With the Middle East Center, the South Asia Center hosted an exciting interdisciplinary symposium at the University of Washington Seattle campus in October. The symposium, titled “Gender, Translation, and the Short Form in the Eurasian Periodical,” brought together scholars working across Urdu, Persian, Uzbek, Hindi and Tamil literary-periodical cultures in two days of stimulating panels,

Over the summer, JSIS South Asia MA student Karthik Malli worked with the Script Encoding Initiative (SEI) at UC Berkeley on exploring the relationship between script, writing technology, and modernity in India. Karthik’s project looked at how the arrival of the typewriter in India spurred language communities to standardize and reform their writing systems, and

The 2025 session of the UW Nepali Summer Language Program marked its sixth anniversary, bringing together students from across the world for intensive Nepali language instruction. The Nepali Summer Language Program, part of the South Asia Center’s Nepali Studies Initiative, offers students a gateway for Nepali language and cultural immersion, bringing attention to a part

The South Asia Center recently sat down with Sravanthi Kollu, who recently joined the Department of Asian Languages and Literature as UW’s first-ever Assistant Professor of Telugu, to learn more about her scholarship and teaching interests. SAC: To begin with, we are eager to know what inspired you to choose the fields of literary history,

Dear Friends of the South Asia Center, I hope this note finds you as well as can be in these tumultuous times. As we come to the close of another academic year, I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for the many ways in which you continue to engage with and

The South Asia Center recently spoke with graduating senior Kirin Yadav about the academic opportunities she has pursued in South Asian history, museum studies, and public scholarship while at the University of Washington. What degree(s) are you receiving? I am receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree in History with minors in Anthropology and Writing. What

In our continued effort to spotlight recent scholarly outputs of our faculty, the South Asia Center is proud to present a summary of recent publications that contribute to various fields related to South Asia Studies and beyond. The list below contains a snapshot of scholarly publications related to South Asian or international topics appearing since

The South Asia Center is proud to sponsor the 51st Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF), including the coming-of-age border drama, “Boong.” In this 2024 film, nine-year-old schoolboy Boong and his best friend Raju make the journey to Moreh, India to investigate a rumor that his father has passed. In-person screenings are May 22 at 1

The Hindi Song Book, the first installment of an open access Manifold-created journal in collaboration with UW Libraries, officially launched last week. This project is the result of a collaborative effort of UW Librarians Verletta Kern and Dylan Burns, Hindi instructor Heidi Pauwels, and graduate and undergraduate students at the University of Washington in Seattle, with

Spring 2025 South Asia Center Graduate Student Workshop and Reception Friday, May 30, 2025 Thomson Hall Room 317 Workshop and Keynote: 10:00am – 4:00pm Reception: 4:00 – 5:00pm The Spring 2025 South Asia Center Graduate Student Workshop will feature presentations from current UW graduate students spanning a range of topics and disciplines across South Asia