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Wed, Dec 4, 2013 from 04:00pm — 05:30pm, ET
Muslim Societies in South Asia Seminar Frank Korom, Professor of Religion and Anthropology at Boston University Chair: Ali Asani, Professor of Indo-Muslim and Islamic Religion and Cultures, Faculty of Arts and Sciences; Director, Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Islamic Studies Program This lecture explores the social predicament of a low-caste community of narrative scroll painters in […]
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Fri, Nov 15, 2013 from 04:00pm — 05:30pm, ET
Muslim Societies in South Asia Seminar Pasha M. Khan, Professor, Urdu Language and Culture, McGill University Chair: Sunil Sharma, Modern Languages and Comparative Literature, Associate Professor of Persianate and Comparative Literature, Convener of Persian and Hindi-Urdu, Boston University Cosponsored with the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Islamic Studies Program This talk will consider the career of Mir […]
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Mon, Mar 19, 2012 from 04:00pm — 05:30pm, ET
Chaired by Asad Ahmed, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Harvard University Yasmin Saikia, Hardt-Nickachos Chair in Peace Studies, Center for the Study of Religion and Conflict; Professor of History in the School of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies, Arizona State University The scholarship on post-conflict resolution is growing and the new questions and discourses on peacemaking forefront […]
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Thu, Mar 1, 2012 from 04:15pm — 05:45pm, ET
Naveeda Khan, Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, Johns Hopkins University Co-sponsored with the Harvard Asia Center as part of their Islam in Asia Seminar Series
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Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 07:00pm, ET — Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 09:00pm, ET
Cultural/Social Events, Global Health, South Asia Without Borders, Urbanization, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
South Asia: The World’s Laboratory A special SAI event in New York City. Inquire for details:sainit@fas.harvard.edu 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 truly the world’s laboratory, a space where we can […]
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Tue, Apr 17, 2012 from 06:30pm — 08:00pm, ET
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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Fri, Mar 23, 2012 from 04:00pm — 05:30pm, ET
Faith, Loyalty, Status: Mughal-era Perspectives on Elite Rajput Conversions to Islam Chaired by Parimal Patil, Professor, Department of South Asian Studies, Harvard University Ramya Srinivasan, Associate Professor, South Asia Studies, University of Pennsylvania Co-Sponsored by the Department of South Asian Studies.
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Thu, Feb 7, 2013 from 04:00pm — 05:30pm, ET
“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, ET
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, ET
‘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, ET
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, ET
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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