Mar 25, 2013
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 22, 2013
8:30 – 9:00 am Breakfast & Registration...
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...
Aug 24, 2012
There are more than twenty student organizations across Harvard that bring together diverse student interests from the various schools and host cultural and educational events on issues affecting South Asia, as well as social events such as bhangra and biryani parties.
Aug 24, 2012
Harvard South Asia Resources Harvard University has a deep connection to South Asia and an abundance of resources related to the region, including library materials, museum collections, and more. The university also has a wide variety of scholars from a variety of...
Aug 24, 2012
Session 14: New Methods to Enhance Participant-Centered Learning Tarun Khanna, Director of SAI and Jorge Paulo Lemann Professor, Harvard Business School Bill Sahlman and Liz Kind “Khan Academy,” HBS Case No. N9-812-074, 2012 Thompson, Clive, “How...
Aug 24, 2012
Session 10: Harvard Museums Visit the Harvard Museums website here. Please come prepared to answer the following question: 1) How can your existing programs leverage publicly available museums in Maharasthra? 2) What can you do to improve/augment the state of...
