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Consequences: South and Southeast Asia and the 2020 U.S. Election

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Thu, Dec 3, 2020 from 12:00pm — 01:00pm, ET

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Location: Online, via Zoom Register to join the webinar here: https://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_b-fBxaQxT96uKpkNd5LpfA Panelists: Mattias Fibiger, Assistant Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School Erik Kuhonta, Associate Professor of Political Science, McGill University Doreen Lee, Associate Professor of Anthropology, Northeastern University; Visiting Scholar, Harvard University Asia Center Ashutosh Varshney, Sol Goldman Professor of International Studies and the Social Sciences; […]

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Gandhi’s Gift: Successful Mass Nonviolence and India’s Decolonization

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Fri, Nov 20, 2020 from 12:00pm — 01:30pm, ET

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Register for the event: https://bit.ly/3ixS06q Rikhil R. Bhavnani, Associate Professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, will discuss his latest work exploring the structures and history of non-violent civil disobedience during the Indian struggle for democratic self-rule. In this presentation, Bhavnani will focus on his joint work with Stanford’s Sumitra Jha, which you can read here […]

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Arts of South Asia at the MFA: Through and Beyond Binary Thinking

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Thu, Nov 12, 2020 at 10:00am, ET

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Join via Zoom: https://harvard.zoom.us/j/99365376325 Join via YouTube: https://youtu.be/VZ7KTlRy5y0 Laura Weinstein, the Ananda Coomaraswamy Curator of South Asian and Islamic Art at the MFA, will present a new publication from the MFA that explores the South Asian collection while examining and critiquing binaries based in Western Enlightenment thought that have historically been applied to art from […]

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Models of Innovation: Education in South Asia

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Wed, Nov 11, 2020 from 09:30am — 10:30am, ET

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Link to join Webinar: https://harvard.zoom.us/j/96334907470  Register to receive updates on this webinar series: https://bit.ly/34FdVUZ  In this interactive session, four organizations will showcase their innovative models of education delivery in times of the pandemic. These success stories, from Bangladesh, India, Nepal, and Pakistan, bring together learning from all corners of the region and illustrate how the […]

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The Impact of COVID-19 on Mental Health in China, India, and the United States

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Mon, Nov 9, 2020 from 08:15pm — 09:30pm, ET

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Register to join: https://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_clDc-z0UQsuNO0ykYoNf5g Moderator Arthur Kleinman, Professor of Medical Anthropology, Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School Panelists Xiao Shuiyuan, Professor, Central South University, Xianya School of Public Health Yifeng Xu, President, Shanghai Mental Health Center; Head & Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine; Director, WHO/Shanghai […]

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The US Election’s Impact on South Asia

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Wed, Oct 28, 2020 from 02:00pm — 03:15pm, ET

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Join via Zoom: https://harvard.zoom.us/j/99466323023 Join via YouTube: https://youtu.be/V_OIBk8x9uo Ronak Desai, Research Associate at the Mittal Institute, will moderate a discussion between Nirupama Rao, Former Foreign Secretary of India, and Vipin Narang, Associate Professor of Political Science at MIT, as they explore how the potential outcomes of the US presidential election may impact the region of […]

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Discrimination and Defiant Pride: How the Demand for Dignity Creates Slack for Poor Governance

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Fri, Oct 23, 2020 from 12:00pm — 01:30pm, ET

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Register for the event: https://bit.ly/3iGc1YK Incoming Assistant Professor of Government Mashail Malik will discuss how social identities shape and are shaped by political life. Mashail Malik studies how social identities – such as ethnicity and class – both shape and are shaped by political life. Currently a Gerald J. Lieberman Fellow, a Ric Weiland Graduate […]

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Daastan è South Asia

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Thu, Oct 8, 2020 from 01:00am — 02:00am, ET

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This 60-minute presentation will showcase the range of work Harvard has been able to do in South Asia. It will focus the spotlight on efforts to drive public health communication and policy translation, influence management practice and capability building in education, and how leaders in South Asia are making a difference in the places where […]

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Channels of Expression in Times of Change

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Wed, Oct 7, 2020 from 01:00pm — 02:00pm, ET

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Featuring music and dance across continents, this session sheds light on creative and expressive processes and celebrates the means of resilience they provide. Four units of Harvard University across continents will present dance expressions of ancient, modern, and contemporary understandings of: Cosmic synergies encompassing both change and equilibrium in the cosmos (Asia) Timeless truths on human […]

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Rediscovering Partition from New Perspectives

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Tue, Sep 1, 2020 from 10:00am — 11:30am, ET

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Partition Webinar Poster

10:00 AM EDT  |  3:00 PM BST  |  7:00 PM PKT  |  7:30 PM IST Join via Zoom: https://harvard.zoom.us/j/95706117879 The impact of the 1947 Partition still ripples throughout South Asia, 73 years later. However, our knowledge of this historic event is constantly being reevaluated by academics and researchers who have continued to illuminate the details […]

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Caste in Tech Town Hall

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Sat, Aug 22, 2020 at 11:00am, ET

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Register: http://bit.ly/casteintech In this webinar, the speakers will explore the many dimensions of caste discrimination in tech, from recruitment, hiring and workplace dynamics to sexual harassment and limited HR policies. They will also discuss the ways workers are addressing casteist workplaces and the larger movement to add caste as a protected category across the United […]

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The Future of Higher Education

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Fri, Aug 7, 2020 at 08:00am, ET

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What does the future of internationalization in higher education look like after the global pandemic? Trends in higher education have for a long time pointed toward ever greater internationalization of student enrollments, teaching staff, curricular content, and research networks. The general consensus is that this has been for the good: young people enjoy richer learning opportunities […]

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