- Study Group: Authoritarian Playbooks: Lessons from the New India (A Study Group with Nitika Khaitan)
Wed, Mar 27 to Apr 10, 2:00pm – 3:15pm Belfer B-L-4 Conference Room Event Description: As India’s elections approach, there is renewed…
- The American Literary Translators Association (ALTA) announces the mentees for ALTA Emerging Translator Mentorship Program – including SAS’s very own Poorna Swami
Poorna will continue to study Urdu translation under this program. Many of the other mentees’…
- Mittal Institute Summer Grants (deadline February 9th)
Don’t miss the chance to travel to South Asia this summer! Apply NOW for an internship…
- Seed for Change Student Grant Competition (Applications are due January 26, 2024.) ($30,000 grand prize)
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- SAS PhD student, Poorna Swami, awarded The 2023 Jawad Memorial Prize for Urdu-English Translation
https://www.alijawadzaidi.com/award-winners The jury was unanimous in its decision to award the first prize to ‘Palestinian,’ Poorna…
- Mittal Visiting Artist Fellowship open for applications (due January 2nd)
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- Mittal Institute Scholars Fellowships open for application (due December 10)
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- Asia Center and SAS announcement of Preceptors in Filipino and Indonesian
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- Courses on South Asia at Harvard: Fall 2023
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- Mittal Student Grant Info Session (RSVP needed)
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- Mittal Institute Welcome Back Mixer Sept. 6th (RSVP needed)
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- A highlight of Professor of Music and South Asian Studies Richard K. Wolf’s recent exploits.
Richard K. Wolf traveled to Pakistan in November to launch a traditional music archiving initiative…
- Preceptor in Hindi and Urdu, Richard Delacy, discusses his language journey and his role at Harvard.
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- Preceptor in Tamil, Jonathan Ripley, discusses his own journey with Tamil
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- Mittal Institute steering committee member and professor of comparative religion and Indian studies, Diana Ecks, briefly recounts her work and research.
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- Prof. Martha Selby’s talk on the Beauty and Value of Indian Poetry
Read a brief interview from incoming Sangam Professor of South Asian Studies before her talk…
- Meena Venkataramanan is Selected as a Gates Cambridge Scholar & Receives the Overseas Press Club Foundation Scholarship
Meena Venkataramanan (Harvard University, class of 2021) has been selected as a Gates Cambridge Scholar to pursue an…
- Certificates of Excellence and Distinction in Teaching Awards
Recognized by the Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning, the following members of the…
- Many Mahābhāratas, co-edited by Nell Shapiro Hawley, now available from SUNY Press
Many Mahābhāratas (SUNY Press), a new volume edited by Nell Shapiro Hawley and Sohini Sarah Pillai,…
- Meena Venkataramanan is Selected as a Gates Cambridge Scholar & Receives the Overseas Press Club Foundation Scholarship
Meena Venkataramanan (Harvard University, class of 2021) has been selected as a Gates Cambridge Scholar to pursue an…
- Dr. Ali Asani Receives Harvard Foundation’s 2020 Faculty of the Year Award
Harvard Foundation Faculty of the Year Award Awarded by the Harvard Foundation to a faculty…
- Iris Yellum Completes Junior Fellowship at the Library of Congress
Iris Yellum was a 2019 Junior Fellow at the Library of Congress, Asian Division. For…
- Spring 2019 Certificates of Excellence and Distinction in Teaching Awards
Recognized by the Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning, the following members of the…
- Radha Blinderman Receives Frederick Sheldon Traveling Fellowship for Academic Year 2019-2020
In support of her project entitled “What Makes ‘Sectarian Grammars’ Different: A Comparative Study of…
- Fall 2018 Certificates of Excellence and Distinction in Teaching Awards
Recognized by the Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning, the following members of the…
- Iris Yellum Reviews Benjamin Siegel’s New Book – Hungry Nation: Food, Famine, and the Making of Modern India
In her new review of Benjamin Siegel’s Hungry Nation: Food, Famine, and the Making of Modern…
- Leonard van der Kuijp’s Fall 2018 Sabbatical News
On sabbatical leave for the fall 2018 semester, Leonard van der Kuijp had a very…
- Spring 2018 Certificates of Excellence and Distinction in Teaching Awards
Recognized by the Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning, the following members of the…
- Allison Aitken receives Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Dissertation Fellowship in Buddhist Studies (ACLS)
Allison Aitken, PhD candidate in South Asian Studies, received a 2018 Dissertation Fellowship from the…
- Allison Aitken receives Fulbright Scholarship
Allison Aitken, PhD candidate in South Asian Studies, was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to engage…
