Jackson School News: South Asia Center

A new normal ‘post-pandemic’? UW National Resource Centers host teacher training on a global approach

Into the abyss or taking flight – what’s the ‘new normal’ in our post-pandemic world? And are we really ‘post-pandemic’? This idea was the focus of conversation and debate for

Alum Adrian Alarilla quoted on addressing stereotyping of Asian American actors // Seattle Times

In “A new generation of Asian American artists is expanding Bruce Lee’s legacy,” Jackson School Alum Adrian Alarilla (M.A. Southeast Asian Studies 2018) talks about why it’s important to support community-level

New gift to support students studying India at the University of Washington

Learning about India just became a little easier for students at the University of Washington, thanks to a recent gift of $100,000 to the Henry M. Jackson School of International

Leela Fernandes quoted in article on global middle class slipping down the ladder // Bloomberg Businessweek

Jackson School Director Leela Fernandes is quoted on how “the socioeconomic fragility” of India’s middle class has been exposed by the pandemic in an article titled “Millions Are Tumbling Out of

New book by Anand Yang tells forgotten histories of Indian convicts in colonial Southeast Asia

In “Empire of Convicts: Indian Penal Labor in Colonial Southeast Asia” (University of California Press, January 2021) Jackson School and History Professor Anand Yang, also former chair of the department of history and

Sunila Kale is special issue editor of The Journal of Peasant Studies

Associate Professor and Chair of the South Asia Center Sunila S. Kale is the special issue editor of the November issue of The Journal of Peasant Studies on comparative land politics in

UW National Resource Centers host teacher training on borders, real and imaginary

Are borders a political language? An ideology? A way of thinking? A way of being in this world? What are the implications of borders on globalization, identity, democracy, migration, global

South Asia Center Courses Fall 2020

Cabeiri Robinson’s book noted in article on India’s use of COVID-19 to exploit human rights in Kashmir // The Conversation

Cabeiri Robinson, a Jackson School associate professor of international studies, comparative religion and South Asia programs, is referenced in “India uses coronavirus pandemic to exploit human rights in Kashmir” for her

Spring 2020: Trump in the World Lecture Series

*Important update* In light of the public health advisories on social distancing, the Trump in the World Spring 2020 Lecture Series is only being offered as a UW course. We