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March 27, 2015
This week's news from the South Asia Institute
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SAI Annual Symposium: April 16 & 17, 2015
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Kumbh Mela: Mapping the Ephemeral Megacity Book Launch and Exhibition
Join SAI on Thursday, April 16 at 4PM for the launch of the book, which consolidates research findings from an interdisciplinary Harvard team who traveled to the world's largest religious festival in 2013.
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 Update from TraumaLink: Saving lives in Bangladesh
Since its founding, TraumaLink has trained over 100 volunteers in first aid and emergency response, and has treated over 100 injured patients, mostly from traffic accidents. The organization was founded by Dr. Jon Moussally, Massachusetts General Hospital, and several HSPH students. Read more. |
A unique education in the Himalayas
The Woodstock School offers students a holistic education that encourages cross-cultural understanding and an appreciation for the environment. "Studying in the Himalayas in Northern India offers such a rich and diverse experience," says Sanjeev Puri, Chief Operating Officer of the school. The school will be one of SAI's
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 To be Buddhist monks at Harvard
A Harvard Gazette article looks at how a group of monks from Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal are adjusting to life in Cambridge.
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 Myanmar's Delicate Imbalance: The predicament of the short game vs the long game in a complicated neighborhood (or, why the 'environment' gets a back seat)
TODAY, Friday, Mar. 27, 12:15pm - 1:45pm
CGIS S153, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA
Robert Anderson, Development & Sustainability Program, Faculty of Environment, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver
Lunch will be served.
Cosponsored with the Harvard Asia Center Modern Asia Seminar
 The Prisoner
TODAY, Friday, Mar. 27, 4:00pm - 5:30pm
CGIS S354, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA
Book Talk
Omar Shahid Hamid, Author
Chair: Anila Daulatzai, Visiting Assistant Professor of Women's Studies and Islamic Studies, Harvard Divinity School
Book sale to follow.
 Digital Archives and Public History: Documenting and Exhibiting South Asian American Stories
Tuesday, Mar. 31, 4:00pm - 6:00pm
CGIS S030, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA
MIT India Lecture Series: South Asia and Its Diasporas
Samip Mallick, Co-Founder and Executive Director of the South Asian American Digital Archive
Pawan Dhingra, Founding Curator of the Smithsonian Institution exhibition: Beyond Bollywood: Indian Americans Shape the Nation Professor and Director, Department of Sociology, Tufts University
Moderated by Vivek Bald, 2014-15 Harvard University Charles Warren Center Fellow Associate Professor of Comparative Media Studies & Writing, MIT
Cosponsored with the Charles Warren Center Seminar on Multimedia History & Literature
 Transnational Urbanism and Post-colonial Challenges Planning and design processes under the aegis of transnational organizations: case studies in India and in the South-East Asia region
Tuesday, Mar. 31, 6:30pm - 8:00pm
CGIS S050 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA
Urbanization Seminar
Maristella Casciato, Associate Director, Research - Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA), Montreal
Chair: Rahul Mehrotra, Professor of Urban Design and Planning and Chair of the Department of Urban Planning and Design, Harvard Graduate School of Design
 Empire from the Edges: Shi'i and Messianic Challenges to Mughal Authority
Thursday, Apr. 2, 4:00pm - 5:30pm
CGIS S250, 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA
Muslim Societies in South Asia Seminar
Samira Sheikh, Associate Professor of History; Associate Professor of Asian Studies Program; Affiliated Faculty, Islamic Studies Program; Co-Director Vanderbilt History Seminar, Vanderbilt University
Chair: Ali Asani, Professor of Indo-Muslim and Islamic Religion and Cultures, FAS; Director, Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Islamic Studies Program
Language of Metaphysics, Language for Politics: Some Lessons from Allama Prabhu's Vacanass
Friday, Apr. 3, 4:00pm - 5:30pm
CGIS K262, 1737 Cambridge Street, Cambridge MA
South Asia Without Borders Seminar
Prithvi Datta Chandra Shobhi, Assistant Professor of History, Karnataka State Open University
Chair: Parimal G. Patil, Professor of Religion and Indian Philosophy, Committee on the Study of Religion, FAS, Chair of the Department of South Asian Studies
Cosponsored with the Dept. of South Asian Studies
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Video: In case you missed it...
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The Past Before Us: Historical Traditions of Early North India
In this Book Talk from May 2014, author
Romila Thapar talks about her book on North India, which
reveals a deep and sophisticated consciousness of history embedded in the diverse body of classical Indian literature.
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Harvard University South Asia Institute
CGIS South Building, 4th Floor
1730 Cambridge Street,
Cambridge, MA 02138
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