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SAI Event Type : Book Talk


Swaraj: Dadabhai Naoroji and the Birth of Indian Nationalism

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Thu, Jul 9, 2020 from 09:00am — 10:00am

9:00–10:00 AM EST // 6:30–7:30 PM IST // 6:00–7:00 PM PKT // 7:00–8:00 PM BST Venue: Virtual via Zoom: https://harvard.zoom.us/j/91387696938  This event will also be streamed LIVE on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mittalinstitute.newdelhi/  Moderator Sven Beckert, Laird Bell Professor of History, Harvard University Speaker Dinyar Patel, Assistant Professor, S.P. Jain Institute of Management and Research In 1906, Dadabhai Naoroji […]

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Breaking the Mould: Girl Power and Beyond in Contemporary India

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Tue, Jan 14, 2020 from 03:00pm — 06:00pm

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KC College Auditorium, Churchgate, Mumbai, India

Jacqueline Bhabha (Professor, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health) will be in conversation with Neha J Hiranandani to discuss her book Girl Power: Indian Women Who Broke the Rules. The discussion will focus on the challenges young women still face when it comes to access to education and health while negotiating with the societal expectations. […]

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Until the Lions: Echoes from the Mahabharata Book Talk

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Mon, Dec 2, 2019 from 04:30pm — 06:00pm

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CGIS South, S250
Harvard University

ADDRESS
CGIS South, S250
Harvard University
1730 Cambridge Street
Cambridge MA

Speaker: Karthika Naïr, Author and Poet Moderator: Parimal Patil, Professor of Religion and Indian Philosophy, Harvard University In Until the Lions, Karthika Naïr retells the Mahabharata through the embodied voices of women and marginal characters, so often conquered and destroyed throughout history. She captures the richness and complexity of the Mahabharata, while illuminating lives buried […]

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The Hidden History of Burma: Race, Capitalism, and the Crisis of Democracy in the 21st Century

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Fri, Nov 15, 2019 from 04:00pm — 06:00pm

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CGIS South, S050
Harvard University

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

Speaker: Thant Myint-U, Writer, Historian, and Founder and Chairman of the Yangon Heritage Trust Copies of Thant Myint-U’s recent book, “The Hidden History of Burma: Race, Capitalism, and the Crisis of Democracy in the 21st Century” will be available to purchase. This event is co-sponsored with the Harvard University Asia Center.

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Delusional States: Feeling Rule and Development in Pakistan’s Northern Frontier

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Fri, Oct 25, 2019 from 04:00pm — 05:30pm

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CGIS South, S050
Harvard University

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

Delusional States is the first in-depth study of state-making and social change in Gilgit-Baltistan, a Shia-majority region of Sunni-dominated Pakistan and a contested border area that forms part of disputed Kashmir. Ali will discuss how Gilgit-Baltistan’s image within Pakistan as an idyllic paradise overlooks how the region is governed as a suspect security zone and dispossessed through multiple processes of state-making, including representation, militarization, and sectarianized education.

Speakers:

Nosheen Ali, Karti Dharti, Institute for Ecological Studies, Pakistan

Ali Asani, Harvard University, will moderate the discussion

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Book Talk: Forging the Ideal Educated Girl: The Production of Desirable Subjects in Muslim South Asia

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Wed, Apr 17, 2019 from 05:30pm — 07:00pm

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CGIS South, S250
Harvard University

ADDRESS
CGIS South, S250
Harvard University
1730 Cambridge Street
Cambridge MA

Dr. Shenila Khoja-Moolji is Assistant Professor of Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies at Bowdoin College. Her work examines the interplay of gender, race, religion, and power in transnational contexts, particularly in relation to Muslim populations. Dr. Khoja-Moolji is the author of Forging the Ideal Educated Girl: The Production of Desirable Subjects in Muslim South Asia. […]

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Book Talk: The Future Is Asian

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Tue, Feb 19, 2019 from 04:15pm — 06:00pm

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CGIS South, S250
Harvard University

ADDRESS
CGIS South, S250
Harvard University
1730 Cambridge Street
Cambridge MA

Parag Khanna, Managing Partner of FutureMap, will discuss his new book entitled “The Future Is Asian,” in a talk chaired by Tarun Khanna, Jorge Paulo Lemann Professor at Harvard Business School and Director of The Mittal Institute.    This event is co-sponsored with the Harvard University Asia Center.   About the book:   “The ‘Asian […]

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India-Pakistan Crises: Risks, Opportunities, and Options for US Crisis Management

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Thu, Oct 4, 2018 from 04:30pm — 06:00pm

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CGIS South, S153
Harvard University

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

Dr. Moeed Yusuf will present his research on US role in India-Pakistan crisis management, captured in his latest book Brokering Peace in Nuclear Environments: U.S. Crisis Management in South Asia. The book proposes an original theory to study regional nuclear crises and specifically US role in crisis management.

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Book Talk | Trust: Creating the Foundation for Entrepreneurship in Developing Countries

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Tue, Oct 2, 2018 from 06:00pm — 07:30pm

COST   Free

Tarun Khanna, Jorge Paulo Lemann Professor, Harvard Business School on his new book, Trust: Creating the Foundation for Entrepreneurship in Developing Countries in conversation with Caroline Elkins, Professor of History and African and African American Studies, Harvard University

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Book Launch | Hungry Nation: Food, Famine, and the Making of Modern India

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Mon, Sep 24, 2018 from 04:00pm — 06:00pm

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CGIS Knafel, K262
Harvard University

ADDRESS
1737 Cambridge Street
Cambridge MA 02138

Benjamin Siegel, an assistant professor of History at Boston University and a former fellow at the Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies, will discuss his new book “Hungry Nation: Food Famine, and the making of Modern India”, alongside commentators Prakash Humar, an associate professor of History and Asian Studies at Penn State University, and […]

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Book Talk | Trust: Creating the Foundation for Entrepreneurship in Developing Countries with Tarun Khanna

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Fri, Sep 28, 2018 from 03:00pm — 04:15pm

COST   Free

VENUE
Harvard Book Store

ADDRESS
Harvard Book Store
1256 Mass Ave
Cambridge, MA 02138

The Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute and Harvard Book Store welcome TARUN KHANNA—the Jorge Paulo Lemann Professor at the Harvard Business School—for a discussion of his latest book, Trust: Creating the Foundation for Entrepreneurship in Developing Countries. About Trust Entrepreneurial ventures often fail in the developing world because of the lack of something taken for granted […]

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Fireside Chat with Tarun Khanna & Manish Sabharwal

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Mon, Aug 27, 2018 from 05:30pm — 07:30pm

Join the Harvard Business School India Research Centre and the HBS Club of India for a Fireside Chat with Tarun Khanna, Jorge Paulo Lemann Professor, HBS, and Manish Sabharwal, Co-Founder and Executive Chairman, TeamLease for a conversation about Prof. Khanna’s recent book, Trust: Creating the Foundations for Entrepreneurship in Developing Countries.   Agenda 5:30-6:00 PM Registration, […]

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