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Great Eternal Return: A Social Media Film

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Wed, Mar 30, 2016 from 04:00pm — 05:30pm

VENUE
CGIS South, S030
Harvard University

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

Arts Seminar Paribartana Mohanty, Visiting Artist, South Asia Institute Arts Program Chair: Namita Dharia, Lecturer in Anthropology, Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences  The lecture-performance is part of Mohanty’s larger project ‘Act the Victim’ that engages with the images of crisis circulating on social media. It is based on a video excerpt of TV interview of Narendra […]

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Welcome Back Chaat Party

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Thu, Sep 17, 2015 from 04:00pm — 06:00pm

VENUE
CGIS South, S030
Harvard University

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

Celebrate the start of the school year with SAI! Meet SAI’s Visiting Fellows and faculty Learn about student funding opportunities Hear what’s happening at SAI Enjoy delicious South Asian food This event is for Harvard affiliates – please be prepared to show your Harvard ID. Join the Facebook event. If you are interested in representing […]

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Intizar Husain: A World Class Fiction-Writer and The Social Ethics of Yaqub Mirza

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Tue, Apr 28, 2015 from 02:30pm — 05:30pm

VENUE
CGIS South, S030
Harvard University

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

Muslim Societies in South Asia Seminar Chair: Dr. Naseem Hines  Cosponsored with the Harvard Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Islamic Studies Program and Pakistan American Democratic Forum (PADF) Literary Circle Schedule and Speakers: First Session: 2:30 pm -3:30 pm Opening Remarks: Dr Naseem Hines Intizar Hussain: Contemporary World Class Urdu Fiction Dr Razia Mushkoor The Worldview of Intizar Hussain […]

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Digital Archives and Public History: Documenting and Exhibiting South Asian American Stories

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Tue, Mar 31, 2015 from 04:00pm — 06:00pm

VENUE
CGIS South, S030
Harvard University

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

SAI and MIT-India present: Lecture Series: South Asia and Its Diasporas Samip Mallick, Co-Founder and Executive Director of the South Asian American Digital Archive Pawan Dhingra, Founding Curator of the Smithsonian Institution exhibition: Beyond Bollywood: Indian Americans Shape the Nation Professor and Director, Department of Sociology, Tufts University Moderated by Vivek Bald, 2014-15 Harvard University Charles […]

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Pre-Departure Orientation

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Tue, Dec 9, 2014 from 04:00pm — 05:30pm

VENUE
CGIS South, S030
Harvard University

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

This is an orientation for students who are traveling to South Asia during Winter Session 2015, and will include travel tips and logistics, health and safety information, cultural introduction, and will provide an opportunity to meet other students who will be in the region. Food will be served! All Harvard Students traveling to South Asia […]

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Summer Grant Opportunities Open House

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Wed, Nov 19, 2014 from 04:00pm — 05:30pm

VENUE
CGIS South, S030
Harvard University

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

Come hear about SAI Summer Funding opportunities from 2014 SAI grant recipients. Learn about the various types of grants, the application process, how to write an appropriate budget for a summer in South Asia, and enjoy some delicious South Asian food. For more details on SAI grants, click here. 

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Anatomy of a Man-Made Disaster: Thirty Years Later, Remembering the Bhopal Gas Tragedy

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Tue, Nov 4, 2014 from 12:00pm — 01:30pm

VENUE
CGIS South, S030
Harvard University

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

SAI Arts Initiative Seminar Pablo Bartholomew, Photojournalist Discussant: Bridget Corbett Hanna, Post-Doc, Sociology and Anthropology, Northeastern University Chair: Ajantha Subramanian, Professor, Social Anthropology Program, Harvard University In December 1984, a gas leak at the Union Carbide Factory, now owned by Dow Chemicals, caused the death of thousands of inhabitants of Bhopal and incapacitated the living who have […]

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The Past Before Us: Historical Traditions of Early North India

WHEN
Mon, May 5, 2014 from 06:00pm — 07:30pm

VENUE
CGIS South, S030
Harvard University

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

SAI Book Talk Romila Thapar, Emeritus Professor of History at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi Chair: Emma Dench, Professor of the Classics and of History, Harvard College Professor, Director of Graduate Studies, Department of the Classics, Harvard University The claim, often made, that India—uniquely among civilizations—lacks historical writing distracts us from a more pertinent question, according […]

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