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Sri Lankan Education Photo Exhibit

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Mon, Apr 22, 2013 from 05:30pm — 07:00pm, ET

The high mountains of the Sri Lankan hill country produce picturesque streams and cascades in and around stepped tea plantations. Photo by Tyler Arnot, HGSE Master Candidate and SAI Winter Session Grant Awardee Reflections on Serendipity The Initiative for Sri Lankan Education (ISLE) presents the opening of its photo exhibit “Reflections on Serendipity. The exhibit will be […]

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Peabody Essex Museum Student Trip

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Fri, Apr 19, 2013 from 12:00pm — 06:00pm, ET

SAI will host a student trip to historic Salem’s Peabody Essex Museum to view its exhibition “Midnight to the Boom: Painting in India after Independence.” The exhibition, on display until April 21, showcases the three generations of artists who shaped India’s golden age of modernist painting. Susan Bean, who recently retired as the museum’s senior […]

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South Asia: The World’s Laboratory

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Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 07:00pm, ET —
Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 09:00pm, ET

South Asia: The World’s Laboratory A special SAI event in New York City. Inquire for details:sainit@fas.harvard.edu Home to nearly a sixth of humanity, the birthplace of many of the world’s great religions and philosophies, and now a hotbed for innovation and technological change, South Asia is truly the world’s laboratory, a space where we can […]

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Film Event: Saving Face

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Thu, Oct 4, 2012 from 05:30pm — 07:30pm, ET

2012 Academy Award for Documentary, Short Subject Directed by Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy & Daniel Junge Every year, hundreds of people- mostly women- are attacked with acid in Pakistan.Saving Face follows several of these survivors, their fight for justice, and a London-based reconstructive surgeon who has returned to his homeland of Pakistan to help them restore their […]

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Holy Kitchens Series: True Business

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Mon, Sep 17, 2012 from 05:00pm — 08:00pm, ET

A film about the Sikh culture of generosity and sharing through the tradition of their community kitchens.   Presented by Vikas Khanna, Michelin Starred Indian chef, restaurateur, food writer, film maker, humanitarian and the host of the TV Show MasterChef India. Introduction by Harpreet Singh, College Fellow and member of faculty in the Department of […]

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The Arts and Social Change in Pakistan: An Evening of Conversation and Music with Shehzad Roy

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Tue, Apr 17, 2012 from 06:30pm — 08:00pm, ET

Pakistani music icon and social activist, Shehzad Roy will talk about his new documentary series titled “Chal Parha.”The show dramatizes Roy’s journey to schools across Pakistan and stages and expose of Pakistan’s national education system. Roy will share how his music has helped him advocate for education reform and will expand upon some of the […]

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Parallel Connections: The Healing Touch of South Asian Visual Art

Moderated by: Dr. Bruce Chabner, Professor, Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Director of Clinical Research, MGH Cancer Center, Massachusetts General Hospital Panelists: Dr. Joel Katz, Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School Dr. Elizabeth Gaufberg, Assistant Professor of Medicine; Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard University Exhibiting artists and panelists include: Kyle Lindholm, Vandana Sharma, Dr. George Taylor, […]

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