Upcoming Events May 26 All Grades Released. On May 26, 2025 May 26 University Holiday: Memorial Day. On May 26, 2025 May 29 Commencement On May 29, 2025 Jun 19 University Holiday: Juneteenth On June 19, 2025 Jul 04 University Holiday: Independence Day On July 4, 2025 Aug 12 Course Registration Opens for fall 2025 for Incoming Students On August 12, 2025 Aug 18 Fall Online Check-in Opens. On August 18, 2025 Aug 25 Fall Add/Drop Opens On August 25, 2025 Past Events May 18 “Peace:” 29th Annual Harvard India Poetry Meeting On May 18, 2025 at 2:00 pm May 10 Mira Nair | Woman of the Year On May 10, 2025 at 5:00 pm May 08 Spring Final Examination Period. (5/8/2025 – 5/17/2025) On May 8, 2025 May 05 An Extraordinary Journey The First Chinese Art Student To Visit Twentieth-century India On May 5, 2025 at 5:00 pm May 01 Reaching the Uncanny Antipodes: Southeast Asian Translationscapes and the Foreclosure of the West in Siam’s Early Translations of Orientalist Literature On May 1, 2025 at 12:00 pm May 01 Reading Period. (5/1/2025 – 5/7/2025) On May 1, 2025 Apr 30 A Utopian Farming Community in Siam (1895-96): Miyazaki Tōten’s Revolutionary Imaginary On April 30, 2025 at 12:30 pm Apr 30 Brave Conversations – GSAS Grad Student Appreciation Event On April 30, 2025 at 12:00 pm Apr 30 Last Day of Spring Full Term classes. On April 30, 2025 Apr 29 From the Palace to the Botanical Gardens: Food, Caffeine, and Cultivation in India and Indonesia On April 29, 2025 at 5:00 pm Apr 28 Visitas: SAS Open House On April 28, 2025 at 12:00 pm Apr 25 The Real in the Ruins: ʿAttar’s Poetry as a Response to Islamic Intellectual History On April 25, 2025 at 5:00 pm Apr 24 “Reassessing Qarakhanid Funerary Architecture: Portals, Patronage, and Shaping Royal Identity in Pre-Mongol Central Asia” –AKPIA Lecture Series On April 24, 2025 at 6:00 pm Apr 24 “The Nature of Commodity Frontiers” April 24-26 On April 24, 2025 Apr 24 Anthropology & History – 2-day Symposium On April 24, 2025 Apr 23 “The Sūtra on Gravity of Retribution for Transgression of Precepts: A Short Text on the Hellish Torment Awating Monks and Nuns Who Break the Rules” — HBSF On April 23, 2025 at 5:30 pm Apr 22 Illuminate: Contextualizing Asian American Women’s Stories through the Archives Opening Event On April 22, 2025 at 4:00 pm Apr 21 Where is my Home? Subordinate Storylines in Narratives of Water- and Forest- Themed Filipino/Thai/Bahasa Storybooks and Discourses of Exile On April 21, 2025 at 5:00 pm Apr 18 Mittal Institute Annual Symposium On April 18, 2025 Apr 17 Harish C. Mahindra Evening: The Mittal Institute’s 15-Year Journey to Increase Harvard’s Presence in Asia On April 17, 2025 at 6:30 pm Apr 16 SAS Graduate Student Colloquium – Pariroo Rattan On April 16, 2025 at 5:30 pm Apr 16 Indigenous Narrative: The Dynamic Biographies of gShen-rab Mi-bo, Founder of the Tibetan Bon Religion On April 16, 2025 at 11:30 am Apr 16 Boundless Weaving: Buddhist Visual Culture in a Tibetophone World, 9th to 13th Century – Dissertation Defense On April 16, 2025 at 11:00 am Apr 16 Fall 2025: Course Registration Deadline for Returning Students. On April 16, 2025 Apr 14 Gender, Marginalization & Media Advocacy for Change On April 14, 2025 at 6:00 pm Apr 14 Public Lecture by Distinguished Artist Fellow Naiza Khan On April 14, 2025 at 5:30 pm Apr 12 Bachata in Bloom: GSAS Spring Dance Party On April 12, 2025 at 7:00 pm Apr 12 Family Music Jam – GSAS Grad Student Appreciation Event On April 12, 2025 at 10:00 am Apr 11 Sanā’ī’s Sufi-Inspired Political Advice: Between Frank Speech and Hyperbole On April 11, 2025 at 5:00 pm Apr 11 Grace in an Age of Distraction – Bhakti Yoga Conference On April 11, 2025 at 10:00 am Event Lecture Series Harvard Oriental Lecture Series Harvard Oriental Lecture Serie Sangam Tamil Lecture Series
