On October 14th 2021, Waqas Butt joined the UW South Asia Center and presented an excerpt from his upcoming book project “Reproducing Lahore: Waste and the Work of Infrastructures in Urban Pakistan.” This project examines the ways in which waste workers, who are drawn predominantly from low or non-caste (Dalit) groups, have become essential components

MA in South Asia Studies South Asia Center, Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies University of Washington, Seattle Deadline: January 31, 2022 Apply: https://jsis.washington.edu/programs/graduate/mais/ma-apply/ The South Asia Center in the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington invites applications for the MA in South Asia Studies program. Located in beautiful Seattle, the University of Washington is one of

The South Asia Center congratulates two recent Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) fellows on receiving prizes from the Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies! Yogasai Gazula (BA International Studies, FLAS Fellow in Hindi and Sanskrit) received Best Undergraduate Paper for her paper, “Always On-Demand: How the Gig Economy is Changing Traditional Work Practices,” which she wrote this

The Summer 2021 Nepali Language Program was one of the largest global gatherings for Nepali language training … ever. This two-week online intensive language training program featured 41 students across 2 language learning levels: 24 beginners 17 advanced beginners / low intermediate Participants hailed from 7 countries: Bangladesh Canada China India Netherlands United Kingdom United States Participants included:

Seeking a Telugu Instructor Department of Asian Languages and Literature University of Washington Seattle, WA 98195 The Department of Asian Languages and Literature, University of Washington, Seattle, invites applications for a part-time, temporary lecturer to teach one course, most likely, ‘Elementary Telugu’ in Winter Quarter (January–March 2022) and a second course, most likely in continuation

The American Institute of Indian Studies (AIIS) recently announced the latest episode in its podcast series. The episode sheds light on the AIIS-CAORC faculty development seminars, “Exploring Urban Sustainability through India’s Cities.” The seminars are intended for faculty at community colleges and minority-serving institutions, and they are supported in part by the UW South Asia Center. The podcast features podcast host Dr. Anandi

The South Asia Center is now accepting applications from high school students for our Summer 2021 workshop, Urdu for High School Students! In this 2-week workshop, students will learn basic written and spoken Urdu, one of the major languages of the South Asian subcontinent. Classes will include writing, listening, and speaking exercises; collaborative projects; and

During the 2020-21 academic year, the UW South Asia Center thrived in its mission to support the study of South Asia in the Pacific Northwest and beyond. We were proud to host and support a wide range of engaging programming – all of it virtual – in our communities this year. We invite you to explore the highlights

The 2020-21 academic year was a productive period for scholarly publications at the UW South Asia Center, with faculty and graduate students publishing dozens of scholarly articles and book chapters on a wide range of international and South Asia-related topics. The highlights below reflect new publications from the last six months, approx. January–June 2021. See

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 Studies from longtime UW donors S. Rao and Usha Varanasi. Both are also UW alumni. The fund, to be known as the S. Rao and Usha Varanasi