Welcome!
The Center for South Asia at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is made up of a community of faculty and staff who reflect the diversity and global relevance of South Asian Studies.
Through our diverse academic disciplines, summer language institute, annual conference, student organizations and outreach programs, the Center seeks to define and promote greater understanding of South Asian history, language, religion and culture.
We also support linkages to other relevant area studies and global studies programs that emphasize transnational flows of culture, people, money in ways that are important to a better understanding of South Asia both in the past and the present.
News and Announcements
New book release by Dr. Robert Eric Frykenberg
We are thrilled to announce the release of a remarkable new book by Emeritus Professor of History and South Asian Studies at UW Madison, Dr. Robert Eric Frykenberg. Titled “India’s History, India’s Raj: Essays In …
September 22, 2023Dr. Anthony Cerulli’s photo-ethnography exhibit this Fall!
Dr. Anthony Cerulli’s, ongoing multi-media project, Manuscriptistan, will have another photo-ethnography exhibit this fall (Nov. 8 – Dec. 11) at Roberta’s Art Gallery in Whitewater, WI: “The Aesthetic Shape of History”
September 22, 2023UW-Madison secures second spot in public universities ranking!
We are thrilled to share that the University of Wisconsin-Madison has yet again demonstrated its exceptional commitment to academic excellence and community impact. According to a recent ranking by Washington Monthly, UW Madison has secured …
August 31, 2023Welcoming new CSA faculty Dr. Miki Chase
New CSA faculty, Dr. Mikaela Chase has joined Asian Languages and Cultures Department at UW-Madison as Assistant Professor and inaugural Śrī Anantnāth Chair in Jain Studies. Dr. Chase brings with her a wealth of knowledge and a passion for …
August 31, 2023Jonathan Durr at UW-Madison as the co-coordinator for the South Asia SACO Funnel
Jonathan Durr at UW-Madison has taken on the role of co-coordinator for the newly established South Asia SACO Funnel at the Library of Congress’s Program for Cooperative Cataloging (PCC). One of the South Asia SACO Funnel’s …
August 31, 2023- More News
Upcoming Events
- September
- September 28
- October
- October 5CSA Weekly Lecture Series Fall 2023UW-Madison's Global Health Institute (GHI) One Health Center in India | Dr. Jorge Osorio and Calyn Ostrowski12:00 PM, 206 Ingraham Hall
- November
- November 2CSA Weekly Lecture Series Fall 2023TBD | Jay Sehgal | Executive VP of Sehgal Foundation in the US and trustee of S M Sehgal Foundation in India12:00 PM, 206 Ingraham Hall
Also offered online - November 3
- November 9CSA Weekly Lecture Series Fall 2023Why Can’t Mādhyamikas Finish What They Started? | Constance Kassor | Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Lawrence University in Wisconsin12:00 PM, 206 Ingraham Hall
Also offered online