Congratulations to all the students, faculty, teaching assistants, instructors, pedagogy specialists, and staff who have contributed to this success! For more on UW-Madison’s ranking and innovative foreign language learning, as well as the criteria used …
CSA Affiliate Faculty Awarded Research Grant
Luke Whitmore, Associate Professor of Philosophy at UW-Stevens Point, has been awarded a research grant by the American Academy of Religion for his work Ecology, Post-Secularism, and Cosmopolitics in the Central Indian Himalaya. The full list …
CSA Now Accepting Applications for New Assistant Director
The Center for South Asia is excited to announce that we are now accepting applications for Assistant Director. This is a brand new position at the CSA and will cover a broad range of responsibilities. …
New Faculty Focus: Mou Banerjee
Assistant Professor of History, Mou Banerjee, was recently interviewed for the College of Letters and Sciences New Faculty Focus. Banerjee is also affiliated with the Center for South Asia and we look forward to collaborating …
Summer Language Institutes Awarded to UW-Madison
UW-Madison was recently awarded three summer language programs! SAFLI (South Asian Flagship Languages Initiative), IFLI (Indonesian Flagship Language Initiative), and TURFLI (Turkish Flagship Language Initiative). These programs will bring approximately 40 students to UW-Madison this summer for intensive language study …
CSA Welcomes New Associate Director Sarah Beckham
The Center for South Asia is pleased to welcome incoming Associate Director Dr. Sarah Beckham on February 1st! Sarah Beckham served as the Interim Associate Director in the fall 2019 semester, with a background as …
South Asian Studies Professor part of Faculty Exhibit at Chazen Museum of Art
Anthony Cerulli (Associate Professor of Asian Languages and Cultures) is one of several faculty and staff chosen to participate in the Faculty Exhibition as part of the Chazen Museum of Art’s 50th Anniversary celebrations in …
October Tibetan Film Event a Success
On October 25, the Tibetan Students Association and the Center for South Asia co-sponsored a showing of the Tibetan film, PAWO (2016). The film tells the story of a young Tibetan refugee in India after …
Manuscriptistan Exhibit by Anthony Cerulli at Penn Library
Penn Libraries will feature a photography exhibition by Anthony Cerulli (Associate Professor, Asian Languages and Cultures, UW-Madison) this fall. Manuscriptistan focuses on the diverse manuscript traditions and practitioners across the South Asian region. Cerulli spoke …
Girish Karnad: Tribute to an Icon
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 …