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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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The HKS India Caucus, Harvard India Student Group and South Asian Student Association of HGSE joined forces to hold a very sucessful Diwali party, Oct 28, 2011.
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HISG Student Board Members |
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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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SAI Pakistan Seminar Series
Co-sponsored with the Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Islamic Studies Program at Harvard University
Wednesday, November 14, 2011 - 4:00 pm
CGIS South, Room S354, 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA
"Environmental History and the Creation of Pakistan"
David Gilmartin, Professor, Department of History, North Carolina State University
Chaired by Ali Asani, Professor of Indo-Muslim and Islamic Religion and Cultures, Faculty of Arts & Sciences, Harvard University
This seminar will explore the cultural implications of the huge environmental transformations brought about by British irrigation works in the Punjab in the late 19th and 20th centuries. |
Tuesday, November 15, 2011 - 5:30
Harvard Hall 201, through Johnston Gate in Harvard Yard,
Cambridge, MA
South Asia without Borders
Special Film Screening
"India by Song," a film by Vijay Singh
5:30 pm Film Viewing
6:35 pm Discussion
Vijay Singh, Film Director
Chair: Parimal Patil, Professor, Department of South Asian Studies, Harvard University
Friday, November 18, 2011 - 12:30 pm
CGIS South, Room S020, 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA
Water Seminar Series
Co-sponsored with the Harvard Water Security Initiative
"A Strategic Basic Assessment of the Ganges: New Insights into an Old Basin"
N. Harshadeep Rao, Senior Environmental Specialist, The World Bank
Chaired by John Briscoe, Gordon McKay Professor of the Practice of Environmental Engineering, Harvard University
This presentation will present recent World Bank work on a Strategic Basin Assessment of the Ganges that collated and used available public-domain data and built bio-physical and economic modeling tools to explore various regional water resources development and climate scenarios of the Basin. It will include a virtual overview of the Basin, an examination of major perceptions regarding the Basin's future, and new insights on these perceptions and where cooperation may actually be required. |
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SAI Co-sponsored event next week:
Tuesday, November 15, 2011, 12:00-1:15pm CGIS South,Tsai Auditorium, 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA
'Negotiating Identities and Emotions: Ethnopolitical Conflict in Sri Lanka'
A Guest Lecture by:
Her Excellency Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga,
Former President of Sri Lanka (1994-2005)
Opening Remarks by Daniel Shapiro, Ph.D., Director, Harvard International Negotiation Program
For over two decades, ethnopolitical conflict tore at the seams of Sri Lanka. Civil war between the two main ethnic groups - the Sinhalese and the Tamils- threatened the stability of this small island country. Amidst waves of violence, President Kumaratunga sought a political solution through negotiation and ceasefire agreements. Join us to hear firsthand how President Kumaratunga navigated the emotional and identity-based complexities of the conflict, as well as the interplay of religion, culture, and ethnicity.
Sponsored by the Harvard International Negotiation Project (HINP),
co-sponsored by the South Asia Initiative, Harvard Global Health Institute and the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School |
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