On January 7, 2022, anthropologist Tarini Bedi (University of Illinois at Chicago) presented a lecture via Zoom on “Indian Automobility and Auto-Space in Urban India: Whose Road is it Anyway?” Drawn from her recent book Mumbai Taximen: Autobiographies and Automobilities in India (University of Washington Press), Bedi’s talk explored “Indian automobility” through the lens of

We are looking for a part-time Program Coordinator (20 hours per week) to join the South Asia Studies and Southeast Asia Studies academic programs and National Resource Centers at the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington. See the job description below, and learn more and apply here. Applicants seeking

On Thursday, December 2nd, 2021, Juned Shaikh delivered a lecture on content from his recently published book Outcaste Bombay: City Making and the Politics of the Poor (University of Washington Press). His lecture covered the history of how marxist ideas, literature, and intellectuals trickled into Bombay city in the first few years after World War I, and

Radhika Govindrajan, director of the South Asia Center and associate professor at the Jackson School and Department of Anthropology, has been awarded an Honorable Mention in the 2021 Diana Forsythe Prize for her book, “Animal Intimacies: Interspecies Relatedness in India’s Central Himalayas” (University of Chicago Press, 2018) by the American Anthropological Association. “Animal Intimacies” recounts the varying relationships people

South Asia Center affiliated faculty member Anu Taranath‘s book, Beyond Guilt Trips: Mindful Travel in an Unequal World was recently selected as a Winner for the Newsweek Future of Travel Award in Storytelling. It has also been recently reviewed and featured in various publications such as National Geographic, Esquire, Oprah Magazine, Kind Traveler, Adventure Travel Trade Association, Nomadic Network, Impact

Get to Know Our South Asia Studies Faculty and Scholars As a way to introduce you to our South Asia Studies faculty and scholars, we have asked them to share one article they feel represents their work well. Below you will find links to the articles faculty shared with us. For a full list of

On Thursday, October 14th 2021, Tasveer Festival hosted a symposium on Underrepresented Muslim Voices in Mainstream Global Media, presented by the University of Washington South Asia Center. The symposium included five panelists and one moderator, who explored the systematic invisibilization, simplistic one-dimensional portrayal, and racial-profiling and stereotyping of Muslims in the mainstream media across the

On October 14th 2021, Waqas Butt joined the UW South Asia Center and presented an excerpt from his upcoming book project “Reproducing Lahore: Waste and the Work of Infrastructures in Urban Pakistan.” This project examines the ways in which waste workers, who are drawn predominantly from low or non-caste (Dalit) groups, have become essential components

The South Asia Center congratulates two recent Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) fellows on receiving prizes from the Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies! Yogasai Gazula (BA International Studies, FLAS Fellow in Hindi and Sanskrit) received Best Undergraduate Paper for her paper, “Always On-Demand: How the Gig Economy is Changing Traditional Work Practices,” which she wrote this

The Summer 2021 Nepali Language Program was one of the largest global gatherings for Nepali language training … ever. This two-week online intensive language training program featured 41 students across 2 language learning levels: 24 beginners 17 advanced beginners / low intermediate Participants hailed from 7 countries: Bangladesh Canada China India Netherlands United Kingdom United States Participants included: