Last Saturday the South Asia Center was pleased to host “Adabi Nashist: An Urdu Literary Session.  – complete with chai and samosas. Organized by Jameel Ahmad and Jennifer Dubrow (UW Department of Asian Language & Literature), the event brought together students of Urdu and Hindi from elementary to advanced levels of study, the local South Asian

Cities of the Global South URBDP 498B/598B A-term (June 22nd-July 22nd) MW 10:30am-12:20pm Gould 208J Since the end of the twentieth century, a majority of the world’s largest urban agglomerations are located outside the Global North, in the Global South where the largest and fastest wave of urbanization in human history is now underway. This urbanization

Please join the UW South Asia Center in congratulating Hannah Haegeland who has won a prestigious Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellowship. Fall 2015 Scoville Fellows were chosen from among 164 candidates who attended 113 universities in 33 states. As part of her fellowship, she will be working at the Stimson Center in Washington D.C. Hannah is currently completing her MA in

Introduction to Postcolonial Literature, focus on Pakistan and South Asia ENGL 316A/CHID 250C Autumn Quarter T, TH 8:30am-10:20am SMI 407 Once part of the global British Empire and now officially independent, countries like Kenya, Zimbabwe, Pakistan, Jamaica, India and Barbados have performed and negotiated their break from colonialism in sometimes different, sometimes similar ways. Our

[This article is a repost from the Jackson School of International Studies Blog] Over 30 Seattle area K-12 teachers learned the latest on “Global Asia: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow” this year thanks to a unique, decade-long collaboration between The Seattle Times and the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies. On April 29, 2015, the

Afghanistan A Few Cubic Meters of Love Iran | 2014 | 90 minutes | Jamshid Mahmoudi Afghanistan’s foreign-language Oscar® entry is truly a “Romeo and Juliet” for the globalized world—an Iranian teen and a young Afghan refugee find each other, and a bit of happiness, in the most unlikely circumstances.   Frame by Frame Afghanistan

Social and Political Geographies of South Asia JSIS A 438 / GEOG 436 A-term (June 22nd-July 22nd) MTWTh 9:40am – 11:20am THO 335 This course will explore three primary themes within the framework of contemporary social and political landscapes of South Asia: (1) everyday lived experiences of poverty, structural violence, and inequality; (2) gender and sexuality in

Dear friends, colleagues, and well-wishers of Nepal, We are deeply moved by the devastating earthquake on April 25th, 2015 in Nepal. At this moment of unimaginable tragedy, your overwhelming support has touched our hearts and supported us to gather our energy to bounce back. We appreciate every prayer and every penny that you have generously