Jennifer Dubrow (AL&L) recently published an essay in the online journal positions entitled “Singing the Revolution: India’s Anti-CAA Protests and Faiz’s ‘Hum Dekhenge.’” This piece highlights the role of Urdu poetry in the current protests against India’s Citizenship Amendment Act, with focus on the poem “Hum Dekhenge” by Faiz Ahmad Faiz, a rallying cry in protests in India

Like many organizations and individuals, we at the UW South Asia Center are striving to find ways to support our community during the COVID-19 outbreak. We hope the resources below are helpful for those in our community – from Seattle to South Asia. Stay well! Relief organizations and citizen initiatives Humanitarian organizations and citizen-led initiatives

This collection brings together information on core resources for teaching, learning, and working remotely. Technology guides, UW policies, and articles on best practices for remote education are included in the links. A great starting point for instructors is UW’s Center for Teaching and Learning, which includes guides on remote teaching. Technology for Working Remotely For

During the last weekend in February, UW faculty and graduate students traveled to Vancouver, BC, for the 2020 South Asia Conference of the Pacific Northwest (SACPAN). Hosted by Simon Fraser University, this year’s gathering asked scholars to consider “Gaps, Blind-Spots, and Frontiers in South Asia Studies.” Dr. Sunila Kale chaired the first panel of the

On February 6, Professor Ather Zia (University of Northern Colorado) joined the South Asia Center for a talk on “The Erasure of Kashmir’s Autonomy and the Myth of Gender Discrimination.” Zia, co-founder of the Critical Kashmir Studies Collective and author of Resisting Disappearance: Military. Occupation and Women’s Activism in Kashmir, discussed the history of occupation

Professors Radhika Govindrajan and Cassie Adcock (Washington University in St. Louis) recently co-edited a special issue of South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies focused on bovine politics in India. Featuring essays by Adcock, Sahana Ghosh, Shaheed Tayob, Kathryn Hardy, Aarti Sethi, and James Staples, the issue provides new perspectives on religion, law, and ethics in South

On Wednesday, January 22, the Museum of History and Industry (MOHAI), with the support of the South Asia Center, hosted the panel discussion Beyond Borders: South Asian Immigrants and the Northwest. Held in conjunction with the Museum’s exhibit Beyond Bollywood: Indian Americans Shape the Nation, the panel brought together local leaders in South Asian scholarship

Professor Heidi Pauwels (Asian Languages & Literature) was recently awarded a National Endowment for the Humanities fellowship to work on her book, The Voice of India’s 18th-Century Mona Lisa: Songs by Rasik Bihari of Kishangarh. Pauwels’ project explores the poetry of an 18th-century woman known as Bani-thani or Rasik Bihari, who was a court performer and favorite of

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 invited 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