CGIS South, S153
Harvard University
CGIS South, S153
Harvard University
1730 Cambridge Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
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Property, Power, and Women: Positive and Perverse Consequences of Indian Reforms for Gender Equality
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Fri, Nov 8, 2019 from 02:30pm — 04:00pm
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CGIS South, S153
Harvard University
ADDRESS
CGIS South, S153
Harvard University
1730 Cambridge Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Can political representation help women upend entrenched systems of power? Property and Power, forthcoming with Cambridge University Press, finds evidence that quotas improve women’s ability to claim fundamental economic rights. Yet, greater voice is costly, and whether women experience benefits or backlash will depend on individual bargaining power at the time a woman is elected. […]
More InfoTools for Urban Conservation in Lucknow: Advocacy, Politics, and Civic Engagement
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Mon, Oct 28, 2019 from 06:00pm — 07:30pm
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CGIS South, S153
Harvard University
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CGIS South, S153
Harvard University
1730 Cambridge Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Urban conservation is often a pressing challenge in historic Indian cities experiencing the pressures of development. Many cities, often lacking any viable local-level policy and enforcement, have resorted to alternative tools, often citizen-led, to accomplish the goal of conservation. This seminar will explore the tools of advocacy, politics, and civic engagement through recent examples from the city of Lucknow in northern India.
More InfoThe Fears Have Gone Away: Exploring the Roots of Insurgent Citizenship in India’s Bhil Heartland
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Tue, Sep 24, 2019 from 06:00pm — 07:30pm
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CGIS South, S153
Harvard University
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CGIS South, S153
Harvard University
1730 Cambridge Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
In India, subaltern groups must resort to the universalizing vocabulary of citizenship in order to stake claims for redistribution and recognition. But on what basis do they do this — especially under severe coercion? Alf Nilsen, Professor of Sociology at the University of Pretoria, will explore this question by investigating movement patterns in the Bhil heartland of western India, where Adivasi communities have organized and mobilized against the tyranny of the local state.
More InfoDe Facto Suffrage: A Field Experiment to Improve Women’s Turnout in Pakistan’s General Elections
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Fri, Apr 12, 2019 at 02:00pm
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CGIS South, S153
Harvard University
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CGIS South, S153
Harvard University
1730 Cambridge Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
JOINT SEMINAR ON SOUTH ASIAN POLITICS SERIES Sarah Khan, Postgraduate Associate, Yale MacMillan Center Sarah Khan is a postgraduate associate at the Yale MacMillan Center. Her research interests lie at the intersection of gender and comparative politics, with a regional specialization in South Asia. In her work, she explores gender gaps in political preferences, and the barriers […]
More InfoProduction of City Space in India: Class, Caste, and Grayness
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Tue, Mar 26, 2019 from 06:00pm — 07:30pm
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CGIS South, S153
Harvard University
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CGIS South, S153
Harvard University
1730 Cambridge Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Sripad Motiram, Associate Professor of Economics and Affiliated Faculty, Asian Studies Department, University of Massachusetts Boston Vamsi Vakulabharanam, Co-Director, Asian Political Economy Program (Political Economy Research Institute) and Associate Professor of Economics, University of Massachusetts Amherst Sripad Motiram and Vamsi Vakulabharanam will discuss how space is structured in two Indian cities, Hyderabad and Mumbai, along […]
More InfoSri Lankan Narrations and Building Schemes by Minnette de Silva
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Tue, Feb 26, 2019 from 06:00pm — 07:30pm
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CGIS South, S153
Harvard University
ADDRESS
CGIS South, S153
Harvard University
1730 Cambridge Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
In her building and writing, architect Minnette de Silva sought to recreate a “felicitous community spirit” across social and cultural differences, as stated in her memoir — a text on the significant multi-family housing project her office undertook. In this event, Anooradha Iyer Siddiqi, Assistant Professor of the Department of Architecture at Columbia University, will […]
More InfoUrbanization Seminar: Mrinalini Rajagopalan
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Mon, Nov 19, 2018 from 06:00pm — 07:30pm
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CGIS South, S153
Harvard University
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CGIS South, S153
Harvard University
1730 Cambridge Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Mrinalini Rajagopalan, Director of Graduate Studies and Associate Professor, Department of History of Art & Architecture, University of Pittsburgh, is a historian of India’s built environment and is particularly interested in the impact of colonialism and nationalism on the architectural, urban, and preservation cultures of modern South Asia. Her first monograph Building Histories: The Archival and Affective Lives […]
More InfoTranscultural Attractions: American Photographs of an Indian Dancer
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Fri, Nov 16, 2018 from 04:30pm — 06:00pm
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CGIS South, S153
Harvard University
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CGIS South, S153
Harvard University
1730 Cambridge Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
AJAY SINHA, Professor of Art History, Mount Holyoke College Chair: JINAH KIM, Gardner Cowles Associate Professor of History of Art & Architecture and Faculty Director, Arts @ Mittal Institute In the Spring of 1938, an Indian dancer, Ram Gopal, posed in a variety of fantastical costumes for the American photographer, Carl Van Vechten, in New York City. Studying over […]
More InfoJoint Seminar on South Asian Politics: Deliberative Inequality: A Text-As-Data Study of Tamil Nadu’s Village Assemblies
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Fri, Nov 2, 2018 from 02:00pm — 04:00pm
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CGIS South, S153
Harvard University
ADDRESS
CGIS South, S153
Harvard University
1730 Cambridge Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Join Vijayendra Rao in a seminar discussing his paper “Deliberative Inequality: A Text-As-Data Analysis of Indian Village Assemblies” (Co-authored with R. Parthasarathy and N. Palaniswamy). Vijayendra (Biju) Rao, a Lead Economist in the Research Department of the World Bank, integrates his training in economics with theories and methods from anthropology, sociology and political science to study the […]
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