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A Conversation with Navtej Sarna, Indian Ambassador to the US

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Wed, Dec 7, 2016 from 05:15pm — 06:45pm, ET

Special Event Navtej Sarna, Indian Ambassador to the US Chair: Tarun Khanna, Jorge Paulo Lemann Professor, Harvard Business School; Director, South Asia Institute Ambassador Sarna took charge as Ambassador of India to the United States on November 5, 2016. He has been a Member of the Indian Foreign Service since 1980. He was previously posted in […]

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Weekly Tea Break

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Wed, Dec 7, 2016 from 03:00pm — 04:00pm, ET

Harvard faculty, students, fellows, staff, and affiliates are invited to a weekly tea break at SAI’s office, 4th floor of 1730 Cambridge Street. Come enjoy tea and snacks and get to know SAI’s community. SAI Visiting Artist Meenakshi Sengupta will lead an interactive art performance during the tea break.

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Weekly Tea Break

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Wed, Nov 30, 2016 from 03:00pm — 04:00pm, ET

Harvard faculty, students, fellows, staff, and affiliates are invited to a weekly tea break at SAI’s office, 4th floor of 1730 Cambridge Street. Come enjoy tea and snacks and get to know SAI’s community.

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Weekly Tea Break

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Wed, Nov 9, 2016 from 03:00pm — 04:00pm, ET

Harvard faculty, students, fellows, staff, and affiliates are invited to a weekly tea break at SAI’s office, 4th floor of 1730 Cambridge Street. Come enjoy tea and snacks and get to know SAI’s community.

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Research Methods Talk: Using Corpus Analysis to Study Media Discourse: Comparing Discussions of Islamic Marriage Reform in India and Pakistan

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Mon, Nov 7, 2016 from 12:00pm — 01:30pm, ET

Cosponsored Event Sharon Tai, Research Editor, SHARIAsource Ali Hashmi, MIT Media Lab Research Affiliate (2015-2016) and SHARIAsource Editor/Data Scientist Osama Siddique, Henry J. Steiner Visiting Professor in Human Rights, Harvard Law School, Law and Policy Research Network This talk focuses on using corpus analysis as a research method. Media discourse on legislative issues provides a […]

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Kumbh Mela, The Ephemeral Megacity

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Sat, Nov 5, 2016 from 02:00pm — 03:30pm, ET

Special Event This year’s annual SACHI meeting and event will explore the megacity Kumbh Mela and features specialists Diana Eck, professor of Comparative Religion and Indian Studies at Harvard University, and Rahul Mehrotra, professor of Urban Design and Planning at Harvard Graduate School of Design, followed by a short discussion. Facilitated by Robert Goldman, Professor of Sanskrit, UC […]

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Stories of Democracy in India

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Thu, Nov 3, 2016 from 04:00pm — 07:00pm, ET

Film Screenings Sugata Bose, Gardiner Professor of Oceanic History and Affairs, Harvard University Abhijit Banerjee, Ford Foundation International Professor of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology   Screening of Mandir, masjid, mandal and Marx: Democracy in India (45 minutes) The film, by Sugata Bose, Gardiner Professor of Oceanic History and Affairs, Harvard University, tells the story of […]

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DeCoding Asian Urbanism

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Fri, Oct 28, 2016 - Sat, Oct 29, 2016, ET

Special Event The symposium on DeCoding Asian Urbanism explores the current discourse and creation of innovative architecture and urban interventions that are effectively transforming the spatial and operational landscape of the complex Asian city. The focus is to highlight efforts that strategically embrace the rapid growth and the cultural and physical complexity of the built environment in Asia. The […]

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Getting Better: Stories from KEM Hospital and GS Medical College, India

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Wed, Oct 26, 2016 from 05:00pm — 07:00pm, ET

Student Event Join us for a film screening, dinner, & discussion with Gulserene Dastur, the filmmaker, & Dr. David Jones, A. Bernard Ackerman Professor of the Culture of Medicine “The Hospital that never turns anyone away”: A 2200 bed, state-run hospital which treats 1.7 million people a year – overcrowded, used and abused, KEM Hospital […]

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Weekly Tea Break

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Wed, Oct 26, 2016 from 03:00pm — 04:00pm, ET

Harvard faculty, students, fellows, staff, and affiliates are invited to a weekly tea break at SAI’s office, 4th floor of 1730 Cambridge Street. Come enjoy tea and snacks and get to know SAI’s community. *Please note the change in time

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India and Japan, India and China

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Wed, Oct 19, 2016 from 12:00pm — 01:30pm, ET

Cosponsored Event Tarun Das,  former Director-General and Chief Mentor of the Confederation of Indian Industries Chair:  Professor Sugata Bose, Gardiner Professor of Oceanic History and Affairs, Harvard University Cosponsored with the Asia Center Seminar Series, the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, and the Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies, Harvard University

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Weekly Tea Break

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Wed, Oct 19, 2016 from 03:00pm — 04:00pm, ET

Harvard faculty, students, fellows, staff, and affiliates are invited to a weekly tea break at SAI’s office, 4th floor of 1730 Cambridge Street. Come enjoy tea and snacks and get to know SAI’s community. *Please note the change in time

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