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CGIS Trick or Treat

WHEN
Mon, Oct 31, 2016 from 12:00pm — 03:00pm

VENUE
CGIS South and CGIS Knafel

ADDRESS
CGIS South
1730 Cambridge Street
Cambridge, MA

CGIS Knafel
1737 Cambridge Street
Cambridge, MA

Special Event Explore the globe this Halloween! Visit the international centers in CGIS South and CGIS Knafel (1730 and 1737 Cambridge Street) Learn more about programs and funding opportunities Enjoy some delicious holiday treats   Participating centers: Asia Center, Center for African Studies, Committee on Regional Studies East Asia, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American […]

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DeCoding Asian Urbanism

WHEN
Fri, Oct 28, 2016 - Sat, Oct 29, 2016

VENUE
CGIS South, S010

ADDRESS
CGIS South, S010
1730 Cambridge Street
Cambridge, MA

Special Event The symposium on DeCoding Asian Urbanism explores the current discourse and creation of innovative architecture and urban interventions that are effectively transforming the spatial and operational landscape of the complex Asian city. The focus is to highlight efforts that strategically embrace the rapid growth and the cultural and physical complexity of the built environment in Asia. The […]

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Gender Challenges

WHEN
Thu, Oct 27, 2016 from 04:00pm — 05:30pm

VENUE
CGIS South, S250
Harvard University

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

Book Talk Bina Agarwal, Professor of Development Economics and Environment at the University of Manchester Pauline Peters, Fellow, African Studies Center, Faculty Affiliate, Center for International Development, Harvard University. Chair: Jacqueline Bhabha, FXB Director of Research; Professor of the Practice of Health and Human Rights, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health; Jeremiah Smith, Jr. Lecturer in Law, […]

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Weekly Tea Break

WHEN
Wed, Oct 26, 2016 from 03:00pm — 04:00pm

VENUE
CGIS South, 4th Floor

ADDRESS
CGIS South, 4th Floor
1730 Cambridge Street
Cambridge, MA

Harvard faculty, students, fellows, staff, and affiliates are invited to a weekly tea break at SAI’s office, 4th floor of 1730 Cambridge Street. Come enjoy tea and snacks and get to know SAI’s community. *Please note the change in time

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Getting Better: Stories from KEM Hospital and GS Medical College, India

WHEN
Wed, Oct 26, 2016 from 05:00pm — 07:00pm

VENUE
14 Story Street, 4th Floor

ADDRESS
Cambridge, MA

Student Event Join us for a film screening, dinner, & discussion with Gulserene Dastur, the filmmaker, & Dr. David Jones, A. Bernard Ackerman Professor of the Culture of Medicine “The Hospital that never turns anyone away”: A 2200 bed, state-run hospital which treats 1.7 million people a year – overcrowded, used and abused, KEM Hospital […]

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Energy Access in Remote Communities – A Practitioner’s Experience

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Wed, Oct 19, 2016 from 04:00pm — 05:30pm

Science and Technology Seminar Anshuman Lath, Co-Founder, Gram Oorja  Chair: Ignacio Perez-Arriaga, Visiting professor, MIT; Professor and Director of the BP Chair on Sustainable Development, Comillas University Gram Oorja Solutions Private Limited (www.gramoorja.in), founded in 2007, has worked in over 120 remote villages of India, providing electricity, drinking water and cooking fuel to tribal communities. A key feature […]

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India and Japan, India and China

WHEN
Wed, Oct 19, 2016 from 12:00pm — 01:30pm

VENUE
CGIS South, S020 Belfer
Harvard University

ADDRESS
CGIS South, S020 Belfer
Harvard University
1730 Cambridge Street
Cambridge MA 02138

Cosponsored Event Tarun Das,  former Director-General and Chief Mentor of the Confederation of Indian Industries Chair:  Professor Sugata Bose, Gardiner Professor of Oceanic History and Affairs, Harvard University Cosponsored with the Asia Center Seminar Series, the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, and the Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies, Harvard University

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Weekly Tea Break

WHEN
Wed, Oct 19, 2016 from 03:00pm — 04:00pm

VENUE
CGIS South, 4th Floor

ADDRESS
CGIS South, 4th Floor
1730 Cambridge Street
Cambridge, MA

Harvard faculty, students, fellows, staff, and affiliates are invited to a weekly tea break at SAI’s office, 4th floor of 1730 Cambridge Street. Come enjoy tea and snacks and get to know SAI’s community. *Please note the change in time

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Urbanization in South Asia: Conversations from India, Pakistan and Bangladesh

WHEN
Mon, Oct 17, 2016 from 06:30pm — 08:00pm

VENUE
CGIS South, S050
Harvard University

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

Urbanization Seminar Dr. A Ravindra, Chairman, Institute for Social & Economic Change, Bangalore Adnan Morshed, Associate Professor at the School of Architecture and Planning, the Catholic University of America  Mubbashir Rizvi, Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology, Georgetown University Chair: Sai Balakrishnan, Assistant Professor in Urban Planning, Harvard University Graduate School of Design This panel brings together three urban scholars […]

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Embracing Waterfronts: Dock Worker Solidarities in International Perspective

WHEN
Mon, Oct 17, 2016 from 04:00pm — 06:00pm

VENUE
Robinson Hall, 35 Quincy Street, Lower Level Library

ADDRESS
Robinson Hall
35 Quincy Street
Lower Level Library

Cosponsored Event Shubhankita Ojha, Global Fellow, WIGH; Fellow, South Asia Institute, Harvard University; University of Delhi, India Commentator: Sugata Bose, Gardiner Professor of Oceanic History and Affairs, Harvard University Graduate Student Commentator: Rudi Batzell, PhD Candidate in History, Harvard University Cosponsored with the Weatherhead Initiative on Global History Learn more about Ojha’s research:    

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