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Defensive Cooperation: Understanding Pro-Social Attitudes in Indian Muslims – Joint Seminar on South Asian Politics with Melani Cammett and Poulomi Dar Chakrabarti

WHEN
Fri, Dec 1, 2023 at 02:00pm

VENUE
S153, CGIS South

Poulomi Dar Chakrabarti is Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Studies at Queen’s University. Based at Harvard University this year as a visiting scholar in the Department of Government, she studies how social identity – ethnicity, class, and particularly social status – shapes political mobilization and redistributive politics.

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Seed for Change Grant Competition Info Session

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Tue, Nov 28, 2023 at 05:30pm

VENUE
CGIS South, S050
Harvard University

ADDRESS
CGIS South, S050
Harvard University
1730 Cambridge Street
Cambridge MA

Join us to learn more about the Seed for Change (SFC) student competition, which provides monetary prizes to bold, creative ideas that have the potential for widespread impact in India. The SFC competition aims to develop a vibrant ecosystem for innovation and entrepreneurship by supporting interdisciplinary student projects that could positively impact social, economic, and environmental […]

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Pradeep Chhibber — Democracy’s Reach: Local Voting Patterns in Lok Sabha Elections

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Fri, Nov 17, 2023 at 02:00pm

VENUE
S153, CGIS South

Pradeep Chhibber is the Professor and Indo-American Community Chair in India Studies at University of California, Berkely. Chhibber studies the politics of India, political parties and party systems. His recent research is on the influence of ideology on party system change, religion and politics, elections and parties, and the politics of development in India.

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Recalibrating Sustainability: Living with a Changing Climate

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Tue, Nov 14, 2023 at 05:30pm

VENUE
Tsai Auditorium S010, CGIS South (Concourse), 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge

This lecture is a keynote event of the workshop on ‘Adapting to Climate Change in South Asia and West Africa’ organized by the Harvard Climate Research Clusters on the Gulf of Guinea (Climate Adaptation in the Gulf of Guinea) and South Asia (Climate Adaptation in South Asia),  in collaboration with the Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute, the Stanley Center for Peace and Security, the FXB Center for Health and Human Rights, and the Salata Institute at Harvard University.

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Afghan Film Screening and Discussion: “A Letter to the President”

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Wed, Nov 8, 2023 at 05:30pm

VENUE
Carpenter Center Theater (24 Quincy Street)

Released in 2017 by Afghanistan’s Roya Sadat, one of the country’s leading female directors, “A Letter to the President” explores the difficulty Afghan women face when pursuing justice, and is a testament to the country’s once-flourishing cinema scene in the period between Taliban rule.

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Inequalities in Early Childhood Education in India

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Wed, Nov 1, 2023 at 05:00pm

VENUE
CGIS South S153

Evidence on how exposure to early childhood education (ECE) has a sustained effect on Human Capital is inconclusive, particularly in low and middle income countries. This study examines two specific issues in the context of India: (a) to analyse the regional and socioeconomic inequalities in access to and investment in early childhood education and how a household’s socioeconomic position explains such inequalities, (b) to estimate the effect of exposure to early childhood education on children’s later learning outcomes, and how the type and duration of such exposure impact differently.

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Critical Issues Confronting China Series featuring Kenneth Juster – How China is Reshaping U.S.-India Relations and the Quad

WHEN
Wed, Nov 1, 2023 from 12:00pm — 01:15pm

VENUE
CGIS South S020, Belfer Case Study Room
1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA

Kenneth I. Juster, AB ’76, MPP ’79, JD ’79, served as the U.S. Ambassador to India from 2017 to 2021.  He will discuss how China’s actions are reshaping India’s relationship with the United States and affecting the development of the Quad.

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Fragmented Borderlands: Co-existence, Belonging & Shared Histories

The webinar aims to focus on the global south conceptualisations of borderlands in the particular case of South Asia post the partition of 1947. The fragmented history of the South Asian borderlands is a complex yet intriguing space for exploration.

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