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SAI Event Type : Seminars


The Power of Promise: Examining the Feasibility of A Rapid Expansion of Nuclear Energy in India

WHEN
Fri, Dec 6, 2013 from 02:00pm — 03:30pm

VENUE
Littauer Building, Room 324
The Fainsod Room
Harvard Kennedy School

ADDRESS
Littauer Building, Room 324
The Fainsod Room
Harvard Kennedy School
79 John F. Kennedy St
Cambridge, MA 02138

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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The Beautification of Postwar Colombo

WHEN
Tue, Nov 19, 2013 from 04:00pm — 05:30pm

VENUE
CGIS Knafel, K262
Harvard University

ADDRESS
1737 Cambridge Street
Cambridge MA 02138

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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Transcendent Territory and Portable Deities: Mobility and the Problem of Indigeneity between Nepal and India

WHEN
Mon, Nov 4, 2013 from 04:15pm — 05:45pm

VENUE
William James Hall, 1550

ADDRESS
William James Hall, 1550
33 Kirkland Street
Cambridge MA

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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Rethinking Sufism in Medieval South Asia

WHEN
Fri, Oct 18, 2013 from 04:00pm — 05:30pm

VENUE
CGIS South, S153
Harvard University

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

Muslim Societies in South Asia Seminar Amina Steinfels, Associate Professor of Religion, Mount Holyoke College Chair: Sunil Sharma, Chair, Modern Languages and Comparative Literature, Associate Professor of Persianate and Comparative Literature, Convener of Persian and Hindi-Urdu, Boston University Despite a growing sophistication in the study of Islam, our understanding of Sufism continues to be hampered by deeply ingrained […]

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Public Interest Litigation: Boon to the Indian Public

WHEN
Tue, Oct 8, 2013 from 12:00pm — 01:30pm

VENUE
Harvard Law School

ADDRESS
Harvard Law School
1585 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138

South Asia Without Borders Pravin Parekh, President of the Supreme Court Bar Association; President of the Harvard Club of India         Sponsored by the Harvard Law School Program on the Legal Profession Lunch will be served Pravin H. Parekh is a senior advocate of the Supreme Court of India, president of the Confederation […]

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Something Old, Something New: Maladies of India’s Energy System and Possible Remedies

WHEN
Wed, Oct 9, 2013 from 05:15pm — 06:45pm

VENUE
CGIS South, S030
Harvard University

ADDRESS
CGIS South, S030
Harvard University
1730 Cambridge Street
Cambridge MA 02138

Science, Technology, and Engineering Seminar Varun Rai, Assistant Professor of Public Affairs, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty Fellow, Center for International Energy and Environmental Policy (CIEEP), University of Texas at Austin Discussant: Laura Diaz Anadon, Assistant Professor of Public Policy, Co-Faculty Chair, Energy Technology Innovation Policy research group, Associate Director, Science, Technology and Public […]

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Na Hindu, Na Musalman: The Dilemma of a Bengali Artisan Caste

WHEN
Wed, Dec 4, 2013 from 04:00pm — 05:30pm

VENUE
CGIS South, S354

ADDRESS
CGIS South, S354
1730 Cambridge Street
Cambridge MA 02138

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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