Events

Friday, January 5, 2018 from 10:00am – 04:00pm / Yalamaya Kendra, Patan Dhoka, Lalitpur

Buddhism in Nepal, Past and Present

In Region Conference led by Leonard W.J. van der Kuijp, Professor of South Asian Studies

Presenters:
Naresh Man Bajracharya, Professor of Buddhist Studies and Vice Chancellor of Lumbini Buddhist University, Nepal
Kurtis R. Schaeffer, The Frances Myers Ball Professor of Religion, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA
Nirmal Man Tuladhar, Professor of Linguistics and Chair of Social Science Baha, Nepal
Todd T. Lewis, Murray Distinguished Professor of the Arts and Humanities, Professor of Asian Religions, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA, USA
Siddhartha Tuladhar, Senior Research Officer of New ERA, Pvt. Ltd., Nepal

Tuesday, February 14, 2017 from 04:00pm – 05:30pm / CGIS South, S250

The changing faces of humanitarian aid

Social Enterprise Seminar

Anshu Sharma, Co-founder and Chief Mentor, SEEDS
Chair: Jerold Kayden, Frank Backus Williams Professor of Urban Planning and Design, Harvard Graduate School of Design

Monday, February 13, 2017 from 05:00pm – 06:30pm / CGIS South, S030

Debrief Nepal: Reflections on an In-Country Rapid Planning Exercise on Earthquake Preparedness

Special Event

Jerold Kayden, Frank Backus Williams Professor of Urban Planning and Design, Harvard Graduate School of Design
Sarita Maskey, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Urban Development, Nepal Government
Shriju Pradhan, Deputy Director, Kathmandu Metropolitan City, Government of Nepal
David Sanderson, Judith Nielsen Chair, University of New South Wales
Anshu Sharma, Co-founder and Chief Mentor, SEEDS

Friday, February 10, 2017 from 05:30pm – 07:00pm / Kathmandu, Nepal

Debrief Nepal: Reflections on a Rapid Scenario Planning Exercise on Earthquake Preparedness

Thursday, April 28, 2016 from 05:45pm – 07:00pm / Kresge G2, Harvard School of Public Health

The 2015 Nepal Earthquake: Perspectives on Response, Reconstruction, Accountability

Cosponsored Event

Bijay Acharya, MD, Massachusetts General Hospital & MPH ‘2016
Richard Cash, Senior Lecturer, Department of Global Health and Population
Emily Troutman, Founder, Aid.Works, DC
Moderator: Jennifer Leaning, HSPH; Director, FXB Center for Health and Human Rights

Mon, April 25, 2016 from 01:15pm – 02:30pm / Ash Center Lobby

The Earthquake in Nepal: Reflections on Relief & Recovery One Year Later

Cosponsored Event

Erica Kelly, MPP16, Harvard Kennedy School
Yoko Okura, MPP17, Harvard Kennedy School
Oscar Natividad, MDes16, Harvard Graduate School of Design
Ashley Thompson, MDes17, Harvard Graduate School of Design

Thursday, February 18, 2016 from 12:00pm – 02:00pm / Room 124, Gund Hall

The Scope of Spatial Data and Technology for Building Resilience of Vulnerable Groups: A Case of 2015 Nepal Earthquake and Informal Settlements in Kathmandu

Dev Raj Paudyal

Cosponsored with the Harvard Graduate School of Design MDes Risk and Resilience Lecture

Thu, October 29, 2015 at 05:00pm / CGIS Knafel Concourse

Nepal – In Memoriam: Closing Reception and Fundraiser

Photographs by Grzegorz Ekiert

Thu, May 14, 2015 from 04:00pm – 07:30pm / CGIS South, S010

Consequences and Responses: Lessons from and for Nepal

Special Event

4:00-5:30pm
Panel I, Public Health, Water and Sanitation and Rebuilding of Places and Heritage Sites

Co Moderator: Xeno Acharya, MPH, Harvard School of Public Health; Students For Nepal
Jarrod Goentzel, Director, MIT Humanitarian Response Lab; Lecturer, MIT
Michael Hooper, Associate Professor of Urban Planning, Graduate School of Design, Harvard University
Daniele Lantagne, Usen Family Career Development Professor, Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Tufts University
Atul Pokharel, Postdoctoral Fellow in International Studies, Brown University

6:00-7:30pm
Panel II, Equity in Humanitarian Efforts

Co Moderator: Anuraj Jha, Harvard Kennedy School; Students For Nepal
Jerold S. Kayden, Frank Backus Williams Professor of Urban Planning and Design, Harvard University Graduate School of Design
Ankit Rauniyar, Master’s Candidate, Real Estate Development, Harvard Graduate School of Design
Pukar Malla, Executive Director, Daayitwa and Former Senior Research Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School
Chair and Moderator: Jennifer Leaning, François-Xavier Bagnoud Professor of the Practice of Health and Human Rights; HSPH, Director, FXB Center for Health and Human Rights, Harvard University

Monday, May 4, 2015 from 12:00pm – 01:30pm / CGIS South, S050

Building a new Nepal – After the Quake

Prashant Jha, Associate Editor, Hindustan Times
Chair: Madhav Khosla, Ph.D. Candidate in Political Theory, Department of Government, Harvard University

Debrief Nepal event at Harvard in February 2017