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Sarong Revolution: The Myanmar Coup, Militarization, and Gendered Resistance in the Borderlands of Asia Borders in Modern Asia Seminar Series

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Thu, Nov 4, 2021 from 10:30am — 11:45am

Register for this talk Speaker: Sumitra Thongdaijam, Department of English, Jamia Milia University                                                    Chair: Sugata Bose, Gardiner Professor of Oceanic History and Affairs, Harvard University Sugata Bose’s field of specialization is modern South Asian and Indian Ocean history. He obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge. His books include His Majesty’s Opponent: Subhas Chandra […]

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Connecting the World-Island: What will China’s PEACE cable bring to Pakistan and East Africa?

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Fri, Oct 29, 2021 from 10:00am — 11:15am

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Webinar

Register for this event / Watch live on YouTube China’s Hengtong Group—leading a consortium of telecom companies from Hong Kong, Pakistan, and East Africa—will soon complete installation of the Pakistan East Africa Connecting Europe (PEACE) cable. Spanning the Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea, this cable will connect the three most populous continents of Asia, […]

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The Past and Future of India-China Relations

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Fri, Oct 29, 2021 from 10:00am — 12:00pm

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Webinar

Register for the talk Join Kanti Prasad Bajpai, Vijay Gokhal, and Shivshankar Menon, Tanvi Madan and Taylor Fravel to discuss relations between China and India. Speakers: Vijay Gokhale is a nonresident senior fellow at Carnegie India.  Mr. Gokhale retired from the Indian Foreign Service in January 2020 after a diplomatic career that spanned thirty-nine years. […]

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On the Development From “One Type of Consciousness at One Moment” to “Multiple Types of Consciousness at One Moment” in the Buddhist Philosophy of Consciousness

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Thu, Oct 28, 2021 from 01:00pm — 02:30pm

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Webinar

Register for the talk   This talk focuses on a radical but, until now, much neglected change in Buddhist account of consciousness (meaning roughly “cognition” in this context) that took place from the Abhidharma tradition, (beginning roughly from the 3rd century BCE) to the Yogācāra tradition, (beginning roughly from the 3rd century CE). Namely, Abhidharma insists that only one type of consciousness arises at one moment, but Yogācāra allows the arising of multiple types of consciousness at one moment. What […]

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Archives of the Indian Ocean: Borders in Modern Asia Seminar Series

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Thu, Oct 21, 2021 from 12:00pm — 01:45pm

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Webinar

Register for the talk Panelists: Sana Aiyar, MIT Kalyani Ramnath, NSU-Yale Gitanjali Surendran, Jindal Law                                                  Moderator: Sugata Bose, Harvard University Sponsored by the Harvard University Asia Center and convened by Professor Sugata Bose, Department of the History Co-sponsored by the Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute, Harvard University

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The Right to Health and Universal Health Coverage

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Mon, Oct 18, 2021 from 08:00am — 09:30am

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Webinar

Watch the talk on YouTube  The webinar is a joint Lancet Citizens’ Commission on Reimagining India’s Health System event with the Centre for Health Equity, Law and Policy on the interlinkages between right to health and universal health coverage. The panel will discuss the right to health as a foundational framework for design and implementation of universal health coverage, with particular […]

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Afghanistan’s Next Transition: How we got here, and what comes next

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Fri, Oct 15, 2021 from 11:00am — 12:15pm

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Webinar

Register for the talk This Harvard University panel, co-sponsored by the Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute and the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies’ Negotiation Task Force, will explore the lead up to the collapse of the Afghan government, as well as what the new Taliban regime means for the future of […]

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India at 75: The Global Roots of Independence

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Wed, Oct 6, 2021 from 08:00am — 09:30am

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Webinar

5:30 PM IST – 7:00 PM IST / 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM ET  Register for the talk Since independence in 1947, India has played a considerable role in shaping the world. But the world also played a considerable role in shaping Indian independence. As India approaches the 75th anniversary of its freedom, the Lakshmi Mittal […]

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Indian Political Thought in the Global Age

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Mon, Oct 4, 2021 from 12:00pm — 01:00pm

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Webinar

9:30-10:30 pm IST / 12:00-1:00 pm ET Register for the talk The Association for Global Political Thought (AGPT) presents “Indian Political Thought in the Global Age.” The event is part of the Association for Global Political Thought’s (AGPT) Seminar Series. Professor Shruti Kapila (Faculty of History & Corpus Christi College, Cambridge University) will discuss the […]

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Mittal Institute Student Grants Open House

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Mon, Oct 4, 2021 at 05:30pm

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CGIS South, S250
Harvard University

ADDRESS
CGIS South, S250
Harvard University
1730 Cambridge Street
Cambridge MA

Register for this event Come learn about funding opportunities available to Harvard students interested in South Asia! The Mittal Institute supports undergraduate and graduate students in a wide variety of disciplines with grants for internships, language study, and research. Winter Term applications are due on October 22. Join us on October 4 either in-person at […]

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