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September 25, 2015
This week's news from the South Asia Institute
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 In Memoriam: Shahab Ahmed
Shahab, who passed away last week, was considered one of the world's most promising and exciting scholars in Islamic Studies and will be deeply missed by the Harvard community.
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Podcast: Christianity, Colonialism, and Indian Intellectuals
Listen to
Mou Banerjee,
SAI Graduate Student Associate and History PhD candidate, discuss her dissertation, which examines h
ow Indians formed a complex relationship with Evangelical Christianity in the 19th century. Mou will give a
seminar on Sept. 30.
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 Welcome Back Chaat Party
SAI hosted its annual Welcome Back Chaat Party on Sept. 17, where over 200 students, faculty, affiliates, and friends of SAI gathered to celebrate the start of the year with food from a variety of South Asian countries.
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 Nepal photo exhibit and fundraiser
The 'Nepal - In Memoriam' photo exhibit, with photos by Grzegorz Ekiert, Professor of Government and Director of the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, is currently on display at Harvard. Photo prints can be purchased online
to raise funds for SAI's Nepal Research and Reconstruction Fund.
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Rahul Roy Film Festival:
The Factory and Q&A
TODAY, Friday, Sept. 25, 4:00pm - 7:00pm, CGIS South, S010, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA
Film Screening and Discussion
Rahul Roy,
Director
Chair:
Shankar Ramaswami,
Lecturer on South Asian Studies, Harvard University
Cosponsored with the Department of South Asian Studies, Political Anthropology Working Group, Harvard Asia Center, The Sensory Ethnography Lab, and The Film Study Center
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Degrees of Clientelism in the World's Largest Democracy
TODAY, Friday, Sept. 25, 2:00pm - 4:00pm, Watson Institute at Brown University, 111 Thayer Street Providence, RI
Joint Seminar on South Asian Politics
Aseema Sinha,
Wagener Family Associate Professor of Comparative Politics and George R. Roberts Fellow, Claremont McKenna College
Cosponsored with Brown University, MIT, and the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs
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The Disinherited: Conversion to Christianity and the Economies of Loss in Colonial Calcutta
GSA Seminar
Wednesday, Sept. 30, 4:00pm - 5:30pm, CGIS South, S050, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA
Mou Banerjee,
Graduate Student Associate, SAI; History PhD, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Chair:
Sugata Bose,
Gardiner Professor of Oceanic History and Affairs, Harvard University
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 Reflections: A Conversation with Salim and Sulaiman Merchant
Friday, Oct. 2, 12:00pm - 1:30pm, Thompson Room, Barker Center, 12 Quincy St, Cambridge, MA
Muslim Societies in South Asia Seminar
Salim and Sulaiman Merchant,
Musicians and composers
Moderator:
Ali Asani,
Professor of Indo-Muslim and Islamic Religion and Cultures; Director, Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Islamic Studies Program, Harvard University
Cosponsored with the Prince Alwaleed Islamic Studies Program
Lunch will be served.
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 Video: Shi'i and Messianic Challenges to Mughal Authority
In this Muslim Societies in South Asia Seminar from April, Samira Sheikh, Vanderbilt University, discussed Mughal relations from the late sixteenth century to the early eighteenth century.
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Upcoming event of interest:
If you have an announcement or event you'd like to share, please email [email protected].
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CGIS South Building, 4th Floor
1730 Cambridge Street,
Cambridge, MA 02138
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