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  • Mittal Student Grants (Deadline 2/21)January 16, 2025
    Different grants and full details below….
  • Seed for Change Student Grant Competition (Deadline 2/7)January 16, 2025
    Awards up to $30,000 to Catalyze Change in India The Seed for Change (SFC) student…
  • Mittal Institute Faculty Research Grants Submission Deadline: December 13December 4, 2024
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  • Student Highlight: Yang Qu wins top prize from China Times Cultural Foundation’s Young Scholar Award.October 8, 2024
    On October 3rd, the China Times Cultural Foundation announced the 10 recipients of this year’s Young…
  • Student Highlight: Yang Qu receives Doctoral Fellowship from The Chiang Ching-Kuo FoundationJuly 18, 2024
    Yang Qu, studying South Asian Studies with a secondary field in CompLit, received a Doctoral Fellowship…
  • Mittal Faculty Feature: Richard WolfJune 18, 2024
    The Mittal Institute recognizing the people, programs, and talks that stood out https://mittalsouthasiainstitute.harvard.edu/category/news/faculty/…
  • Mittal Faculty Feature: Sugata BoseJune 18, 2024
    The Mittal Institute recognizing the people, programs, and talks that stood out https://mittalsouthasiainstitute.harvard.edu/category/news/faculty/ Watch his…
  • Mittal Faculty Feature: Diana EckJune 18, 2024
    The Mittal Institute recognizing the people, programs, and talks that stood out https://mittalsouthasiainstitute.harvard.edu/category/news/faculty/ Watch her…
  • Student Highlight: Seton Uhlhorn Fulbright RecipientJune 11, 2024
    Seton Uhlhorn, a doctoral candidate in the Department of South Asian Studies, has been selected…
  • Student Highlight: Afiya Rahman awarded 2024 Alwaleed Bin Talal Undergraduate Thesis Prize in Islamic Studies June 5, 2024
    After reviewing many excellent submissions, the Selection Committee has chosen Afiya Rahman ’24 (Social Studies and South…
  • Student Highlight: Poorna Swami’s award-winning translations and research grant receivalMay 31, 2024
    Poorna Swami received the 2023 Jawad Memorial Prize and a 2024 Emerging Translator’s Mentorship from the American Literary…
  • Apply for the Mittal Institute’s Graduate Student Associates (GSA) program 2024-25!May 30, 2024
    Are you a Harvard graduate student who conducts research on South Asia? The selected candidates…
  • Cambridge: Graduate Student Associates (GSAs) – Apply by July 5May 22, 2024
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  • New Delhi: Mittal Institute India Fellowship (MIIF) – Apply by May 31May 22, 2024
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  • Prof. Francis X. Clooney releasing memoir, “Hindu and Catholic, Priest and Scholar: A Love Story”May 16, 2024
    Francis X. Clooney (Parkman Professor of Divinity, Harvard Divinity School) has a new book Hindu…
  • Study Group: Authoritarian Playbooks: Lessons from the New India (A Study Group with Nitika Khaitan)March 26, 2024
    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 SwamiFebruary 8, 2024
    Poorna will continue to study Urdu translation under this program. Many of the other mentees’…
  • Mittal Institute Summer Grants (deadline February 9th)February 1, 2024
    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)December 19, 2023
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  • SAS PhD student, Poorna Swami, awarded The 2023 Jawad Memorial Prize for Urdu-English TranslationDecember 7, 2023
    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)November 28, 2023
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  • Mittal Institute Scholars Fellowships open for application (due December 10)November 28, 2023
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  • Asia Center and SAS announcement of Preceptors in Filipino and IndonesianSeptember 12, 2023
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  • Courses on South Asia at Harvard: Fall 2023September 5, 2023
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  • Mittal Student Grant Info Session (RSVP needed)August 31, 2023
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  • Mittal Institute Welcome Back Mixer Sept. 6th (RSVP needed)August 31, 2023
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  • A highlight of Professor of Music and South Asian Studies Richard K. Wolf’s recent exploits.August 1, 2023
    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.July 27, 2023
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  • Preceptor in Tamil, Jonathan Ripley, discusses his own journey with TamilJuly 27, 2023
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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.July 27, 2023
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