Alan Lee, a dissertator in the Department of Anthropology who studies the archaeology of blacksmithing and iron working in Early Historic South Asia (approx. 500 BCE), was awarded a 2021 Exceptional Service Teaching Assistant Award. …
Parwat Regmi Recognized for 2021 Administrative Improvement Award
Parwat Regmi (Nepali—English Interpreter & Translator, Workplace Computer Trainer), along with the Cultural Linguistics Services Team, was recognized for an 2021 Administrative Improvement Award for their “Cultural Linguistic Services WhatsApp Initiative.” Read more.
Mitra Sharafi Awarded 2021 Chancellor’s Distinguished Teaching Award
Mitra Sharafi, Professor of Law and Center for South Asia faculty member, has been awarded a 2021 Chancellor’s Distinguished Teaching Award. Students commend Sharafi for her classroom innovation — in particular, her carefully cultivated skill …
UW–Madison’s Multilingual COVID-19 Website Recognized by Voice of America
UW–Madison’s COVID-19 multilingual site was highlighted by Voice of America’s Tibetan news as a great example of how linguistic diversity and inclusion are recognized and honored by the university. Safety tips, questions about testing, updates on vaccine availability — all are important information that people need to have access to and understand, no matter what language they speak. Besides English and Tibetan, UW–Madison’s COVID-19 Response website also offers translations in Spanish, Hmong, Chinese and Nepali, thanks to Cultural Linguistic Services.
Statement in Response to Atlanta Shootings
Faculty Director Anthony Cerulli Wins NEH Book Fellowship
Anthony Cerulli (Center for South Asia Faculty Director and Associate Professor of South Asian Studies) has been selected to receive one of ten National Endowment for the Humanities Open Book Award fellowships. Dr. Cerulli’s forthcoming …
Division of the Arts Announces Two Artists-In-Residence For 2021-22
The Division of the Arts Announces Arun Luthra and Judy Frater as Artists-In-Residence for the 2021-22 Academic Year.
Luthra is an American musician of Indian heritage who fuses modern post-bop jazz with elements of Indian classical music. Frater co-founded KalaRaksha Trust and Museum. An award-winning Ashoka Fellow, she founded the first design schools for artisans: Kala Raksha Vidhyalaya and Somaiya Kala Vidya. Read more.
Mou Banerjee and Todd Michelson-Ambelang highlighted for excellence in digital pedagogy
On the final day of remote classes last fall, students in one of Assistant Professor Mou Banerjee’s history courses surprised her with a gesture that nearly brought her to tears. One by one, the students …
CSA-Affiliated Graduate Students Amongst 2020-21 Fulbright Awardees
Two graduate students affiliated with the Center for South Asia are amongst this year’s cohort of 13 Fulbright awardees who helped to to make UW–Madison a top producer of Fulbright students!
Annual Conference on South Asia: 2021 Call for Papers
Dear ACSA Community, We hope you are all safe and well, and we are excited to announce that the second competition for panels, roundtables, and single papers for the 49th Annual Conference on South Asia will …