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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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Asia Center Grants for Winter Recess Projects
The Asia Center is offering new grants of up to $1,500 for projects in East, South, and Southeast Asia, that will take place during the winter recess 2011-2012.
Eligible projects include, but are not limited to research, language study, internships, and volunteer work. Preference is given to projects that tie into the student's academic work at Harvard.
Deadline:
Monday, Dec 12, 2011.
Application:
Please submit a one-page proposal and budget to Jorge Espada at jespada@fas.harvard.edu. |
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Student Job Opportunity
The Harvard Program in Criminal Justice is seeking a responsible student with sharp attention to detail and fluency in both English and Bangla. This paid position requires a commitment of about 10 hours per month through to May 2012, with possibility of extension.
In part, this position will involve translating crime and justice data from Bangla to English. The selected student will directly contribute to important collaborative work between the Program and the justice sector in Bangladesh.
For more information contact:
Mila Cerecina mila_cerecina@hks.harvard.edu
617 496 7193 |
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SAI Event Next Week:
Tuesday, December 6, 2011 - 4pm
Science, Technology, Environment and Medicine Seminar Series
"Obesity and Health in South Asia: Discussion on Strategies to Prevent Diabetes and Cancer"
Chair: Aditi Hazra, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Discussants: Robert Paarlberg, Adjunct Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School, Betty Freyhof Johnson Professor of Political Science at Wellesley College
Walter Willett, Fredrick John Stare Professor of Epidemiology and Nutrition, Chair, Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health |
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The FXB Center at Harvard presents a conversation on
The Social and Political Cost of Inaction
with Amartya Sen, Harvard University
and Anthony Lake, UNICEF
Facilitated by Jacqueline Bhabha, Harvard University
December 8 and 9, 2011
Barker Center, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
RSVP to crc@hsph.harvard.edu
Further details are available here.
The 2011 FXB Conference is hosted in collaboration with:
- UNICEF, Gender, Rights and Civic Engagement Section, DPP - The Harvard Global Health Institute, Harvard University
- The Swedish International Development Agency
- The Committee on African Studies, Harvard University
- The South Asia Initiative, Harvard University
- The Du Bois Institute for African and African-American Studies, Harvard University
- The Mahindra Humanities Center, Harvard University
- The David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, Harvard University
- The Women and Public Policy Program, Harvard Kennedy School |
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was held November 24, 2011, at the Pearl Continental Hotel in Lahore.
Click here for panelists pictured.
The event, co-sponsored by the South Asia Initiative, brought together valuable academic and business community views on these trade agreements. Vice Chancellor of Lahore University of Management Sciences, Dr. Adil Najam, presented his work on the nature of regional trade agreements while the panel, comprising of leading business and Government figures, expressed their thoughts on the current economic situation, debated on Pakistan's foreign policy, and gave specific ideas for improving the future outlook of South Asia's regional economy.
The panel included leading business figures of Pakistan, Mr. Razzak Dawood and Mr. Mian Mohammad Mansha, eminent Government official and academician Dr. Ishrat Hussain and incumbent Secretary Commerce Mr. Zafar Mahmood. The event was attended by over 130 Harvard alumni from the business community as well as local NGO's, Pakistan government officers, academicians and students. |
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