Washington South Asia Report

Vol. XXVI, Number 2
Spring / Summer 2010

 

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Featured this issue....

 

A Conversation with Sareeta Amrute
by Ashley Dutta

 
  "My favorite thing about teaching? I love the way I can   help the discussions along in the classroom using a   
  modified Socratic method so students come out with   
  their own opinion..."

 Read the full interview

 

 

Report on Development, Diaspora and the Next Generation Workshop: Mapping, Learning and Building South Asian Community
by Anna Cohen


  "Participants indicated that they had made new    
  connections which will be of great use to them in       
  future work... "

   Read the full article

 

 

 

PAKISTAN-BASED “GO-TO GUY FOR DISASTER RELIEF” VISITS UW
by Ethan Casey

 Todd Shea, who responded to the devastating 2005 earthquake in mountainous northern Pakistan and now runs a hospital there through his organization SHINE Humanity, visited Seattle in May 2010.  His visit was hosted by the South Asia Center at the Jackson School. 

 

Read the full article

 

 

 

CONTENTS

Letter from the Director, Priti Ramamurthy



Announcements

New Graduate Certificate in South Asian Studies

by Keith Snodgrass

 

Report on Developpment, Diaspora and the Next Generation Workshop: Mapping, Learning and Building South Asian Community
by Anna Cohen

South Asia Conference of the Pacific Northwest, Vancouver 2010
by Cara Nicholl

Library Acquisitions: Notes from Suzzallo
by Deepa Banerjee

A Conversation with Sareeta Amrute
by Ashley Dutta

Todd Shea's Visit
by Ethan Casey



 

 

The Washington South Asia Report is published twice a year from Seattle, Washington. Part of the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington, the South Asia Center is a U.S. Department of Education Title VI Funded National Resource Center.


Priti Ramamurthy, South Asia Center Director; Associate Professor
Department of Women Studies
priti@uw.edu

Keith Snodgrass, South Asia Center Associate Director and Outreach Coordinator; Newsletter Editor
snodgras@uw.edu

Anna Cohen, Research Assistant, Newsletter Associate Editor
cohenas@uw.edu
 

South Asia Center
University of Washington
Box 353650
t: 206.543.4800
e: sascuw@uw.edu
w: jsis.washington.edu/soasia/

 

 

 

 

 


 

South Asia Center
University of Washington
303 Thomson Hall
Box 353650
Seattle, WA 98195
(206) 543-4800 phone
(206) 685-0668 fax
►sascuw@u.washington.edu

Anand Yang, Director

Keith Snodgrass, Associate Director

Molly Wilskie-Kala, Program Coordinator

Nabeeha Chaudhary, Research Assistant

Robyn Davis, FLAS Coordinator
206-616-8679
►rldavis@uw.edu

Cabeiri Robinson, Graduate Program Coordinator