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Love, War and Other Longings: Harvard-Brown Pakistani Film Festival

WHEN
Fri, Oct 16, 2015 - Sun, Oct 18, 2015, ET

VENUE
Northwest Building

ADDRESS
Northwest Building
52 Oxford St.
Cambridge MA 02138

The recent revival of cinema in Pakistan has generated excitement and captured the imagination. A new generation of filmmakers ranging from the conventional to the experimental are exploring the possibilities of re-imagining family, friendship, love, the nation, and retelling ways of injustice and cruelty. Love, War and Other Longings is an invitation to come and participate in […]

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Understanding Bihar’s Election

WHEN
Fri, Oct 16, 2015 from 04:00pm — 05:30pm, ET

VENUE
Bell Hall

ADDRESS
Bell Hall
5th floor of the Belfer building
Harvard Kennedy School

Student Event Jeffrey Witsoe, Associate Professor, Union College Milan Vaishnav, Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Discussants: Rohit Chandra, PhD Candidate, Harvard Kennedy School Sharan Mamidipudi, PhD Candidate, Harvard Kennedy School The upcoming election in Bihar (which will run from late October to early November 2015), is one of the first main political challenges of […]

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Webinar: Who owns Big Data?

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Tue, Oct 13, 2015 from 08:30am — 10:00am, ET

Webinar Malavika Jayaram, Fellow, Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University; Visiting Scholar with the Surveillance and Every Day Life Group FARS Research Group, the Centre for International Security Studies and the Sydney Southeast Asia Centre, The University of Sydney While technologies advance at a rapid pace, the legal and regulatory framework often lags […]

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How Does MNREGA Affect Rural Labor Markets and Incomes? Evidence From a Large-scale Experiment

WHEN
Fri, Oct 9, 2015 from 02:00pm — 04:00pm, ET

VENUE
CGIS Knafel, K354
Harvard University

ADDRESS
1737 Cambridge Street,
Cambridge, MA

Joint Seminar on South Asian Politics Sandip Sukhtankar, Assistant Professor of Economics, Dartmouth College Sandip Sukhtankar is an assistant professor in the Department of Economics at Dartmouth College. His research interests are development economics, political economy, and public economics, with a particular focus on corruption, governance, and the delivery of public benefits and services. He is […]

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Grant Opportunities Open House

WHEN
Tue, Oct 6, 2015 from 04:30pm — 05:30pm, ET

VENUE
CGIS South, S250
Harvard University

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

Come hear about SAI Summer Funding opportunities from past SAI grant recipients. Learn about the various types of grants, the application process, how to write an appropriate budget for a summer in South Asia, and enjoy some delicious South Asian food. Learn more about grant opportunities. Join the Facebook event.

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Reflections: A Conversation with Salim and Sulaiman Merchant

WHEN
Fri, Oct 2, 2015 from 12:00pm — 01:30pm, ET

VENUE
Thompson Room
Barker Center

ADDRESS
Thompson Room
Barker Center
12 Quincy St
Cambridge, MA 02138

Muslim Societies in South Asia Seminar Read a summary of the event here. Salim and Sulaiman Merchant, Musicians and composers Moderator: Ali Asani, Professor of Indo-Muslim and Islamic Religion and Cultures; Director, Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Islamic Studies Program, Harvard University The Merchant brothers, Salim and Sulaiman, rank among the most dynamic and talented musicians and composers […]

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The Disinherited: Conversion to Christianity and the Economies of Loss in Colonial Calcutta

WHEN
Wed, Sep 30, 2015 from 04:00pm — 05:30pm, ET

VENUE
CGIS South, S050
Harvard University

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

GSA Seminar Mou Banerjee, Graduate Student Associate, SAI; History PhD, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Chair: Sugata Bose, Gardiner Professor of Oceanic History and Affairs Mou’s research explores the dialogues and debates of Indian intellectuals with evangelical Protestant Christianity and missionaries in the nineteenth century, especially in the Bengal Presidency in India. In her analysis […]

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