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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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Harvard Community Events:
The Harvard South Asia Association presents:
Kalpanam
Evolution of Dance: from Traditional to Modern
Saturday, November 5, 8-10pm
Lowell Lecture Hall
A South Asian classical dance show to be followed by a reception with catered South Asian food.
Tickets can be purchased online - Harvard affiliates (ID Required): $5 and non-affiliates: $7 |
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The Harvard Department on South Asian Studies, through their series on 'Indian Society through the Ages' presents:
"India: A Sacred Geography"
Prof. Diana Eck, Fredric Wertham Professor of Law and Psychiatry in Society; Master of Lowell House; Member of the Faculty of Divinity
Sunday, November 6, 2011 - 3 pm
Hall A, Harvard University Science Center, 1 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA
More details can be found here. |
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The Harvard University Asia Center is pleased to announce that their faculty grants program is back, with awards of up to $25,000 for recipients.
For futher details on how to apply, please click here. |
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Today: Thursday, November 3, 2011 - 6 pm
Yenching Auditorium, Harvard University, 2 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, MA
Special Film Event - "Meher Jaan" 
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
Co-sponsored with the Asian Studies Program, UMass Boston; Women's Studies Program, UMass Boston; and Honors Program, UMass Boston |
SAI Co-sponsored Events next week:
Monday, November 7, 2011 - 4 pm
CGIS South, Room S020, 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA
Asia Center's Sixth Annual Tsai Lecture
"India's Growth Prospects: The Challenge of Realizing Potential"
Presented by: Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission, Government of India; Previously First Director, Independent Evaluation Office, International Monetary Fund
Sponsored by the Asia Center through the Tsai Lecture Fund, co-sponsored by the South Asia Initiative
For more information call the Asia Center at 617-496-6273.
Tuesday, November 8, 2011 - 12:30 pm
CGIS Knafel, Room K262, 1737 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA
"The Rise of China and India: Challenges for Japanese Foreign Policy"
Yanghyeon Jo, Associate Professor, Department of Asia and Pacific Studies, and Director, Center for Diplomatic History Studies, the Institute of Foreign and National Security (IFANS), Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Republic of Korea; and Academic Associate, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations, Harvard University
Masanori Kondo, Senior Associate Professor, College of Liberal Arts, International Christian University, and Academic Associate, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations, Harvard University
Discussant: Alan K. Henrikson, Associate Professor of Diplomatic History, and Director of Diplomatic Studies, The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University
Sponsored by the WCFIA Program on U.S.-Japan Relations, co-sponsored by the South Asia Initative
Tuesday, November 8, 2011 - 6-7:30 pm
"Conversation on Pakistan with Professor Roberto Mangabeira Unger"
Prof. Roberto M. Unger, Roscoe Pound Professor of Law, Harvard Law School, one of the world's leading social and political thinkers, will lead a conversation structured around the basic development strategy of Pakistan; the desirable institutional model, political as well as economic, that would support this strategy and be supported by it; the educational imperative and how to address it; and Pakistan's position in the world: in particular, its relation to the United States, to India, and to China.
Chaired by Asim Khwaja, Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
Organized by: Harvard Pakistan Student Group
*Dinner will be provided.
*Harvard students only. Limited seating.
Where: HKS (room to be communicated to those attending)
Sponsored and organized by the Harvard Student Pakistan Group, co-sponsored by the South Asia Initative
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SAI Urbanization Seminar Series
Co-sponsored with the Harvard Graduate School of Design
Wednesday, November 9, 2011 - 6:30 pm
Piper Auditorium, Graduate School of Design, 48 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
"Planned Neighborhoods: The long-term account of an American design concept in Independent India"
Sanjeev Vidyarthi, Assistant Professor of Urban Planning & Policy, University of Illinois at Chicago
Chair: Rahul Mehrotra, Professor and Chair, Department of Urban Planning and Design, Harvard Graduate School of Design |
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