On Thursday, January 16, the South Asia Center and Nepal Studies Initiative welcomed writer Shradha Ghale for a talk entitled “Parks vs. People: An Unresolved Conflict in Nepal.” Ghale provided a historical overview of the creation of protected lands and parks in Nepal, which now take up nearly a fourth of the country’s total area.

On January 9, the South Asia Center welcomed two distinguished scholars for talks and a panel discussion on “Caste, Gender, and Citizenship in Contemporary India.” Professors K. Satyanarayana (EFLU-Hyderabad) and Charu Gupta (University of Delhi) shared their insights on a range of critical issues, from student movements to Dalit literature and inter-religious marriages. Talks were followed

Randall Kyes is a Research Professor in the Department of Psychology and Adjunct Research Professor in the Departments of Global Health and Anthropology. He also is Founding Director of the University’s Center for Global Field Study, and Core Scientist and Head of the Division of Global Programs at the Washington National Primate Research Center. His research focuses

On December 5, the South Asia Center and Nepal Studies Initiative welcomed Professor Lauren Leve (UNC-Chapel Hill) for the final South Asia Colloquium of the autumn quarter. The event was co-sponsored by the Department of Anthropology. Speaking to a full house in Denny Hall, Leve discussed her ongoing ethnographic research related to Christianity, the ethics of care, and gendered religious labor in

On October 4, the South Asia Center sponsored a symposium on ‘Filmmaking in New South Asia,’ as part of the 2019 Tasveer South Asian Film Festival. Moderated by Dr. Alka Kurian, the panel discussion featured Anand Patwardhan (Reason), Ritu Sarin and Tenzing Sonam (The Sweet Requiem), Syed Muhammad Hassan Zaidi (Dunkey Following European Dreams) and Professor

The South Asia Center is proud to be a sponsor of the 2019 Tasveer South Asian Film Festival. This year Tasveer has collaborated with the South Asia Center to bring a film screening and panel discussion to the UW Seattle campus, both on October 4th. At 4 PM attend the symposium Filmmaking in New South Asia,

  The Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC) and the American Institute of Indian Studies (AIIS) is accepting applications from faculty at community colleges and minority serving institutions for a fully funded faculty development seminar in India. The program will take place from December 26, 2019 through January 10, 2020. Participants will explore urban sustainability

Associate Professor of Anthropology and South Asia Center affiliate Sareeta Amrute has won the International Convention of Asia Scholars (ICAS) 2019 book award in the social sciences for her book Encoding Race, Encoding Class: Indian IT Workers in Berlin. Professor Amrute has also received the The Diana Forsythe Prize from the American Anthropological Association for the book. Read

The South Asia Center designed and hosted the pre-departure orientation program for the US Department of Education’s Fulbright-Hays Group Seminars Abroad Program in India this year. On July 2nd and 3rd 2019, it welcomed 16 K-8 teachers from across the US at UW’s Seattle campus before they departed on a 4-week trip to India. The theme