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Stories of Democracy in India

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

VENUE
CGIS South, S010

ADDRESS
CGIS South, S010
1730 Cambridge Street
Cambridge, MA

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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Weekly Tea Break

WHEN
Wed, Oct 5, 2016 from 03:00pm — 04:00pm

VENUE
CGIS South, 4th Floor

ADDRESS
CGIS South, 4th Floor
1730 Cambridge Street
Cambridge, MA

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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DeCoding Asian Urbanism

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

VENUE
CGIS South, S010

ADDRESS
CGIS South, S010
1730 Cambridge Street
Cambridge, MA

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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Weekly Tea Break

WHEN
Wed, Sep 21, 2016 from 04:30pm — 05:00pm

VENUE
CGIS South, 4th Floor

ADDRESS
CGIS South, 4th Floor
1730 Cambridge Street
Cambridge, MA

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 chai tea and snacks and get to know SAI’s community.

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Kumbh Mela, The Ephemeral Megacity

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

VENUE
Asian Art Museum, San Francisco

ADDRESS
200 Larkin St
San Francisco, CA 94102

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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From India: The Rhythms of Life

WHEN
Mon, Sep 26, 2016 from 06:00pm — 07:30pm

VENUE
Andover Chapel

ADDRESS
Andover Chapel
45 Francis Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138

Cosponsored Event Featuring music from Sandeep Das (tabla), Rajib Karmaker (sitar) and remarks by Anne Monius, Professor of South Asian Religions Cosponsored with the Religious Literacy Project, Harvard Divinity School, and MusicUnitesUS, Brandeis University This event is free and open to the public.

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Tea Break

WHEN
Wed, Sep 14, 2016 from 04:30pm — 05:00pm

VENUE
CGIS South, 4th Floor

ADDRESS
CGIS South, 4th Floor
1730 Cambridge Street
Cambridge, MA

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 chai tea and snacks and get to know SAI’s community.

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Jazz Goes to Bollywood

WHEN
Wed, Sep 14, 2016 from 06:00pm — 08:00pm

VENUE
MIT Tang Center, Building E51, Room 275

ADDRESS
MIT Tang Center
Building E51, Room 275
2 Amherst Street @ Wadsworth Street
Cambridge, MA

Cosponsored Event MIT-India and the Harvard South Asia Institute present South Asia and Its Diasporas, a speakers series Naresh Fernandes, Author of Taj Mahal Foxtrot: The Story of Bombay’s Jazz Age Discussant: Vivek Bald, Associate Professor, Comparative Media Studies/Writing, MIT In the late 1950s, a period acknowledged as the Golden Era of Hindi film music, Bollywood songs were enlivened by […]

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Radcliffe Advanced Seminar: Exchanging Health Information

WHEN
Thu, Sep 22, 2016 - Fri, Sep 23, 2016

VENUE
Harvard University
Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study

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

Special Event The Exchanging Health Information seminar seeks to bring together experts in medicine, computer science, big data, public policy and law to identify a research and policy agenda that addresses implementation barriers to health information exchange. Building on international standards in health systems interoperability and learning from best practices from other industries, seminar exercises […]

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Disasters and Development in South Asia

WHEN
Fri, Sep 16, 2016 from 09:00am — 06:00pm

VENUE
Kresge G1
Harvard School of Public Health

ADDRESS
Kresge G1
Harvard School of Public Health
677 Huntington Ave.
Boston, MA

Cosponsored Event Over a year after Nepal’s earthquake, this conference brings together practitioners, policy-makers, academics, students, and experts in disaster response to examine the importance of risk mitigation, and to discuss the role of development partners, aid accountability and the role of the media in disaster response. The overarching objectives of this symposium are to […]

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Gandhi’s Forgotten Campaign: The Abolition of Indenture and the Mahatma

WHEN
Thu, Sep 15, 2016 from 06:00pm — 08:00pm

VENUE
CGIS Knafel, K262
Harvard University

ADDRESS
1737 Cambridge Street
Cambridge MA 02138

Student Event Presented by the South Asia Across Disciplines Workshop Mrinalini Sinha, Alice Freeman Palmer Professor of History; Professor (by courtesy) of English and Women’s Studies; Senior Fellow, Michigan Society of Fellows (2015-), University of Michigan Respondents: Sunil Amrith, Mehra Family Professor of South Asian Studies, Professor of History Mou Banerjee, PhD Candidate, Dept. of History, Harvard University Cosponsored […]

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