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Mon, Oct 19, 2015 from 05:00pm — 06:30pm
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CGIS South, S354
ADDRESS
CGIS South, S354
1730 Cambridge Street
Cambridge MA 02138
GSA Seminar Rosanna Picascia, SAI Graduate Student Associate, PhD candidate in the Study of Religion Chair: Parimal G. Patil, Professor of Religion and Indian Philosophy, Committee on the Study of Religion, FAS, Chair of the Department of South Asian Studies This talk will look at the debate among Sanskrit philosophers of religion over whether, and the […]
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Fri, Mar 27, 2015 from 04:00pm — 05:30pm
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CGIS South, S354
ADDRESS
CGIS South, S354
1730 Cambridge Street
Cambridge MA 02138
SAI Book Talk Omar Shahid Hamid, Author Chair: Anila Daulatzai, Visiting Assistant Professor of Women’s Studies and Islamic Studies, Harvard Divinity School Omar Shahid Hamid has served with the Karachi police for twelve years, most recently as head of counterterrorism. During his service, he has been actively targeted by various terrorist groups and organizations. He was […]
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Mon, Nov 17, 2014 from 04:00pm — 05:30pm
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CGIS South, S354
ADDRESS
CGIS South, S354
1730 Cambridge Street
Cambridge MA 02138
Urbanization and Gender Seminar Sharmila Murthy, Assistant Professor of Law, Suffolk University; Visiting Scholar, Sustainability Science Program, Harvard Kennedy School Ramnath Subbaraman, Associate Physician, Brigham and Women’s Hospital; Research Advisor, Partners for Urban Knowledge, Action, and Research (PUKAR), Mumbai, India Subhadra Banda, Research Associate, Centre for Policy Research; MPP Candidate, Harvard Kennedy School of Government […]
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Thu, Apr 10, 2014 from 04:00pm — 05:30pm
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CGIS South, S354
ADDRESS
CGIS South, S354
1730 Cambridge Street
Cambridge MA 02138
SAI Book Talk Jeffrey Witsoe, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Union College Discussant: Rohit Chandra, PhD candidate, Harvard Kennedy School Hidden behind the much-touted success story of India’s emergence as an economic superpower is another, far more complex narrative of the nation’s recent history, one in which economic development is frequently countered by profoundly unsettling, and often violent, […]
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Wed, Feb 26, 2014 from 04:00pm — 06:00pm
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CGIS South, S354
ADDRESS
CGIS South, S354
1730 Cambridge Street
Cambridge MA 02138
Over the past decade South Asia has grown immensely in popularity as a research destination for students of disciplines ranging from religion to public health. The six Graduate Student Associates (GSAs) of the South Asia Institute — whose backgrounds include political science, education, law, public health, and history — will speak on their experiences in […]
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Thu, Dec 5, 2013 from 04:00pm — 05:30pm
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CGIS South, S354
ADDRESS
CGIS South, S354
1730 Cambridge Street
Cambridge MA 02138
South Asia Without Borders Seminar Shankar Ramaswami, South Asia Institute South Asian Studies Postdoctoral Fellow Chair: Parimal G. Patil, Department of South Asian Studies, Harvard University This presentation will explore migrant workers’ experiences, aspirations, and world-views in Delhi, drawing on fieldwork among metal workers in the Okhla Industrial Area. The presentation invokes the image of the chakravyuh (lotus maze), […]
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Wed, Dec 4, 2013 from 04:00pm — 05:30pm
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CGIS South, S354
ADDRESS
CGIS South, S354
1730 Cambridge Street
Cambridge MA 02138
Muslim Societies in South Asia Seminar Frank Korom, Professor of Religion and Anthropology at Boston University Chair: Ali Asani, Professor of Indo-Muslim and Islamic Religion and Cultures, Faculty of Arts and Sciences; Director, Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Islamic Studies Program This lecture explores the social predicament of a low-caste community of narrative scroll painters in […]
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Fri, Nov 15, 2013 from 04:00pm — 05:30pm
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CGIS South, S354
ADDRESS
CGIS South, S354
1730 Cambridge Street
Cambridge MA 02138
Muslim Societies in South Asia Seminar Pasha M. Khan, Professor, Urdu Language and Culture, McGill University Chair: Sunil Sharma, Modern Languages and Comparative Literature, Associate Professor of Persianate and Comparative Literature, Convener of Persian and Hindi-Urdu, Boston University Cosponsored with the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Islamic Studies Program This talk will consider the career of Mir […]
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Wed, Oct 23, 2013 from 12:00pm — 01:00pm
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CGIS South, S354
ADDRESS
CGIS South, S354
1730 Cambridge Street
Cambridge MA 02138
Social Enterprise Seminar Dr. Ranganayakulu Bodavala, Founder and Managing Director, Thrive Energy Technologies Marc Mitchell, Lecturer on Global Health, Department of Global Health and Population Dr. S V Subramanian, Professor of Population Health and Geography, Harvard School of Public Health Ranganayakulu Bodavala (Ranga) has 16 years of experience as a consultant in public health systems in […]
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