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Event Topic : South Asian Politics

Legacies of Land Tenure: Scale and Sectoral Variation in India’s Political Economy

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Fri, Nov 13, 2026 from 03:00pm — 05:00pm, ET

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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 Jennifer Bussell, Associate Professor of Political Science and Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley and Faculty Director of the Center on Contemporary India.

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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)

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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 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)

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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 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)

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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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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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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

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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 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

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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

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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

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Cambridge – CGIS South, S153

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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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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

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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

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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

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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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