May 8, 2024 | Announcements, In Region, India, News, Students
This winter, Aisha Kokan ’26 was awarded a Mittal Institute student grant to complete research in Chennai, India. Her project, Body Image & Eating Disorders: Enduring Legacies of Historical Trauma on Women in Tamil Nadu, India, explored mental health...
Apr 9, 2024 | Announcements, News, Students
Harvard offers a wide array of courses on South Asia, ranging from language to history, politics, economics, religion, and much more. Check out a selection of what is offered during Fall 2024. Please refer to the Course Catalog for the most up-to-date information. We...
Mar 26, 2024 | Alumni, Announcements, In Region, News, Pakistan
In 2019, the Lahore High Court in Pakistan declared that the government has a duty to ensure excess food is not wasted, and any food waste violates a Constitutional “right to life.” This seminal case found that the government must ensure excess food makes it to those...
Mar 3, 2024
Dr Robert Rahman Raman is currently working as a Post-doctoral research fellow at the Laxmi Mittal South Asia Institute, Harvard University. He is working with Prof. Sugata Bose, the Gardiner Professor of Oceanic History and Affairs in the History Department, Harvard...
Feb 28, 2024 | Announcements, Arts Program, Community, News
This spring, the Mittal Institute welcomes two new Visiting Artist Fellows from Lahore, Pakistan – Amra Fatima Khan and Waleed Zafar. Meet Waleed, an interdisciplinary visual artist and curator whose work explores South-Asian identity based on historical, socio-political and genetic markers. Learn about his artistic motivations and save the date for the March 4 Visiting Artist Fellows Art Exhibition.
Feb 21, 2024 | Announcements, Arts Program, Community, News
This spring, the Mittal Institute welcomes two new Visiting Artist Fellows from Lahore, Pakistan – Amra Fatima Khan and Waleed Zafar. Meet Amra, an interdisciplinary artist who investigates queer and alpha male archetypes through her work. Learn about her artistic motivations and save the date for the March 4 Visiting Artist Fellows Art Exhibition.
Feb 20, 2024 | Fellows, News, Pakistan, Students
The Mittal Institute’s Syed Babar Ali Fellow, Muhammad Imran Mehsud comes to Cambridge from Hazara University Mansehra, Pakistan, where he is an Assistant Professor of International Relations. He is an expert on South Asian transboundary hydropolitics and his research project at the Mittal Institute examines the effectiveness of the Indus Waters Treaty of 1960 in settling contemporary transboundary water issues between India and Pakistan. We spoke with Imran about his research, and his plans for his time at Harvard.
Jan 23, 2024 | News
This winter break, students, faculty and scholars set off for all corners of South Asia for research, study, and even some downtime. We caught up with some of our community to hear about their explorations and discoveries in-country.
Jan 19, 2024
Waleed Zafar is a visual artist and curator currently based in Lahore, Pakistan. He completed his Bachelor of Fine Arts in Visual Arts from the Beaconhouse National University, Lahore, in 2017, and a Master of Arts in Art and Design at the same university in 2022. His...
Jan 18, 2024
Muhammad Imran Mehsud is an interdisciplinary researcher specializing in South Asian transboundary hydropolitics. He is Assistant Professor of International Relations at Hazara University Mansehra, Pakistan. As a fellow at the Mittal Institute in spring 2024, he...
Jan 11, 2024 | News, Students
Harvard offers a wide array of courses on South Asia, ranging from language to history, politics, economics, religion, and much more. Check out a selection of what is offered during Spring 2024. Please refer to the Course Catalog for the most up-to-date information....
Dec 5, 2023 | Announcements, Community, Fellows, Graduate Student Associates, News
The time for cold weather gear and warm fires is upon us in Cambridge. As Harvard classes soon pause for a break, we invite you to peruse the list of reading recommendations from our fellows and Graduate Student Associates. There is something for everyone in this...
