Welcome!
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
UW–Madison’s Professor Gurindar Sohi Honored with 2025 IEEE Computer Pioneer Award
Professor Gurindar (Guri) Sohi—Vilas Research Professor, John P. Morgridge Professor, and E. David Cronon Professor of Computer Sciences at UW–Madison—has been awarded the prestigious 2025 Computer Pioneer Award in Honor of the Women of ENIAC …
March 20, 2025Congratulations Prof. Miki Chase
Congratulations to Dr. Miki Chase, Assistant Professor and Śrī Anantnāth Chair in Jain Studies faculty at Asian Languages and Culture (ALC) and CSA affiliate faculty, on her acceptance into the prestigious Women’s Studies in Religion …
March 20, 2025In Memoriam: Joseph Elder
The UW-Madison Center for South Asia mourns the loss of Professor Emeritus Joseph Elder. Professor Elder’s work and legacy leaves a lasting imprint on many people and programs at UW-Madison, the signature UW in India …
February 4, 2025New Book by Prof. Mou Banerjee
The Center for South Asia is delighted to announce the publication of ‘The Disinherited: The Politics of Christian Conversion in Colonial India,’ authored by Prof. Mou Banerjee, Assistant Professor of History at the University of …
January 28, 2025IRIS News on 52nd ACSA 2024
The Center for South Asia is pleased to share a new article published by IRIS (Institute for Regional and International Studies) highlighting the remarkable success of our 52nd Annual Conference on South Asia. The comprehensive …
December 3, 2024- More News
Upcoming Events
- April
- April 10CSA Spring Lecture Series 2025Natalie Gummer | Toward a Ritual Theory of Metaphor in Buddhist Literature12:00 PM, 206 Ingraham Hall
Also offered online - April 17CSA Spring Lecture Series 2025Nandita Punj | Giving up and Living it Large: a Jain Tale and its Early Modern Painted Iterations12:00 PM, 206 Ingraham Hall
- April 20CSA Spring Lecture Series 2025Anamika Singh | Sheetla Special Screening and Q/A12:00 PM, Chazen Museum of Art
- May
- May 1CSA Spring Lecture Series 2025Ankita Nikalje | Caste Critical Race Theory (CasteCRIT): Caste in the U.S.12:00 PM, 206 Ingraham Hall
Also offered online - May 2Friday Forum CSEAS: Darshana MiniIndian Independence League, the INA and Migrant Anti-colonial Struggle12:00 PM, 206 Ingraham Hall