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Big Ideas: Conversations with SAI’s Graduate Student Associates

WHEN
Thu, May 3, 2012 from 01:00pm — 03:00pm

VENUE
CGIS South, S020 Belfer
Harvard University

ADDRESS
CGIS South, S020 Belfer
Harvard University
1730 Cambridge Street
Cambridge MA 02138

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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Annual SAI Symposium

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Thu, Apr 26, 2012 from 09:00am — 05:00am

Health in South Asia: Lessons for and from the World On April 26th and 27th, South Asia Initiative at Harvard University held its second annual symposium, focusing on Health in South Asia: Lessons for and from the World. The conference brought together global experts with deep research, implementation and policy experience to learn and find […]

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South Asia Without Borders Seminar Series

WHEN
Fri, Apr 20, 2012 from 04:00pm — 05:30pm

VENUE
CGIS Knafel, K262
Harvard University

ADDRESS
1737 Cambridge Street
Cambridge MA 02138

Centers of Law: Duties, Rights and Jurisdictional Pluralism in Medieval India Chair: Parimal Patil, Professor, Department of South Asian Studies, Harvard University Donald A. Davis, Jr., Associate Professor in the Department of Languages & Cultures of Asia, University of Wisconsin, Madison

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Urbanization Seminar Series

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Wed, Apr 18, 2012 from 08:00am — 05:00pm

Mega-Cities, the Urban Poor and the Price of Planning: The Case of Slum Upgrading in Indian Cities Chair: Rahul Mehrotra, Professor and Chair, Department of Urban Planning and Design, Harvard Graduate School of Design Janice Perlman, Founder & President of the Mega-Cities Project Co-sponsored with the Harvard Graduate School of Design   Watch the video below:

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The Arts and Social Change in Pakistan: An Evening of Conversation and Music with Shehzad Roy

WHEN
Tue, Apr 17, 2012 from 06:30pm — 08:00pm

VENUE
Student Organization Center at Hilles (SOCH)

ADDRESS
Student Organization Center at Hilles (SOCH)
59 Shepard Street
Cambridge 02138

Pakistani music icon and social activist, Shehzad Roy will talk about his new documentary series titled “Chal Parha.”The show dramatizes Roy’s journey to schools across Pakistan and stages and expose of Pakistan’s national education system. Roy will share how his music has helped him advocate for education reform and will expand upon some of the […]

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Global Health Seminar Series

WHEN
Wed, Apr 11, 2012 from 04:00pm — 05:30pm

VENUE
FXB G11
Harvard School of Public Health

ADDRESS
FXB G11
Harvard School of Public Health
651 Huntington Ave.
Boston, MA

Challenges of Newborn Hypothermia in South Asia   Karsten Lunze, Senior Fellow, Primary Care Academic Fellowship Program Boston University School of Medicine Luke C. Mullany, Associate Professor, Department of International Health Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Naganand Murty, Co-Founder and President, Technologies, Embrace Kristian Olson, Clinician Educator Service, Massachusetts General Hospital; Associate Director of Education and Technology […]

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