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Made in Bangladesh, Cambodia, and Sri Lanka: The Labor Behind the Global Garments and Textiles Industries

WHEN
Tue, Feb 17, 2015 from 04:00pm — 05:30pm, ET

VENUE
CGIS South, S250
Harvard University

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

SAI Book Talk Sanchita Saxena, Director of the Chowdhury Center for Bangladesh Studies, Berkeley; Executive Director, Institute for South Asia Studies, UC Berkeley Fauzia Ahmed, Assistant Professor of Sociology and Women’s Studies, Miami University; SAI Research Affiliate Chair: John A. Quelch, Charles Edward Wilson Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School; Professor in Health Policy and […]

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Cancelled: Webinar: Planning and Preparedness

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Tue, Feb 10, 2015 from 08:00am — 09:30am, ET

This webinar has been cancelled and will take place on February 25. SAI Webinar Payal Modi, MD, MPH, Fellow, Brigham & Women’s Hospital International Emergency Medicine Fellowship Mass casualty responses work best when there is a well-rehearsed plan. This seminar will cover planning for a disaster, preparatory drills, and debriefing, drawing from the experience of the Boston Marathon […]

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Cancelled: The Ephemeral City: Looking at Temporary Landscape of Religion in South Asia and Latin America

WHEN
Mon, Feb 9, 2015 from 05:30pm — 08:00pm, ET

VENUE
CGIS South, S010

ADDRESS
CGIS South, S010
1730 Cambridge Street
Cambridge, MA

Due to weather and the University closing, this event has been cancelled and will be rescheduled. SAI Arts Initiative Event Exhibition Reception and Personal Tour at 5:30PM in the CGIS South Second Floor Lobby, followed by a panel discussion at 6:30PM CGIS S010. What is the role of the Ephemeral City in the broader discussion […]

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Coded Elegance

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Sat, Jan 31, 2015, ET

VENUE
CGIS South Concourse
Harvard University

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

SAI Photo Exhibit On Display in the CGIS South Concourse from Nov. 5, 2014 – Jan. 31, 2015.  Open Mondays-Thursdays 7am – 9pm; Fridays 7am – 7pm Capturing South Asia: Interview with Pablo Bartholomew Coded Elegance, by Pablo Bartholomew, is a series of ethno-anthropological photographs of tribes and people of the hills and valleys of Arunachal […]

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CANCELLED: Summer Grant Information Session

WHEN
Tue, Jan 27, 2015 from 04:00pm — 05:00pm, ET

VENUE
CGIS South, S250
Harvard University

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

This event has been cancelled.    Please visit our Summer Grants page for frequently asked questions. Come hear about SAI Summer Funding opportunities, including research and internship grants, and ask any last minute questions about the application process. Summer Grant Applications Deadlines: All Graduate Grant Applications: February 13, 2015 All Undergraduate Grant Applications: February 9, […]

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The Life and Times of Dadabhai Naoroji

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Tue, Jan 13, 2015 at 06:00pm, ET

VENUE
National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai

ADDRESS
Auditorium, National Gallery of Modern Art
Sir Cowasji Jehangir Public Hall
M.G. Road
Fort, Mumbai 400032

Dinyar Patel, Ph.D. candidate, Department of History, Harvard University, SAI Graduate Associate Today, Dadabhai Naoroji (1825-1917) is primarily identified as an early economic thinker, a leader of the moderate wing of the Congress, and the first Indian elected to the British Parliament. This standard school textbook description, however, does little justice to the “Grand Old Man of India,” […]

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Addressing Gender Norms Through Education: Developing and Implementing Adolescent Curriculum

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Fri, Jan 9, 2015, ET

VENUE
New Delhi

A one day seminar to explore new developments in curriculum development and implementation by state, civil, and the academic community. Participation by invitation only. Hosted by Harvard South Asia Institute Gender Violence Project, FXB Center for Health and Human Rights, Harvard University and Population Foundation of India. More about the Harvard Gender Violence Project. 

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Harvard-US India Initiative Annual Conference

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Fri, Jan 9, 2015 - Sat, Jan 10, 2015, ET

VENUE
New Delhi

The Harvard India Initiative 2015, co-sponsored by SAI, hopes to foster targetted dialogue and academic critique on India’s future. This conference is bringing together 450 of the brightest young minds from across the world and India in the hopes of creating a tradition of research-focused policy-making in one of the most vibrant democracies and economies […]

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Ambassador Richard Olson: The future of US-Pakistan relations

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Thu, Dec 11, 2014 from 08:00am — 09:45am, ET

Richard Olson, US Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Pakistan Chair: Nicholas Burns, Sultan of Oman Professor of the Practice of International Relations, HKS In a breakfast discussion with  R. Nicholas Burns, HKS, Ambassador Richard Olson will reflect on his experience heading one of the largest US embassies in Islamabad and his views on the US-Pakistan relationship. Ambassador Olson […]

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Pre-Departure Orientation

WHEN
Tue, Dec 9, 2014 from 04:00pm — 05:30pm, ET

VENUE
CGIS South, S030
Harvard University

ADDRESS
CGIS South, S030
Harvard University
1730 Cambridge Street
Cambridge MA 02138

This is an orientation for students who are traveling to South Asia during Winter Session 2015, and will include travel tips and logistics, health and safety information, cultural introduction, and will provide an opportunity to meet other students who will be in the region. Food will be served! All Harvard Students traveling to South Asia […]

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