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Fri, Oct 12, 2012 from 12:30pm — 01:30pm, ET
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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Cultural/Social Events, Global Health, South Asia Without Borders, Urbanization, _temp, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
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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Wed, Oct 10, 2012 from 05:30pm — 07:00pm, ET
Social Good: Where Investments in Women and Girls Make the Greatest Impact Jacqueline Bhabha, Jeremiah Smith Jr. Lecturer in Law, Harvard Law School, Director of the Harvard University Committee on Human Rights Studies, Lecturer in Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School, and Director of Research, FXB Center for Health and Human Rights Theresa Betancourt, Associate Professor of Child […]
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Fri, Oct 5, 2012 from 04:00pm — 06:30pm, ET
The Mahindra Humanities Center at Harvard is screening Jai Bhim Comrade. The film will feature a discussion with filmmaker Ananad Patwardhan. Click here to read more about the film and filmmaker.
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Thu, Oct 4, 2012 from 05:30pm — 07:30pm, ET
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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Fri, Sep 28, 2012 from 04:30pm — 06:30pm, ET
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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Fri, Sep 28, 2012 from 12:15pm — 02:30pm, ET
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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Thu, Sep 27, 2012 from 04:00pm — 05:30pm, ET
Muslim Devotional Art in India Yousuf Saeed, Independent Researcher and Filmmaker Based in Delhi, India Chair: Ali Asani, Professor of Indo-Muslim and Islamic Religion and Cultures, Harvard University Study of Religion Yousuf Saeed reads and illustrates from his new book Muslim Devotional Art in India. The presentation will conclude with a musical video “The Train […]
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Mon, Sep 17, 2012 from 05:00pm — 08:00pm, ET
A film about the Sikh culture of generosity and sharing through the tradition of their community kitchens. Presented by Vikas Khanna, Michelin Starred Indian chef, restaurateur, food writer, film maker, humanitarian and the host of the TV Show MasterChef India. Introduction by Harpreet Singh, College Fellow and member of faculty in the Department of […]
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Sun, Sep 16, 2012 from 07:00pm — 09:00pm, ET
AJ KAPOOR FILM SERIES presented by: SOUTH ASIA INITIATIVE AND THE HARVARD FILM ARCHIVE Directed by Raj Kapoor, India, 1978 There is nothing quite like Satyam Shivam Sundaram: it’s a meditation on love and beauty, a raunchy, Russ-Meyer-esque T&A melodrama, an exposé of the dangers of rural electrification and a throwback psychedelic musical.
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