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 …
Prof. 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 …
Over 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 …
NCA 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 …
Congratulations 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 …
Professor Aparna Bhargava Dharwadker Releases Study on Multilingual Modernist Theater
The Center for South Asia celebrates Professor Aparna Bhargava Dharwadker on the release of her new book, Cosmo-Modernism and Theater in India: Writing and Staging Multilingual Modernisms. This pioneering study examines multilingual modernist theater in …
Professor Gudrun Bühnemann Publishes New Book on Patañjali
The Center for South Asia congratulates Professor Gudrun Bühnemann on the publication of her new book, Scholar, Serpent, Yogin, and Devotee: The Many Faces of Patañjali in Indian Traditions. The book explores Patañjali’s multifaceted roles …
Magna Mohapatra awarded Percy Buchanan Award for South Asia 2025
The Center for South Asia warmly congratulates Magna Mohapatra, graduate student, on receiving the Percy Buchanan Award for South Asia 2025 for the best original graduate student research paper for their paper, “Paradox of Degrowth: …
Anthony Cerulli named Artist-in-Residence at Max Planck Institute
The Center for South Asia warmly congratulates Anthony Cerulli on being named Artist-in-Residence (AiR) for the 2025–26 academic year at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science (MPI) in Berlin, Germany. At MPI, …
IRIS Assistant Directors receive Reilly-Baldwin Wisconsin Idea Project Grant
Andrea Fowler (Assistant Director, CSA), Essie Lenchner (Assistant Director, IRIS NRC), and Nola Walker (IAS Outreach Librarian, UW–Madison Libraries) have been awarded a Reilly-Baldwin Wisconsin Idea Endowment grant. This three-year grant supports their Teaching Forward …