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Thu, Feb 7, 2013 from 04:00pm — 05:30pm
“Permanent Coup D’état:” The Historical and Institutional Foundations of Military Intervention in Pakistan Aqil Shah, Society of Fellows, Harvard University Chair: 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 […]
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Fri, Mar 23, 2012 from 06:00pm — 09:00pm
Welcome remarks: Parimal Patil, Professor, Department of South Asian Studies, Harvard University Moderated by: Laura Weinstein, Ananda Coomaraswamy Curator of South Asian and Islamic Art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Panelists and exhibitors: Visual Arts: Pragati Sharma, Jyoti Joshi, Don Perrault, and Sunanda Sahay Music: Warren Senders Dance: Ranjani Saigal Reception, exhibition viewing, and live folk art […]
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Wed, Oct 5, 2011 from 04:00pm — 06:00pm
‘Progressives and Perverts’: Partition Stories and Pakistan’s Future Kamran Asdar Ali, Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Texas at Austin Chair: Shahab Ahmed, Associate Professor of Islamic Studies, Harvard University View the event on Vimeo here. Co-sponsored with the Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Islamic Studies Program
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Tue, Feb 28, 2012 from 05:00am — 06:30pm
Seeing the Frontier: Re-Visioning Histories of Pakistan Chaired by Asad Ahmed, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Harvard University Vazira Zamindar, Associate Professor of History, Brown University Co-sponsored with the Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Islamic Studies Program at Harvard University Watch the video here.
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Mon, Nov 14, 2011 from 04:00pm — 06:00pm
Environmental History and the Creation of Pakistan David Gilmartin, Professor, Department of History, North Carolina State University Chair: Ali Asani, Professor of Indo-Muslim and Islamic Religion and Cultures, Faculty of Arts & Sciences, Harvard University Watch the seminar here. Co-sponsored with the Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Islamic Studies Program
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Mon, Oct 15, 2012 from 04:00am — 05:00pm
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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Thu, Nov 8, 2012 from 04:00pm — 06:00pm
Religion, Historiography, and the Emergence of Islamic Empire in India Blain H. Auer, Assistant Professor of Islamic Studies, Department of Comparative Religion, Western Michigan University Chair: Ali Asani, Professor of Indo-Muslim and Islamic Religion and Cultures, Harvard University Study of Religion Amidst dramatic political and social changes, Delhi and its sultans stood in a new, […]
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Thu, Sep 27, 2012 from 04:00pm — 05:30pm
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, Mar 11, 2013 from 04:30pm — 06:00pm
The Cost of Condemnation: Heresy and Takfir in a South Indian Community Brian Didier, History Department Head, Winsor School Chair: 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 Co-sponsored with the Prince Alwaleed […]
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Fri, Oct 12, 2012 from 12:30pm — 01:30pm
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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Tue, Sep 13, 2011 from 04:00pm — 06:00pm
Demystifying Pakistan Saadia Toor, Associate Professor of Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work, College of Staten Island, The City University of New York Chair: Diane L. Moore, Senior Lecturer in Religious Studies and Education and Senior Fellow at the Center for the Study of World Religions, Harvard Divinity School Video of this seminar can be found here. Co-sponsored […]
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Tue, Apr 26, 2011 from 05:30pm — 06:00pm
Blasphemy: Religion, History and Law in Pakistan Asad Ahmed, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Harvard University Shahab Ahmed, Associate Professor of Islamic Studies, Committee on the Study of Religion and Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University Osama Siddique, Associate Professor, Department of Law, Lahore University of Management Sciences and SJD Candidate, Harvard Law […]
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