From a post by the Department of Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies: The Nancy C. M. Hartsock Graduate Student Prize committee has announced the recipients of this year’s award, honoring GWSS graduate students Saad Khan and Marielle Marcaida for their outstanding contributions to Feminist Theory. Khan, along with co-author Tanveer Anoy, received recognition for their paper

Kaya Mallick, a master’s degree student in South Asia Studies who will graduate in June 2024, will head to Uttarakhand, India for 12 months to research female practitioners of Hindu asceticism, yoga, and Tantra as a Fulbright U.S. Student Scholar. Learn more about Kaya in this post from JSIS.

This list contains courses both explicitly on a South Asian topic and courses with an international or relevant thematic focus taught by South Asia Center affiliated faculty. Always double-check the UW Time Schedule for the most current course information.

This list contains courses both explicitly on a South Asian topic and courses with an international or thematic focus taught by South Asia Center affiliated faculty. Always double-check the UW Time Schedule for the most current course information.

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 Asia appearing since 2023. Featured Publications:

The Association for Asian Studies (AAS) Annual Conference will take place in Seattle on March 14–17, 2024. See below for AAS panels featuring faculty and students affiliated with the South Asia Center. TITLE DATE & TIME LOCATION UW PANELIST(S) Caste Anti-Discrimination Legislation in North America: Strategies and Futures Thursday, March 14, 2024 | 7:00 PM

This list contains courses both explicitly on a South Asian topic (“History by Bollywood”, “Introduction to Modern South Asia”) and courses with an international or thematic focus taught by South Asia Center affiliated faculty (“Writing Workshop for Public Scholarship”). Always double-check the UW Time Schedule for the most current course information.

Art works by two School of Art faculty affiliated with the South Asia Center were recently on display in prominent Mumbai galleries. Assistant Professor in Painting + Drawing, Sangram Majumdar, and Lecturer in Painting + Drawing, Kuldeep Singh, were part of the 11th edition of the Mumbai Gallery Weekend, which ran January 11 – 14 in

Farrah Hasan is a second-year Master’s student at the School of Marine and Environmental Affairs and 2023-24 FLAS fellow in Advanced Bangla. In summer 2023, she undertook fieldwork in Mongla, Bangladesh to conduct research as part of her Master’s thesis, interviewing flood induced and non-flood induced migrants regarding their quality of life, as well as

“Almost 80 million people speak Telugu,” says Hanuma Kodavalla. “Not many people know its richness as a language and culture.” He and his wife recently established the Hanuma and Anuradha Kodavalla Endowed Chair in Telugu at the UW. The generous gift provides an invaluable addition to the College of Arts & Sciences and Department of