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Fri, Mar 25, 2011 from 12:30pm — 02:00pm
Water Diplomacy in South Asia: Managing the Science, Policy and Politics of Water Networks through Negotiation Shafiqul Islam, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, School of Engineering; Professor of Water Diplomacy, The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy Bernard M. Gordon, Senior Faculty Fellow in Engineering; Tufts University Chaired by John Briscoe, Professor of the Practice of Environmental […]
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Tue, Mar 8, 2011 from 06:30pm — 08:00pm
The Mughal Touch on the Indian Landscape Ebba Koch, Professor of Asian Art, University of Vienna Moderated by Rahul Mehrotra, Professor of Urban Planning and Design and Chair of the Department of Urban Planning and Design, GSD Co-sponsored by SAI, the GSD, and the Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture ▶ 3/8/11 the Mughal Touch on the […]
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Aurora Sanchez Palacio, from Spain, has joined Center for Law and Policy as a summer intern. Aurora has an LL.B. from University of Zaragoza, Spain, and an LL.M. from Harvard Law School, U.S.A. Aurora is interested in academia and her interests include comparative...
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Thu, May 3, 2012 from 01:00pm — 03:00pm
RELIGION, MEANING AND BELIEF IN MEDIEVAL AND CONTEMPORARY SOUTH ASIAN SOCIETIES “Social Justice in Islamicate South Asia: Ismat Chughtai’s Cosmopolitan Struggle” Sadaf Jaffer, Doctoral Candidate in the Indo-Muslim Culture program at the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations “Producing Islam – Belief, Practice, & Politics at an Islamic Seminary (Madrasa) in Pakistan” Bilal A. […]
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Mon, Sep 17, 2012 from 05:00pm — 08:00pm
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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Laura Weinstein is Ananda Coomaraswamy Curator of South Asian and Islamic Art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Since arriving at the MFA in 2009 she has lead the reinstallation of the Museum’s South and Southeast Asian (2011) and Islamic art (2019) collections and...
Mar 7, 2013 | News
Harvard graduate students are invited to apply for this summer grant which supports research and field-work in Pakistan, India and Bangladesh related to the study of Islamic law, philosophy, religion and/or culture. Preference shall be given first to graduate students...
Feb 27, 2013 | Bangladesh, News, Pakistan
What does the “business” of corruption-fighting look like? What are the key challenges and how does one measure successes? Corruption is the top issue in emerging market economies — and transparency is the most potent tool available to combat corruption. In a...
Feb 8, 2013 | News
Country experts tend to imagine that their areas of interest are uniquely and distinctly of special scholarly interest. Pakistan, according to Aqil Shah (former Rhodes Scholar and currently a Junior Fellow with Harvard University’s prestigious Society of Fellows)...
Nov 11, 2012 | News
* Videos Uploaded* – Special Humanities Event in New York City, October 11, 2012: 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...
Sep 27, 2012 | News
Muslim Societies in South Asia Seminar Series: Muslim Devotional Art in India Sept. 27, 2012 – Yousuf Saeed, independent scholar and filmmaker discussed his research in Muslim Devotional Art in India at a seminar co-sponsored by the South Asia Initiative and ...
Sep 17, 2012 | News
True Business, a film about the Sikh culture of generosity and sharing through the tradition of their community kitchens asks us: what is the connection between food, faith and service? The Golden Temple of Amritsar, holiest shrine of the Sikh religion, serves a...
