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

The South Asia Center’s graduate assistant interviewed Aditya Ramesh, who joined the Department of History at the University of Washington as an Assistant Professor in Winter Quarter 2024. Read on to learn more as Professor Ramesh shares some insights with us about his research in South Asia and upcoming book projects. GA: To begin with,

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

  UW Libraries recently acquired subscription to Khabar Lahariya and KL Hatke, their premium English subscription service. Khabar Lahariya is India’s first and only women-led digital news publication that focuses on gender and education with a mission to build a bridge between rural and urban India. KL Hatke is exclusive rural journalism at its finest,

In the November 2023 Special Issue Newsletter published by the U.S. Department of Education Office of International and Foreign Language Education (IFLE), the University of Washington’s five National Resource Centers, funded by the U.S. Department of Education and housed at the Jackson School, are featured for their program impact and outreach following a site visit by

The South Asia Center’s graduate assistant conducted an interview with Kavita Dattani, who assumed the role of Assistant Professor in the Department of Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies at the University of Washington in the autumn of 2023. Explore further to gain insights into Professor Dattani’s compelling academic journey. GA:  To begin with, I am