The South Asia Center congratulates the 2024 graduates of the M.A. in International Studies (South Asia) and affiliated South Asia Studies programs! Abdulwajid Abdulwahid Degree: M.A. in International Studies (South Asia), Jackson School of International Studies Research/academic interests: Interested in looking at the modern characteristics of Afghan Refugees especially after the collapse of the republic

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.

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:

Sumangala Damodaran, a Fulbright Visiting Scholar in the Department of Gender, Women and Sexuality Studies, recently joined architecture professor and South Asia Center affiliate faculty Vikramaditya Prakash‘s podcast Architecture Talk to discuss her protest songs, her songs of sorrow, her singing, the research she has done to connect civilizations, and the diverse impact she has created

Anita Ramasastry, Henry M. Jackson Endowed Professor of Law and South Asia Center affiliated faculty, was recently featured in The Whole U for her work on human rights policies. In her more than two decades at the University of Washington, Ramasastry has helped write uniform laws on human trafficking that have been adopted by many

Anjali Yadav, a doctoral student in the Department of Asian Languages and Literature, was recently awarded a Digital India Learning fellowship from the American Institute of Indian Studies. Yadav’s project, “The Performing Arts Ephemera Collection of Sunil Kothari,” will highlight the work of Indian dance historian Sunil Kothari with a curated digital exhibition. “This fellowship, in

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

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