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The Center for South Asia at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is made up of a community of faculty and staff who reflect the diversity and global relevance of South Asian Studies.
Through our diverse academic disciplines, summer language institute, annual conference, student organizations and outreach programs, the Center seeks to define and promote greater understanding of South Asian history, language, religion and culture.
We also support linkages to other relevant area studies and global studies programs that emphasize transnational flows of culture, people, money in ways that are important to a better understanding of South Asia both in the past and the present.
News and Announcements
Prof. Mou Banerjee awarded Thomas J. Wilson Memorial Prize by HUP for book The Disinherited
CSA faculty member Mou Banerjee was awarded the Thomas J. Wilson Memorial Prize by the Harvard University Press Board of Syndics for her book The Disinherited: The Politics of Christian Conversion in Colonial India. The …
December 11, 2025Prof. Darshana Mini receives honorable mention for the MLA Jeanne Scaglione Prize for South Asian Studies
CSA faculty member Darshana Mini received honorable mention for the MLA Jeanne Scaglione Prize for South Asian Studies for her book Rated A: Soft-Porn Cinema and Mediations of Desire in India, published by the University …
December 11, 2025Over 1,000 Scholars Gather for the 53rd Annual Conference on South Asia
The Center for South Asia at UW–Madison recently hosted the 53rd Annual Conference on South Asia, the largest and most preeminent annual academic forum for South Asian studies worldwide. With over 1,000 registered participants, the …
November 12, 2025NCA Honors Professor Darshana Sreedhar Mini
We are delighted to share that Professor Darshana Sreedhar Mini’s book, Rated A, has been awarded the 2025 Asian/Pacific American Communication Studies Division & Caucus Outstanding Book Award by the National Communication Association (NCA). This …
November 12, 2025Congratulations to Dr Anirban K. Baishya on National Communication Association Recognition
We are delighted to congratulate Dr Anirban K. Baishya on receiving the Outstanding Article Award from the Asian/Pacific American Communication Studies Division/Caucus at the National Communication Association (NCA). This distinguished honor highlights his significant contributions …
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Upcoming Events
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- February 5
- February 19Peter DeSouza (African Centre for Epistemology and Philosophy of Science (ACEPS), University of Johannesburg)Why did Mrs. Gandhi impose the Emergency, and why did she lift it? Revisiting the Indian Emergency of 197512:00 PM, 206 Ingraham Hall
Also offered online - February 26
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- March 5
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