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CGIS South, S020 Belfer
Harvard University

CGIS South, S020 Belfer
Harvard University
1730 Cambridge Street
Cambridge MA 02138

Events at this Venue

Visiting Artists Seminar: Revelations: Reclaiming South Asian Narratives

WHEN
Tue, Apr 17, 2018 from 05:00pm — 07:30pm

VENUE
CGIS South, S020 Belfer
Harvard University

ADDRESS
CGIS South, S020 Belfer
Harvard University
1730 Cambridge Street
Cambridge MA 02138

This exhibit explores possibilities that lie in making traditionally invisible stories and narratives visible, from tea garden workers in Bangladesh; personal accounts of trauma and healing after disasters in Nepal; Dalit resistance in India; and the fallibility of memory during the Partition in Pakistan.

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Arts at SAI: Dastangoi Performance by Ankit Chadha

WHEN
Mon, Apr 9, 2018 from 06:00pm — 08:00pm

VENUE
CGIS South, S020 Belfer
Harvard University

ADDRESS
CGIS South, S020 Belfer
Harvard University
1730 Cambridge Street
Cambridge MA 02138

Performance by Ankit Chadha Chair: Hajnalka Kovacs, Preceptor in Hindi and Urdu, Department of South Asian Studies, Harvard University Dastangoi, the lost art of Urdu storytelling, developed in 8th century CE around the adventures of an Arab hero, Amir Hamza. These stories became very popular in 19th century North India. With the demise of the last known exponent of […]

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Reporting on Asia: A Discussion with Four Nieman Fellows

WHEN
Mon, Apr 2, 2018 at 12:15pm

VENUE
CGIS South, S020 Belfer
Harvard University

ADDRESS
CGIS South, S020 Belfer
Harvard University
1730 Cambridge Street
Cambridge MA 02138

Glenda M. Gloria, Managing Editor and Co-Founder of Rappler, Philippines social news network Shalini Singh, Features Reporter, New Delhi, India; former reporter for The Week and the Hindustan Times; founding trustee at the People’s Archive of Rural India Bonny Symons-Brown, Australian Broadcasting Corporation; former TV news anchor, Jakarta, Indonesia Edward Wong, The New York Times; […]

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Art, Affect, Archive: Udaipur’s Monumental Monsoon Moods, 1700-1900

WHEN
Mon, Mar 27, 2023 at 05:30pm

VENUE
CGIS South, S020 Belfer
Harvard University

ADDRESS
CGIS South, S020 Belfer
Harvard University
1730 Cambridge Street
Cambridge MA 02138

Udaipur’s eighteenth-century painters, more so than their earlier counterparts, exponentially stretched the affective potential of pictorial moods. They circulated images and ideas about flourishing places beyond and between objects commissioned within courts and bazaars. In the wake of British colonial ambitions, their pictures suggest counterfactual realities within moods of plenty that work against narratives of scarcity and inadequacy.

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Spirits of the Himalayas: A Conversation with the Artist and Curator

WHEN
Mon, Mar 6, 2023 from 06:00pm — 07:30pm

VENUE
CGIS South, S020 Belfer
Harvard University

ADDRESS
CGIS South, S020 Belfer
Harvard University
1730 Cambridge Street
Cambridge MA 02138

Tsherin Sherpa, artist John Henry Rice, E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Curator of South Asian and Islamic Art at Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Chaired and Moderated by Jinah Kim, George P. Bickford Professor of Indian and South Asian Art, Department of History of Art and Architecture, Harvard University Tsherin Sherpa’s work is currently on […]

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Art, Aesthetics, and Politics: A conversation with T.M. Krishna

WHEN
Mon, Oct 3, 2022 at 06:00pm

VENUE
CGIS South, S020 Belfer
Harvard University

ADDRESS
CGIS South, S020 Belfer
Harvard University
1730 Cambridge Street
Cambridge MA 02138

What is the role of art in deeply unequal societies? Are aesthetics political? Can artists challenge dominant orders? Please join us for a conversation between eminent Carnatic vocalist and activist T.M. Krishna

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Shivshankar Menon: Leadership Lessons in Global Diplomacy

WHEN
Tue, Apr 5, 2022 at 06:00pm

VENUE
Belfer Case Study Room, CGIS South Concourse (1730 Cambridge Street)

Please Register to Attend (NOTE: Only Harvard ID holders will be admitted) The Mittal Institute presents a unique opportunity for Harvard students and affiliates to learn from a renowned figure in India’s international relations, Shivshankar Menon. In this closed-door session, Menon will discuss his decades-long career in the Indian Foreign Service, lessons and experiences in […]

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