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Muslim Societies in South Asia Seminar Series


Muslim Societies in South Asia Seminar Series

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Mon, Oct 15, 2012 from 04:00am — 05:00pm, ET

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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Muslim Societies in South Asia Seminar Series

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Thu, Nov 8, 2012 from 04:00pm — 06:00pm, ET

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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Muslim Societies in South Asia Seminar Series

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Thu, Sep 27, 2012 from 04:00pm — 05:30pm, ET

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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Muslim Societies in South Asia Seminar

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Mon, Mar 11, 2013 from 04:30pm — 06:00pm, ET

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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Muslim Societies in South Asia

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Fri, Oct 12, 2012 from 12:30pm — 01:30pm, ET

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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Muslim Societies in South Asia Seminar Series

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Tue, Sep 13, 2011 from 04:00pm — 06:00pm, ET

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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Muslim Societies in South Asia

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Tue, Apr 26, 2011 from 05:30pm — 06:00pm, ET

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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Water and Climate Change

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Fri, Mar 25, 2011 from 12:30pm — 02:00pm, ET

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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Urbanization Seminar Series

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Tue, Mar 8, 2011 from 06:30pm — 08:00pm, ET

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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Big Ideas: Conversations with SAI’s Graduate Student Associates

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

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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Holy Kitchens Series: True Business

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Mon, Sep 17, 2012 from 05:00pm — 08:00pm, ET

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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