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38 results for "South Asia"

38 results for "South Asia"

Who Is a Citizen in Contemporary India?

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Four scholars contextualize India’s controversial citizenship amendments within the history of imperial rule, mobility, and itinerancy in South Asia. By Swati Chawla, Jessica Namakkal, Kalyani Ramnath, Lydia Walker In the second week of December 2019...

Explaining Japan’s Soft Approach to COVID-19

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Japan’s experience with the pandemic shows that harsh restrictions are not necessarily the answer to containing the virus. Historian and faculty member Andrew Gordon sheds light on the political and cultural factors that allow for the country’s unique...

One Thousand Years of Capitalism

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Sven Beckert, a history professor at Harvard, has written an epic book about the history of capitalism over roughly a millenium: it’s called Capitalism: A Global History. Beckert believes the only way to understand one’s place in the world is through...

Who Deserves Independence?

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A historian spotlights the backstories of nationalist groups that were passed over during the post-World War II wave of decolonization. By Lydia Walker Twentieth-century global decolonization changed the map. In the thirty years after the Second World War...

A Life’s Work Battling Religious Illiteracy

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The International Response to COVID-19: A Q&A with Dr. Almaliky

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A comparative look at the global efforts to control the disease will tell us much about the effectiveness of healthcare systems around the world and also help prepare us for the next bug. By Michelle Nicholasen Both a physician and a scholar on Iraq and...

The Cold War’s Endless Ripples

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Harvard historian Odd Arne Westad contends that the Cold War lasted 100 years—and affected many more countries than originally thought. As an international historian, Faculty Associate Odd Arne Westad may be best known for bringing a fresh interpretation...