South Asian Studies at the University of Washington has a long history and great depth in research and teaching about this important region of the world, which includes India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, and Afghanistan. Our faculty teach about, conduct research, and facilitate student engagement in all the countries of South Asia.
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July 14, 2017
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Ph.D. Candidate Deep Pal, whose research focus is on India’s foreign policy toward China, argues in his op-ed “The 30-year itch in India-China ties” that the biggest foreign policy crisis of the year
July 1, 2017
Posted by: Monique Thormann
Professors Sunila Kale and Christian Novetzke co-author an article “Yoga and the Means and Ends of Secularism” detailing the ongoing legal cases in the U.S. and India over the role of yoga in public
May 2, 2017
Posted by: Jeremy D Pritchard
April 5, 2017
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“My UW experience provided me with the intellectual community and fieldwork opportunities to combine my unique perspectives as a mountaineer and development scholar to fight for a more thoughtful and
January 30, 2017
Posted by: odedo
Alumna Hannah Haegeland (M.A. in South Asia Studies, 2015) writes in The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists on South Asia’s nuclear and radiological threat environment in “The terrifying geography of
January 23, 2017
Posted by: Jessica Beyer
India and the U.S. share a cybersecurity interest in tackling terrorism and clean energy issues, but relations are often strained between the two countries.
November 16, 2016
Posted by: Jessica Beyer
The electricity sector in India is starting to deploy smart grid technologies with the hope that they will play a central role in strengthening this sector so it can provide
October 24, 2016
Posted by: odedo
Columbia University Press has published Jackson School South Asia and Comparative Religion Professor Christian Novetzke’s latest book, The Quotidian Revolution: Vernacularization, Religion, and the Premodern Public Sphere in India, which explores a pivotal moment in
September 12, 2016
Posted by: Jessica Beyer
The e-commerce industry has been rapidly growing in India. The distinct constraints and opportunities of the Indian context has shaped how e-commerce has developed, with online retailers having to address
August 31, 2016
Posted by: rrc8