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Water and Climate Change Seminar Series

WHEN
Tue, Oct 16, 2012 from 04:00pm — 06:00pm

VENUE
CGIS South, S050
Harvard University

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

“Prehistorical and historical changes in hydrology and settlement in the Indian Subcontinent: What happened and what can we learn?” Liviu Giosan, Associate Scientist, Geology & Geophysics, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Chair: John Briscoe, Professor of the Practice of Environmental Health, HSPH; Gordon McKay Professor of the Practice of Environmenta Engineering, SEAS

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Muslim Societies in South Asia Seminar Series

WHEN
Mon, Oct 15, 2012 from 04:00am — 05:00pm

VENUE
CGIS South, S050
Harvard University

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

Shifting Politics in Pakistan: Challenging Feudalism Nadeem Qureshi, Chairman of Mustaqbil Pakistan Chair: Professor Ali Asani, Professor of Indo-Muslim and Islamic Religion and Cultures, Chair of the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations and, Director of the Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Islamic Studies Program at Harvard University. Nadeem Qureshi, the Chairman of Mustaqbil Pakistan, discusses […]

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Muslim Societies in South Asia

WHEN
Fri, Oct 12, 2012 from 12:30pm — 01:30pm

VENUE
CGIS South, S250
Harvard University

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

Overtaken by Events: A Pakistan Road Trip Ethan Casey, International Journalist, Editor, and Author Chair: Ali Asani, Professor of Indo-Muslim and Islamic Religion and Cultures, Harvard University Study of Religion Overtaken By Events: A Pakistan Road Trip is the account of Ethan Casey’s journey, entirely overland, starting in Mumbai, India — just three months after […]

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South Asia: The World’s Laboratory

South Asia: The World’s Laboratory A special SAI event in New York City. Inquire for details:sainit@fas.harvard.edu Home to nearly a sixth of humanity, the birthplace of many of the world’s great religions and philosophies, and now a hotbed for innovation and technological change, South Asia is truly the world’s laboratory, a space where we can […]

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Film Event: Saving Face

WHEN
Thu, Oct 4, 2012 from 05:30pm — 07:30pm

VENUE
CGIS South, S020 Belfer
Harvard University

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

2012 Academy Award for Documentary, Short Subject Directed by Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy & Daniel Junge Every year, hundreds of people- mostly women- are attacked with acid in Pakistan.Saving Face follows several of these survivors, their fight for justice, and a London-based reconstructive surgeon who has returned to his homeland of Pakistan to help them restore their […]

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Chaat / SAI Welcome Back Party

WHEN
Fri, Sep 28, 2012 from 04:30pm — 06:30pm

VENUE
CGIS South Concourse
Harvard University

ADDRESS
CGIS South Concourse
Harvard University
1730 Cambridge Street
Cambridge, MA 02138

Harvard students and faculty, start the school year off right with SAI’s Chaat Party! Meet representatives from student groups across Harvard that focus on South Asia, learn about SAI’s internship and funding opportunities, and enjoy delicious South Asia food!

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Oracular Speech, Collective Intention, and the Ideology of Absence

WHEN
Fri, Sep 28, 2012 from 12:15pm — 02:30pm

VENUE
CGIS South, S020 Belfer
Harvard University

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

Case Studies from India Professor William S. Sax, Chair of Ethnology, South Asia Institute, Heidelberg University “Possession” by gods and spirits is often accompanied by an ideology of absence, according to which those “possessed” have no memory of what they experienced or said during their trance.  Yet many aspects of such events seem to contradict this […]

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