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The South Asia Initiative
1730 Cambridge Street
4th Floor
Cambridge, MA 02138
USA
Tel. 617-496-4862
Fax. 617-496-0854
Email. sainit@fas.harvard.edu
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Saturday, November 12, 2011-5pm
MITHAS presents
Smt. Rama Vaidyanathan
in a
Bharathanatyam dance performance with
live orchestral music
Co-sponsored by the South Asia Initiative
Please view full poster and event details here.
Tickets are available at www.lokvani.com.
Location: Chinmaya Mission Auditorium
1 Union Street, Andover, MA 0181 |
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"The Future of South Asia: A Landscape of Pluralism," part of our Urbanization Seminar Series, was a great overview of the four models of practice Prof. Rahul Mehrotra has identified and written about in his new book, Architecture in India: Since 1990.
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A packed house listens to Rahul Mehrotra and Hitesh Hathi, October 21, 2011 |
If you missed the event, you can view it through SAI's Vimeo page. |
Harvard Community Event:
Prof. Qasid Hussain Mallah, Professor and Chair, Department of Archaeology at Shah Abdul Latif University, Khairpur, Sindh, Pakistan presents:
"Lakhan-Jo-Daro, Sindh: New Excavations at an
Urban Center of the Indus Civilization"
Today: Thursday, 27 October 2011 at 5:00 pm
Putnam Lab (Room 59D), Peabody Museum, 5th Floor
More information can be found here. |
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SAI Events this week:
Today: Thursday, October 27, 2011 - 4 pm
SAI Social Enterprise Seminar Series
"Public Health Messaging"
David Bloom chairs a panel of three experts discussing the issues surrounding how messages of public health are delivered to different audiences in South Asia.
Panelists: Marc Mitchell, Lecturer on Global Health, Harvard School of Public Health
The Use of Mobile Technology to improve Health Care in South Africa
Glorian Sorensen, Professor of Society, Human Development, and Health, Harvard School of Public Health
Tobacco Cessation of Indian School Teachers and Manufacturing Workers
Karl Hofmann, President and CEO, PSI, Washington DC, Former Ambassador to Togo
Social Marketing to Improve Health Outcomes
CGIS Knafel, Room K354, 1737 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA |
Tomorrow: Friday, October 28, 2011 - 4 pm
SAI South Asia without Borders Seminar Series
Co-sponsored with the Department of South Asian Studies, Harvard University
"Dispersed Radiance: Caste, Gender, and Modern Science in India"
Abha Sur, Lecturer, Program in Women's & Gender Studies, MIT
Chaired by Parimal Patil, Professor Department of South Asian Studies, Harvard University
Prof. Sur's book provides a 'socially informed history of physics in India in the first half of the 20th century.' She will discuss the findings in her book on 'the confluence of caste, nationalism, and gender in modern science in India,' as well as her current research on the topic.
CGIS Knafel, K262, 1737 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA |
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SAI Events Next Week:
Thursday, November 3, 2011 - 6 pm
Special Film Event - "Meherjaan"
6:15 pm Film Viewing
8:15 pm Panel Discussion
9:00 pm Reception
Panelists: Rubaiyat Hossain, Film Director
Jyoti Puri, Professor of Sociology, Simmons College
Rakhshanda Saleem, Assistant Professor of Counseling and Psychology, Lesley University
Elora Chowdhury, Associate Professor Women's Studies, UMass Boston
Yenching Auditorium, Harvard University, 2 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, MA |
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