CGIS South, S354
CGIS South, S354
1730 Cambridge Street
Cambridge MA 02138
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Rewriting the Grammar of the Education System: Delhi’s Education Reform (A Tale of Creative Resistance and Creative Disruption)
Yamini Aiyar is the President and Chief Executive of the Centre for Policy Research. In 2008, she founded the Accountability Initiative at CPR, which is credited with pioneering one of India’s largest expenditure tracking surveys for elementary education.
More InfoConstructing a Majority: A Micro-Level Study of Voting Patterns in Indian Elections
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Fri, Sep 7, 2018 from 02:00pm — 04:00pm
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CGIS South, S354
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CGIS South, S354
1730 Cambridge Street
Cambridge MA 02138
JOINT SEMINAR ON SOUTH ASIAN POLITICS SERIES Francesca R. Jensenius, Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Oslo, Senior Research Fellow at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs Chair: Emmerich Davies, Assistant Professor of Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education Francesca Jensenius specializes in comparative politics, comparative political economy, and research methods, with […]
More InfoInfrastructure Networks and Urban Inequality: The Political Geography of Water Flows in Bangalore
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Fri, Apr 27, 2018 from 02:00pm — 04:00pm
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CGIS South, S354
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CGIS South, S354
1730 Cambridge Street
Cambridge MA 02138
JOINT SEMINAR ON SOUTH ASIAN POLITICS SERIES Infrastructure Networks and Urban Inequality: The Political Geography of Water Flows in Bangalore Alison Post, Associate Professor of Political Science and Global Metropolitan Studies, University of California, Berkeley Chair: Emmerich Davies, Assistant Professor of Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education Alison Post studies comparative political economy, focusing […]
More InfoFilm Screening: Baghban
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Tue, Nov 14, 2017 from 04:15pm — 06:00pm
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CGIS South, S354
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CGIS South, S354
1730 Cambridge Street
Cambridge MA 02138
We are screening the landmark Hindi drama film Baghban (2003) as part of the Aging in Asia film series. Admission is free and there will be refreshments.
More Info“Our Clothes, Our Hair, We Don’t Care”: Prince and the British South Asian misfits
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Mon, Apr 24, 2017 from 12:00pm — 01:30pm
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CGIS South, S354
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CGIS South, S354
1730 Cambridge Street
Cambridge MA 02138
SAI Research Affiliate Hasit Shah – journalist, Londoner and Prince fan – explores the connections between a group of second-generation British South Asians and a musician they too claimed as one of their own.
More InfoSubalternity and Resistance in India’s Bhil Heartland: Historical Trajectories, Contemporary Scenarios
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Fri, Oct 7, 2016 from 04:00pm — 05:30pm
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CGIS South, S354
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CGIS South, S354
1730 Cambridge Street
Cambridge MA 02138
South Asia Without Borders Seminar Alf Nilsen, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Bergen Chair: Ajantha Subramanian, Professor of Anthropology and South Asian Studies, Harvard University This paper aims to contribute to discussions of subaltern politics in contemporary India through an investigation of the character and trajectory of democratic mobilisation among Bhil Adivasis in western Madhya Pradesh. Grounded […]
More InfoGovernance for Development — Political and Administrative Reforms for Bangladesh
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Fri, Sep 30, 2016 from 04:00pm — 05:30pm
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CGIS South, S354
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CGIS South, S354
1730 Cambridge Street
Cambridge MA 02138
Book Talk S. Nazrul Islam, Senior Economic Affairs Officer, Development Policy Analysis Division, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations Chair: Prithwiraj Choudhury, Assistant Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School Analyzing Bangladesh’s governance problems and drawing insights that will be relevant to other developing countries, this book sharpens our understanding of governance and suggests […]
More InfoGrant Opportunities Open House
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Mon, Sep 26, 2016 from 03:30pm — 05:00pm
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CGIS South, S354
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CGIS South, S354
1730 Cambridge Street
Cambridge MA 02138
Student Event Come learn about SAI summer funding opportunities from past grant recipients. Learn about the various types of grants (research, internship, language), the application process, how to write an appropriate budget for a summer in South Asia, and enjoy some delicious South Asian food. Learn more about grant opportunities. Facebook event.
More InfoDirective Principles and Transformative Constitutional Design
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Fri, Sep 16, 2016 from 04:00pm — 05:30pm
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CGIS South, S354
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CGIS South, S354
1730 Cambridge Street
Cambridge MA 02138
Book Talk Tarunabh Khaitan, Associate Professor and Hackney Fellow in Law, Wadham College, University of Oxford Chair: Ajantha Subramanian, Professor of Anthropology and South Asian Studies, Harvard University Borrowing and developing the concept from Ireland, framers of India’s Constitution inserted a chapter titled ‘directive principles of state policy’ in the founding document. They were a mix of principles […]
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