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Rethinking Sufism in Medieval South Asia

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

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

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

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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Public Interest Litigation: Boon to the Indian Public

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

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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Attaining Education for All : How do India and China compare?

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Fri, Oct 4, 2013 from 12:00pm — 01:30pm, ET

Education Seminar Abhimanyu Singh, Director and Representative, UNESCO Office Beijing Discussant: Akshay Mangla, Assistant Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School Cosponsored with the Asia Center Modern Asia Seminar While much international attention has been paid to the recent rapid rise of China and India in  economic terms, there has been relatively little focus on their […]

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The Rebirth of Education

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Fri, Sep 20, 2013 from 12:00pm — 01:30pm, ET

Education Seminar Series Lant Pritchett, Professor of the Practice of International Development, Harvard Kennedy School Discussant: Akshay Mangla, Assistant Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School  Cosponsored with the International Education Policy program at Harvard Graduate School of Education Despite great progress around the world in getting more kids into schools, too many leave without even the most […]

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Secularism, Democracy and Pluralism: From Bases to Implementation

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Fri, Sep 20, 2013 from 04:00pm — 05:30pm, ET

Global Health Seminar Dipu Moni, Foreign Minister of Bangladesh with Ruhul Abid, Assistant Professor, Brown University Warren Alpert Medical School M. Shawkat Razzaque, , Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School and Dental School and Richard Cash, Senior Lecturer on Global Health, Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard School of Public Health

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