UW–Madison 13th among public universities in Wall Street Journal rankings
Siddharth Mennon awarded AIIS dissertation fellowship
Congratulations to Siddharth Mennon, of the Department of Geography for being awarded the AIIS Junior Fellowship for his project titled, “(De)Constructing Concrete: Capital, Nature, and Infrastructures in Urbanizing India.”
Professor Gudrun Bühnemann awarded fellowship from AIIS
Congratulations to professor Gudrun Bühnemann, Professor of Asian Languages and Cultures, who was awarded the American Institute of Indian Studies, Senior Fellowship, for her project titled, “Visions of Patañjali as an Authority on Yoga, Grammar and Āyurveda
Professor B. Venkat Mani, writes for the Hindustan Times on the crisis in Afganistan
Professor B. Venkat Mani, former director of the Center for South Asia wrote recently for the Hindustan Times about the emerging situation with refugees from Afghanistan. The piece is titled, “Empires slay, publics pay: The …
UW–Madison Ranked First Among Public Universities by Washington Monthly
Professor Mou Banerjee Interviewed by Madison News Station about Afghanistan
Prof. Banerjee lends a historical perspective to the Taliban’s role in Afghanistan, discusses the role of Sharia law, and offers some clarification on common misconceptions surrounding the relationship between the Taliban, Al-Qaeda, and ISIS. Watch …
Professor Aparna Dharwadker Receives Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)
Professor Aparna Dharwadker received one of this year’s Fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to support her latest book project, “Contested Modernities and the Modernization of Urban Theatre in India.”
Professor Aparna Bhargava Dharwadker Awarded 2020 Callaway Prize for Best Book in Drama and Theatre
The 2020 Callaway Prize for Best Book in Drama and Theatre has been awarded to A Poetics of Modernity: Indian Theater Theory, 1850 to the Present, (Oxford University Press), edited by Aparna Bhargava Dharwadker. The …
Jeremy Manheim Receives Ho Buddhist Studies Fellowship
Jeremy Manheim, Ph.D. Student in Asian Languages & Cultures, has recently been awarded a Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Program in Buddhist Studies Fellowship to support 10 months of dissertation research about Indian and …