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

This list contains courses 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.

“The From Text to Stage: The Living Rāmlīlā” is now open at Allen Library North. The exhibit showcases the dramatic reenactment of Rāmacaritamānasa, the 16th-century epic by Gosvāmī Tulsidāsa, with a special focus on the Ramnagar Rāmlīlā of Varanasi; this Rāmlīlā integrates recitation, dramatic enactment, and tableaux (jhāṅkī). Alongside images of other plays, the exhibit

Jackson School Professor and former South Asia Center Director Sunila S. Kale, recognized for her scholarship and leadership in the study of India in the U.S., has been elected to serve as the next president of the American Institute of Indian Studies (AIIS). Her four-year term will begin on July 1, 2026. Kale was selected

Amalie Goul Dueholm, a recent graduate of the cinema & media studies Ph.D. program and former affiliated student of the South Asia Center, and Amaal Akhtar, a current affiliate of the center and Ph.D. student in history, have both recently published insightful works on post, the Museum of Modern Art’s online platform dedicated to exploring

This list contains courses 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.

The South Asia Center (SAC) recently sat down with Alka Kurian, Associate Teaching Professor of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences at UW-Bothell and co-coordinator of Jaipur Literature Festival (JLF) Seattle, to reflect on the inaugural year of this exciting literary festival, which was cosponsored by the South Asia Center. JLF Seattle, the newest addition to the

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