The Kumaon region of Uttarakhand borders Nepal and is in India’s central Himalayas. On October 29th 2018, Radhika Govindrajan read excerpts from her book Animal Intimacies, which lays out the ethnographic work she conducted in the area’s mountain villages and explores the nuances of animal-human relationships in the region. Govindrajan gripped the audience from the

Conscience, Community & Citizenship: Religious Pluralism in an Age of Religious Nationalism Date: Tue Oct 9, 2018, 9:00am – 4:00pm Location: The Aspen Institute, 2300 N Street NW, Washington, DC Live stream: ZOOM Join from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android: https://aspeninst.zoom.us/j/281229569 Or iPhone one-tap : US: +16468769923, 281229569# or +16699006833, 281229569# Or Telephone: Dial (for higher quality,

From September 28th through October 7th, Seattle has the privilege of hosting one of the largest South Asian film festivals in the country.  Now in its 13th year, Tasveer draws films and film makers from around the world. Pakistan will be the featured region this year, along with the theme #KnowMe. The South Asia Center

On July 23rd and 24th a workshop on ‘Rural Urban Entanglements in India’ took place on the University of Hyderabad campus. Organized by University of Washington professor of Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies Priti Ramamurthy and University of Hyderabad professor Purendra Prasad, the workshop brought together graduate students and practicing scholars from India, France, and

On July 9th 2018 the South Asia Center released its annual report. The report reviews the breadth of Center activities over the past academic year and celebrates the many accomplishments of our students, faculty, and staff. Students conducting research on South Asia have received coveted fellowships to support their projects, and graduating PhDs are landing

Assistant professor of anthropology and South Asia Center affiliate Radhika Govindrajan published a book last month through the University of Chicago Press. Titled Animal Intimacies: Interspecies Relatedness in India’s Central Himalayas, the book has already received critical acclaim, winning the Edward Cameron Dimock Jr. Prize in the Indian Humanities from the American Institute of Indian Studies.

Aruna Roy is an activist and social worker from India. She is the founder of the Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan and has been a powerful voice behind the Right To Information movement and the laws enacted because of it. She recently published a book on the movement titled The RTI Story: Power to the People.

            The South Asia National Outreach Consortium (SANOC) has announced the winners of the 2018 South Asia Book Award for Children’s and Young Adult Literature (SABA). SANOC is also accepting submissions for the 2019 award. This year’s winners are – Nancy Churnin and Danny Popovici for Manjhi Moves a Mountain

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