CGIS South, S153 Archives • Lakshmi Mittal South Asia Institute

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1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138

in Seminars, Cosponsored Event

Learn more about Murad Khan Mumtaz in his interview with SAI.

Fri, April 6, 2018 from 03:30pm - 05:00pm / CGIS South, S153

Arts Seminar: The Sufi in the Garb of a Yogi: Articulations of Sanctity under Muslim Patronage in Early Modern Indian Painting

This talk will discuss 16th and early-17th century album and manuscript paintings made for Muslim patrons where the Nāth yogi appears as an emblem and surrogate for the Islamic spiritual path of taṣawwuf (Sufism), an archetype for the mystical traveler (sālik) and a figure of spiritual longing.

Co-sponsored by the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Islamic Studies Program at Harvard University

Murad Khan Mumtaz, Artist and Researcher
Chair: Jinah Kim, Gardner Cowles Associate Professor of History of Art and Architecture, Harvard University

A reception will follow the seminar.

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Fri, Apr 6, 2018 at 03:30pm

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Fri, Apr 6, 2018 at 05:00pm

ADDRESS
1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138

Tue, March 27, 2018 from 04:00pm - 05:30pm / CGIS South, S153

South Asia Without Borders Seminar: The Silk Road to South Asia: From Mongolia to Bangladesh

Ancient records of early Buddhism, recovered from Tibet, identify five great centres of learning a thousand years after the birth of Prince Gautama Buddha. Of the five, two are amongst the four hundred Buddhist sites in Bangladesh; Somapura Mahavihara (Paharpur) and Jaggadala. These centers could not have thrived without patronage and proximity of the Silk Road which brought trade and Buddhism close together. Hasna will discuss a trip she took in 2015 and 2017 to Mongolia in search of a connection between Mongolia and India via Bangladesh.

Hasna Moudud, SAI Research Affiliate; Author of “Mystic Poetry of Bangladesh” and “Where Women Rule: South Asia”; Former Senior Fellow Harvard University Asia Center; former Visiting Fellow Ash Center, Harvard Kennedy School

Chair: Roderick MacFarquhar, Leroy B. Williams Professor of History and Political Science, Harvard University

Co-sponsored with the Harvard University Asia Center.

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Tue, Mar 27, 2018 at 04:00pm

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Tue, Mar 27, 2018 at 05:30pm

ADDRESS
1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138

in Seminars, South Asia Without Borders, Bangladesh

Fri, March 9, 2018 from 12:00pm - 02:00pm / CGIS South, S153

Pre-Texts with Doris Sommer

Doris Sommer, Ira and Jewell Williams Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures and of African and African American Studies, Harvard University

Possible through the generosity of the Asia Center

The Humanities have important work to do in developing societies because they foster creative and critical thinking. For its own intrinsic value, the aesthetic judgment that the Humanities hone affords pleasure of freedom and sociability. And related to those pleasures is the general faculty of judgment that free societies depend on. With the activities of Pre-Texts we gather lessons of philosophy, pedagogy, and art — including vernacular arts — to offer high order learning in low-resourced communities. In collaboration with partners in the Indian education and public health sectors, Cultural Agents hopes to contribute to development in India with Pre-Texts by engaging local strengths to promote: Literacy, Innovation, and Citizenship.

Lunch will be provided during the seminar and will be followed by a demonstration of Pre-Texts with audience participation.

Possible through the generosity of the Asia Center

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Fri, Mar 9, 2018 at 12:00pm

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Fri, Mar 9, 2018 at 02:00pm

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1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138

in Seminars, Arts Initiative, Doris Sommer

Fri, November 17, 2017 from 02:00pm - 05:00pm / CGIS South, S153

The Contentious Politics of Teacher Transfers in India: A Way Forward

In India, dissatisfaction within education and accusations of corruption have led to calls for transparency and new policies for handling teacher transfers.

Tara Béteille, Senior Economist in the Education Global Practice at the World Bank, will present important recommendations, based on her research, across nine states in India, into teacher recruitment and transfer practices in government schools.

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Fri, Nov 17, 2017 at 02:00pm

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Fri, Nov 17, 2017 at 05:00pm

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1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138

in South Asian Politics

Unravelling the Kashmir Knot – A book by Dr. Aman M Hingorani // Digital Trailer

Mon, November 6, 2017 from 05:00pm - 06:30pm / CGIS South, S153

Unravelling the Kashmir Knot

A book talk with Aman Hingorani

Chair: Ashutosh Varshney

“Unravelling the Kashmir Knot” delves into the questions entangled in the Kashmir issue: Do the rules that created Pakistan make Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) a part of India? Is the routing of the China-Pakistan economic corridor through J&K legal? How did J&K become a “disputed territory”?

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Mon, Nov 6, 2017 at 05:00pm

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Mon, Nov 6, 2017 at 06:30pm

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1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138

in Book Talk

Mon, October 23, 2017 from 04:00pm - 05:15pm / CGIS South, S153

Artist Talk: In Silence, The Secret Speaks

SEEMA KOHLI

Chair: Richard Cash
Senior Lecturer on Global Health, Department of Global Health and Population,
T.H. Chan Harvard School of Public Health.

Engaging with a wide circuit of references like religious iconography, world mythology, philosophical and literature, Seema weaves together a story to recover the lost feminine narrative in cultural history in her work. Appropriating ancient Indian iconography and philosophy, she chronicles ancient myths and mythological figures to explore the relationship of the self with the spiritual cosmos.

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Mon, Oct 23, 2017 at 04:00pm

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Mon, Oct 23, 2017 at 05:15pm

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1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138

in Seminars, Richard Cash

Fri, September 8, 2017 from 06:00pm - 07:30pm / CGIS South, S153

Understanding India’s New Approach to Spatial Planning and Development

A South Asia Institute Urbanization Seminar Series:

“Understanding India’s New Approach to Spatial Planning and Development”

Sanjeev Vidyarthi
Author; Associate Professor, Urban Planning and Policy, The University of Illinois at Chicago

Moderated by
Rahul Mehrotra
Professor of Urban Planning and Design and Chair of the Department of Urban Planning
and Design, Harvard Graduate School of Design

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Fri, Sep 8, 2017 at 06:00pm

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Fri, Sep 8, 2017 at 07:30pm

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1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138

in Lecture, Urbanization, Rahul Mehrotra

Thu, April 20, 2017 from 04:00pm - 05:30pm / CGIS South, S153

Legal Identity for Children in South Asia: The Role of Birth Registration and Biometric Identification

Graduate Student Associate Seminar

Amiya Bhatia, Doctor of Science student in the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Discussant: Connor Jerzak, PhD student, Government Department

South Asia has the largest number of children who do not have birth certificates. As biometric identification programs (e.g. Aadhaar in India, NADRA in Pakistan) expand, many countries continue to have weak birth registration systems, denying children access to legal identity. This talk examines the unequal distribution of birth certificates and identification documents within each country in South Asia, and whether biometric identification programs could weaken, complement or improve birth registration systems.

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Thu, Apr 20, 2017 at 04:00pm

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Thu, Apr 20, 2017 at 05:30pm