NEWSLETTER
SEPT 15, 2017
LOOKING BACK, INFORMING THE FUTURE
TODAY:  SAI in London
Friday, Sept 15

SAI  and  King's India Institute  present a special event about the 1947 Partition of British India.  Join us in the city where many of the decisions of 1947 were made.
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SAI Partition Podcast
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MORE UPCOMING EVENTS
Book talk: Friday, Sept 22, 6-7.30pm

An Asia Center Fellows Seminar, co-sponsored with SAI, with  Dr. Arjun Subramaniam (Asia Center Fellow; Faculty Member, National Defence College, New Delhi; Air Vice Marshal, Indian Air Force) and d iscussant Sugata Bose (Gardiner Professor of Oceanic History and Affairs, Harvard University).
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Book talk: Thursday, Sept 28, 12-1pm

Speakers:  David B. Wilkins,  Harvard Law School;  Vikramaditya S. Khanna, University of Michigan School of Law School. 

Commentator:  Tarun Khanna , Harvard Business School
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Aug 21 - Oct 6, Gund Hall, Harvard

Professor Rahul Mehrotra of the Harvard Graduate School of Design curates an exhibition about  the compulsive drive of the practice to construct soft thresholds -  through research, engagement with the city, and making of architecture.
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Exhibition: Aug 26-Jan 7

Drawn from the Harvard Art Museums' renowned South Asian art collection, this installation complements an  undergraduate course  exploring images of women in South Asian art.
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INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITY
SAI seeks work-study interns
Email resume to meena_hewett@harvard.edu

We are looking for two students: one to assist SAI with communications and outreach for its events, and another student to assist with SAI programs such as student grants, seminars, conferences, etc.


SAI IN MEDIA
"Now we have a tit-for-tat democracy"
Interview: Homi K. Bhabha

Harvard's Professor Homi K. Bhabha, a member of the SAI's Steering Committee, talks to  The Hindu about the "criminalisation of dissent" at universities in India.
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Article: The Wire

Dr. Vazira Zamindar, Brown University - and an advisor to SAI's Partition project -  attempts to place Partition in the larger twentieth century history of nationalism.
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CALL FOR PAPERS
GSAS Research Workshop

A new forum for critically synthesizing works on border making and border crossing in terrestrial and maritime Asia. Throughout the year, the program will host a range of graduate students and senior scholars whose work address this theme. Graduate Students interested in presenting papers over the 2017-18 session should contact Aniket De (aniket_de@g.harvard.edu).
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PODCAST

The complete set of podcasts, recorded during our special seminar series in spring, is now available to stream and download. In each episode, a leading scholar explores key aspects of this landmark historical event. 
FELLOWSHIP
Deadline extended: Oct 20, 2017 

We support recent PhDs, those in the final stages of their PhDs, and advanced professional degree holders in areas related to Pakistan, particularly in science and development.
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