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The Wakhis at musical crossroads of Tajikistan and Pakistan

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Wed, Oct 1, 2014 at 01:00pm

VENUE
CGIS South, S153
Harvard University

ADDRESS
CGIS South, S153
Harvard University
1730 Cambridge Street
Cambridge, MA 02138

SAI South Asia Without Border Seminar Richard Wolf, Department of Music and South Asian Studies, Harvard University Cosponsored with the Harvard Committee on Inner Asian and Altaic Studies

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The Edges and Beyond: Shedding Light on Shangri La

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Thu, Sep 25, 2014 at 04:30pm

VENUE
CGIS South, S050
Harvard University

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

Closing seminar and reception Kevin Bubriski, Documentary Photographer; Director of Documentary Studies, Green Mountain College; 2010-2011 Robert Gardner Visiting Artist, Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology Discussants: Professor Frank J. Korom, Professor of Religion and Anthropology, Boston University Professor Jinah Kim, Assistant Professor of History of Art and Architecture, South and Southeast Asia, Harvard University […]

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Using Cellphones to Change Societies Seminar

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Thu, Sep 4, 2014 - Fri, Sep 5, 2014

VENUE
Harvard University
Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study

ADDRESS
Harvard University
Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study
10 Garden St
Cambridge, MA 02138 ‎

A group of faculty and practitioners will meet at the Radcliffe Institute of Advanced Study for a seminar to discuss the potential of cell phone data for enabling economic and social mobility. The seminar will lay foundation for future interdisciplinary research. Session I: Transferability of Interdisciplinary Interventions  Session II: Business Models and Sustainability  Session III: Research […]

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Harvard Day with the Harvard Club of Chennai

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Mon, Sep 8, 2014

Greetings from the Harvard Club of Chennai! As you know, it’s an interesting coincidence that Harvard University turns 378 on Sep 8th, while Chennai turns 375 years old. To commemorate this occasion, we have a special event planned on Sep 8th, 7pm at The Forum Art Gallery (#57, 5th Street, Padmanabha Nagar, Adyar, Chennai, 600020, India). Cartoonist Biswajit […]

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Mobile Technology: Spurring Social and Economic Enterprise in Emerging Markets

A conversation with Tarun Khanna, Director of the Harvard South Asia Institute & Jorge Paulo Lemann Professor, Harvard Business School Professor Khanna will speak about SAI’s role as a bridge between Harvard faculty and South Asia, as well as his research on emerging markets and mobile technology, coordinated by SAI. The use of mobile phones […]

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Mobile Technology: Spurring Social and Economic Enterprise in Emerging Markets

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Wed, Aug 13, 2014

Tarun Khanna, Director of the Harvard South Asia Institute & Jorge Paulo Lemann Professor, Harvard Business School Professor Khanna will speak about SAI’s role as a bridge between Harvard faculty and South Asia, as well as his research on emerging markets and mobile technology, coordinated by SAI. The use of mobile phones has become ubiquitous […]

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Chaat Welcome Back Party

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Mon, Sep 8, 2014 from 05:00pm — 07:00pm

VENUE
CGIS South Concourse
Harvard University

ADDRESS
CGIS South Concourse
Harvard University
1730 Cambridge Street
Cambridge, MA 02138

Celebrate the start of the school year with the Harvard South Asia Institute (SAI)! Enjoy delicious food from all over South Asia. Meet representatives from student groups across Harvard that focus on South Asia. Learn about SAI’s internship and funding opportunities.   If you are interested in representing your South Asia focused student group at […]

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Legends of India: Ustad Shahid Parvez Khan and Pandit Anindo Chatterjee

WHEN
Sat, Sep 20, 2014 at 07:00pm

VENUE
Paine Hall

ADDRESS
Paine Hall
Behind 1 Oxford Street Music Building
Cambridge, MA

The SPK Academy, the LearnQuest Academy of Music and the Harvard South Asia Institute are excited to present an Indian Classical music concert by two world renowned musicians: sitar maestro Ustad Shahid Parvez Khan and tabla maestro Pandit Anindo Chatterjee. The on-stage chemistry between these musical virtuosos is simply electrifying and their performances always take Indian Classical music […]

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South Asian Poets Meeting

WHEN
Sat, May 17, 2014 from 03:00pm — 05:00pm

VENUE
CGIS South, S010

ADDRESS
CGIS South, S010
1730 Cambridge Street
Cambridge, MA

The annual South Asian Poets Meeting will be hosted on May 17, 2014, from 3 PM to 5:30 PM in CGIS-010, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge MA. The topic this year is “Mother Tongue,” “Matrubhsha” in Hindi.  Poems in any South Asian or related languages are welcome.  In lieu of an original poem, one can read a classical […]

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Global Literature Book Group: Behind the Beautiful Forevers

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Mon, Mar 31, 2014 from 07:00pm — 08:00pm

Discussant: Shankar Ramaswami, South Asia Institute South Asian Studies Postdoctoral Fellow Join the Harvard Global Health Institute and the South Asia Institute in a live webinar discussion for K-12 educators of Behind the Beautiful Forevers by Katherine Boo. Annawadi is a makeshift settlement in the shadow of luxury hotels near the Mumbai airport, and as India starts to prosper, […]

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Foreign Correspondence in South Asia

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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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Sacred Geographies: India and the United States

A conversation with Diana Eck Diana Eck, Fredric Wertham Professor of Law and Psychiatry in Society at Harvard University, invites Harvard alumni and friends to join her in a conversation about India: A Sacred Geography. Eck’s book explores the sacred places of India, taking the reader on an extraordinary trip through the beliefs and history of this […]

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