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Crisis and Credibility: The Politics of Ideas in India and Developing Democracies

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Fri, Feb 8, 2019 at 02:00pm, ET

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JOINT SEMINAR ON SOUTH ASIAN POLITICS SERIES Dr. Bilal A. Baloch is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Center for the Advanced Study of India (CASI), Ronald O. Perelman Center for Political Science & Economics and a Lecturer and Regional Director in South Asia, Middle East and North Africa at The Joseph H. Lauder Institute, Wharton School of Business, University […]

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Trauma and Memory: Healing Through Art

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Sat, Nov 3, 2018 from 04:00pm — 06:00pm, ET

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The Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute, Harvard University hosted a special talk as part of its Artist Talk: India Seminar Series. The talk titled “Trauma and Memory: Healing through Art” by Kabi Raj Lama – a Nepal based artist and Visiting Artist Fellow at Harvard University retraced the artist’s personal life story involving […]

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Panel Discussion: Democracy in Distress in South Asia

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Tue, Oct 9, 2018 from 06:00pm — 08:00pm, ET

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Panelists Sugata Bose Gardiner Professor of Oceanic History and Affairs, Harvard University Rohit De Assistant Professor of History, Yale University Sreenivasan Jain Anchor and Managing Editor, New Delhi Television Limited (NDTV) Ayesha Jalal Mary Richardson Professor of History, Tufts University Moderator Homi Bhabha Director, Mahindra Humanities Center at Harvard

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The Riyaaz Qawwali Ensemble: A Journey of Cultures and Faiths Through Qawwali

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Wed, Sep 26, 2018 from 06:00pm — 07:30pm, ET

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Artistic Director and founder of Riyaaz Qawwali, Sonny Mehta, will share his personal story from learning classical music to performing qawwali, the musical genre commonly associated with the Sufi tradition in South Asia. He will demonstrate the basics of qawwali, unfolding the relevant musical elements, poetry and important performance aspects.

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Seventy Years on: Pakistan’s Perils to Democracy

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Thu, Apr 19, 2018 at 12:15pm, ET

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Ajmal Qureshi, Senior Fellow, Harvard University Asia Center; former Representative of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in Uganda and China Chair:  Professor Roderick MacFarquhar, Leroy B. Williams Professor of History and Political Science, Emeritus S153, 1st Floor, CGIS South, 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge Asia Center Fellows Seminar Series; co-sponsored by the Lakshmi […]

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South Asia Without Borders Seminar: Citizenship of the Outcastes

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Tue, Apr 3, 2018 from 12:00pm — 02:00pm, ET

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The panel will discuss conceptions of “citizenship” in India as related to caste and indigeneity. The discussion will be an opportunity to explore the ways that citizenship and belonging have been constructed through exclusion and marginalization based on social, political, and ethnic lines. Rajyashri Goody, Visiting Artist, The Lakshmi Mittal South Asia Institute, Harvard University Suraj […]

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