 2025 from 02:00pm — 04:00pm, ET

VENUE
Cambridge – CGIS South, S153

ORGANIZER

Please join us for a seminar on South Asian politics with Aditya Dasgupta, Assistant Professor of Political Science, and Amreeta Das, PhD candidate in Political Science at the University of California, Merced.

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“How Partisan are the ‘Village Republics’? How Democratization Shapes Local Partisanship in India” – Joint Seminar on South Asian Politics

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Fri, Feb 28, 2025 from 02:00pm — 04:00pm, ET

VENUE
Cambridge – CGIS South, S153

ORGANIZER

The Joint Seminar on South Asian Politics will discuss the relationship between local elected officials (such as the Gram Pradhans, or Village Council Presidents) and elected officials at the state level (Members of the Legislative Assembly or MLA).

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“Unmapping the Thar: The Desert Reimagined” – with Mittal Institute Bajaj Fellow Nilanjana Mukherjee

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Fri, Nov 22, 2024 from 12:00pm — 01:30pm, ET

VENUE
Cambridge – CGIS South, Room S153

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Nilanjana Mukherjee Seminar

Join us for a presentation on the Thar Desert in North-Western India by Nilanjana Mukherjee, Mittal Institute Bajaj Fellow Fall 2024, moderated by Robin Kelsey, Shirley Carter Burden Professor of Photography in the Department of History of Arts and Architecture.

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NEW DATE | Fireside Chat with Lakshmi Puri, Author of “Swallowing the Sun” and former UN Assistant Secretary-General

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Tue, Nov 19, 2024 from 02:00pm — 03:30pm, ET

VENUE
Malkin Penthouse, Harvard Kennedy School

ORGANIZER

The India Caucus at Harvard Kennedy School and the Mittal Institute invite to you a fireside chat with Lakshmi Puri, Former Assistant Secretary-General of the UN, to discuss her critically acclaimed and best-selling novel, Swallowing the Sun.

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Left Behind or Left Ahead? Female Political Engagement in Migrant-Sending Communities in India – Joint Seminar on South Asian Politics with Rithika Kumar

WHEN
Fri, Nov 1, 2024 from 02:00pm — 04:00pm, ET

VENUE
Cambridge – CGIS South, Room S153

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Rithika Kumar Seminar Nov 1 2024

Join us for a Brown-Harvard Joint Seminar on South Asian Politics with Rithika Kumar, Assistant Professor of Political Science at Rice University.

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The Limits of Electoral Gender Quotas in Rural Local Bodies – Joint Seminar on South Asian Politics with Varun Karekurve-Ramachandra

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Fri, Oct 18, 2024 from 02:00pm — 04:00pm, ET

VENUE
Cambridge – CGIS South, Room S153

ORGANIZER

Join us for a Brown-Harvard Joint Seminar on South Asian Politics with Varun Karekurve-Ramachandra, Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Relations at the University of Southern California.

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Chronicling Unrealised Trajectories: The Plurality of Historical Experience in 1940s South Asia

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Fri, Oct 18, 2024 from 09:30am — 04:30pm, IST

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Lecture Room 1, India International Center (Annex), New Delhi and on Zoom

ORGANIZER

Join us for the conference, “Chronicling Unrealised Trajectories: The Plurality of Historical Experience in 1940s South Asia,” organized by the Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute at Harvard University in collaboration with Max Weber Forum for South Asian Studies, Delhi.

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Indian Elections and After

WHEN
Wed, Jul 10, 2024 from 06:00pm — 08:00pm, IST

VENUE
Hybrid - Seminar Hall 1, 2, 3, India International Centre, New Delhi and on Zoom

ORGANIZER

Were India’s 18th national elections historic, simply a return to the normal, or both? Join us for a session to discuss these and other important issues, with leading experts known for their insights, reflections and arguments on the politics of India.

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Asia After Europe: Imagining a Continent in the Long Twentieth Century | Book Discussion

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Wed, Feb 21, 2024 from 06:00pm — 07:30pm, ET

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India International Centre, Annexe, New Delhi, and online on Zoom

ORGANIZER

sugata bose book discussion

Organized by the Lakshmi Mittal & Family South Asia Institute at Harvard University, the session will host a conversation around Prof. Sugata Bose’s new book Asia after Europe – Imagining A Continent in the Long Twentieth Century. The talk will be moderated by Prof. Jayati Ghosh, Professor of Economics, University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA.

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