On the 11 of May, students and faculty gathered together for an informal book discussion about Shahab Ahmed’s groundbreaking work, What is Islam? The Importance of Being Islamic. For such a challenging work, the turn out was heartening— more than thirty people in total were involved in the discussion, from various disciplines and departments, including NELC, History,

Manjushree Thapa, acclaimed Nepali author and former UW creative writing student spoke in Thomson Hall on Thursday April 19th. Weaving together stories of her time at UW and experiences of Nepali society and political transformation, she raised questions about power, subjectivity, and representation. Manjushree recalled writing workshops at UW and the ways they shaped her

Divya McMillin, South Asia Center faculty member, professor of global media studies, and executive director of the UW Tacoma Institute for Global Engagement &  global honors program will deliver the keynote address at the 14th Annual Teaching & Learning Symposium. Professor McMillin will speak on ‘Teaching in Global Classrooms’. The 2018 Teaching & Learning Symposium

On April 4th  professor Christian Lee Novetzke was named a 2018 Guggenheim Fellow! Professor Novetzke will use the fellowship to advance two projects. The first is on the role of bhakti in the creation of political ethics in Maharashtra over the last 700 years. The second is a collaborative project with Dr. Sunila Kale on yoga as

South Asia Center faculty member Alka Kurian’s recent #MeToo article has been quoted and republished by media outlets around the world, including the LA Times, Chicago Tribune, The Wire, and outlets in the UK, Sri Lanka, and Africa. India Today also quoted the article.

Professor of Political Science Aseem Prakash has published three articles in recent weeks. In The Washington Post’s Monkey Cage in February, Why is India ‘missing’ 63 million women — even though development is roaring? In The Regulatory Review Should India’s Supreme Court Enforce Regulations? And in The Huffington Post The Climate Change Hypocrisy Of Jet-Setting Academics.  

Hannah Haegeland (South Asian Studies MA 2015) recently co-authored an article published in The Hindu. Titled A political choice, the article examines crisis situations arising between India and Pakistan, and addresses why some violent events trigger crises when others do not. The article is derived from a recently released volume by the Stimson Center titled

Professor of International Studies Christian Novetzke‘s 2016 book The Quotidian Revolution: Vernacularization, Religion, and the Premodern Public Sphere in India was recently reviewed by William E.B. Sherman for the LA Review of Books. You can find the review here!

March 2nd & 3rd marked the 51st year of The South Asia Conference of the Pacific Northwest (SACPAN). Held on the beautiful campus of the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, SACPAN reiterated the values of its founders by creating a light and lively space for regional students and scholars to share their work, refine

The grant competition for 2018 is currently open. Below is some information regarding this grant, please check back in for more updates.  As part of the Global Competencies in 21st Century Asian Studies initiative, the University of Washington’s Center for Global Studies, South Asia Center, East Asia Center, and Southeast Asia Center offer grants for Community College