Aparna Bhargava Dharwadker I first met Girish Karnad in April 1986, at the Chicago home of our close mutual friend A. K. Ramanujan, who had organized the Festival of India literary conference …
2019 South Asia Book Awards Announced
In recent years, an increasing number of high-quality children’s and young adult books have been published that portray cultures, histories, and contemporary issues in South Asia or dealing with South Asians living abroad. To encourage …
Center for South Asia welcomes new IRIS Executive Director Anju Reejhsinghani
Welcome, Anju! The Center for South Asia is pleased to welcome the new Executive Director of the Institute for Regional and International Studies (IRIS), Anju Reejhsinghani. Anju will join us from UW-Stevens Point, where she is …
Paul Robbins promoted to Dean of Nelson Institute
Area & International Studies Undergraduate Paper Awards
Participating area and international studies centers of the Institute for Regional and International Studies are each awarding $1,000 to the best paper/s written by an undergraduate and focused on their respective world regions. Full submission …
Center for South Asia announces travel grant awardees
Congratulations to the following recipients of 2019 Center for South Asia Travel Grants! Soosai Raj (Gerald) Adalbert (Computer Sciences and Education) will present his insights on effective pedagogy for teaching computer programming to non-native English speakers in …
J. Mark Kenoyer honored by Society for American Archaeology
The Society for American Archaeology has announced its 2019 award recipients. UW-Madison Professor J. Mark Kenoyer has been awarded the Award for Excellence in Archaeological Analysis “For his detailed and rigorous empirical analyses of a broad …
New Documentary Short Film
A new documentary on The Kalasha, a Dardic indigenous people of Pakistan, was recently produced by students and colleagues of Mark Kenoyer (Professor, Anthropology, UW-Madison). You can view the documentary here.
Faculty Publication Announcements
Please join us in congratulating the following South Asia Studies Faculty and Affiliate Faculty in their recent accomplishments! Rikhil Bhavnani (Associate Professor, Political Science, UW-Madison) and Bethany Lacina (Associate Professor, Political Science, University of Rochester) …
Professor honored with Mentorship Award
Associate Professor Mitra Sharafi (Law School, Department of History, South Asia) was recently recognized with a Postdoc Mentoring Award. The UW-Madison Postdoctoral Association recognizes faculty for their efforts in mentoring postdocs and helping to advance …