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Fri, Dec 6, 2013 from 02:00pm — 03:30pm, ET
Science Technology and Engineering Seminar M. V. Ramana, Nuclear Futures Laboratory & Program on Science and Global Security, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs Princeton University Chair: Matthew Bunn, Professor of the Practice of Public Policy, Co-Principal Investigator, Project on Managing the Atom, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School […]
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Thu, Dec 5, 2013 from 04:00pm — 05:30pm, ET
South Asia Without Borders Seminar Shankar Ramaswami, South Asia Institute South Asian Studies Postdoctoral Fellow Chair: Parimal G. Patil, Department of South Asian Studies, Harvard University This presentation will explore migrant workers’ experiences, aspirations, and world-views in Delhi, drawing on fieldwork among metal workers in the Okhla Industrial Area. The presentation invokes the image of the chakravyuh (lotus maze), […]
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Wed, Dec 4, 2013 from 04:00pm — 05:30pm, ET
Muslim Societies in South Asia Seminar Frank Korom, Professor of Religion and Anthropology at Boston University Chair: Ali Asani, Professor of Indo-Muslim and Islamic Religion and Cultures, Faculty of Arts and Sciences; Director, Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Islamic Studies Program This lecture explores the social predicament of a low-caste community of narrative scroll painters in […]
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Mon, Nov 25, 2013 from 05:15pm — 06:30pm, ET
Science Technology and Engeneering Seminar Sudhir Kumar, Indian Administrative Service, Former Secretary of Power, Government of Bihar Gulzar Natarajan, Indian Administrative Service, Former Managing Director, Eastern Power Distribution Company Ltd., Government of Andhra Pradesh Chair: Rohit Chandra, Ph.D. Candidate, Harvard Kennedy School Co-sponsored with Harvard Kennedy School’s Sustainability Science Program.
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Tue, Nov 19, 2013 from 04:00pm — 05:30pm, ET
Urbanization Seminar Jonathan Spencer, Professor of the Anthropology of South Asia & Head of School of Social and Political Science, Social Anthropology, School of Social and Political Science, University of Edinburgh Chair: Charles Hallisey, Yehan Numata Senior Lecturer on Buddhist Literatures, Harvard Divinity School Since the end of the country’s 30-year civil war in 2009, […]
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Fri, Nov 15, 2013 from 04:00pm — 05:30pm, ET
Muslim Societies in South Asia Seminar Pasha M. Khan, Professor, Urdu Language and Culture, McGill University Chair: Sunil Sharma, Modern Languages and Comparative Literature, Associate Professor of Persianate and Comparative Literature, Convener of Persian and Hindi-Urdu, Boston University Cosponsored with the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Islamic Studies Program This talk will consider the career of Mir […]
More InfoDiana Eck, Professor of Comparative Religion and Indian Studies at Harvard University. Eck invites Harvard alumni and friends to join her in New York City for a conversation about her most recent book, India: A Sacred Geography, which is a culmination of more than a decade’s work. Eck will address spiritual pilgrimages in India, such as […]
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Fri, Nov 8, 2013 from 12:00pm — 01:30pm, ET
Social Enterprise Seminar Maitreyi Bordia Das, Lead Social Development Specialist and Team Leader for Social Inclusion, Social Development Department, World Bank Shankar Ramaswami, SAI Postdoctoral Fellow in South Asian Studies, Harvard University Chair: Martha Chen, Lecturer in Public Policy, Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations, Harvard Kennedy School S050, CGIS South, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge MA Cosponsored […]
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Mon, Nov 4, 2013 from 04:15pm — 05:45pm, ET
South Asia Without Borders Sara Shneiderman, Assistant Professor of Anthropology & South Asian Studies, Yale University Chair: Ajantha Subramanian, Professor, Social Anthropology Program, Harvard University Cosponsored with the Political Anthropology Working Group
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Fri, Nov 1, 2013 from 12:00pm — 01:30pm, ET
Global Health Seminar Arthur Kleinman, Esther and Sidney Rabb Professor, Department of Anthropology, Harvard University and Professor of Medical Anthropology in Global Health and Social Medicine and Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School Jennifer Leaning, Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Professor of the Practice of Health and Human Rights, Harvard School of Public Health; Director, FXB Center for […]
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Thu, Oct 31, 2013 from 04:30pm — 06:00pm, ET
Raja Mohan is a nonresident senior associate in Carnegie’s South Asia Program, where his research focuses on international security, defense, and Asian strategic issues. He is also a senior fellow at the Centre for Policy Research in New Delhi, a columnist on foreign affairs for the Indian Express, and an adjunct professor of South Asian studies at the Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. He is currently a member of India’s National Security Advisory Board.
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Mon, Oct 28, 2013 from 12:15pm — 01:30pm, ET
Social Enterprise Seminar Donghyun Park, Principal Economist, Economics and Research Department, Asian Development Bank Chair, Tarun Khanna, Director of Harvard South Asia Institute; Jorge Lemann Paulo Professor, Harvard Business School Dr. Donghyun Park is currently a Principal Economist at the Economics and Research Department of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), which he joined in April 2007. […]
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