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Professor Aparna Dharwadker is one of six diasporic professional women in Madison featured in a video produced in conjunction with Forward Theatre’s production of the play Ironbound (Overture Centre, 29 January-15 February), by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Martyna Majok. The 25-minute video plays in a loop on a screen in The Playhouse lobby on the evenings when performances of …
Excerpts from Professor Mou Banerjee’s latest book, The Disinherited: The Politics of Christian Conversion in Colonial India (Harvard University Press), appear in The Wire. Congratulations, Professor Banerjee!
The UW-Madison Center for South Asia is grateful for your continued support of the Annual Conference on South Asia. Last year’s conference offered us the opportunity to welcome many first-time attendees to the ACSA community and connect with our vibrant community of scholars. The submission portal for the 54th Annual Conference on South Asia will …
The UW-Madison Center for South Asia is pleased to announce a new, semester-long study abroad program at St. Xavier’s College in Mumbai, India beginning in the fall 2026 semester. Program dates are mid-June to mid-October 2026, and applications are due March 6, 2026. Additional scholarship funding through the UW-Madison Study Abroad Office is available.
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 Fellowship, which connects Wisconsin middle school educators with experts in international studies, educational policy, community leadership, and trauma-informed pedagogy to …
We are excited to share that Professor Sachin Tuli, a valued faculty member affiliated with the Center for South Asia, has been appointed as the Director of International Business and Global Partnerships at the Wisconsin School of Business (WSB). As part of WSB’s new five-year strategy, Lead Boldly, this role is designed to strengthen global …
The Center for South Asia warmly congratulates Professor Viren Murthy, incoming CSA Director and Professor of History, on receiving the prestigious 2025–26 Kellett Mid-Career Award. Prof. Murthy’s research focuses on transnational Asian intellectual history, drawing on thinkers from China, Japan, India, and Germany to critically engage with modernity and theories of history. His interdisciplinary work …
The Center for South Asia was proud to co-sponsor “AI and Society: Community Impacts and New Directions,” a two-day workshop hosted by UW–Madison’s IRIS centers at the Madison Concourse Hotel. Bringing together over 55 educators, business leaders, and community partners, the event explored the far-reaching implications of artificial intelligence—from education and journalism to environmental resilience …
The Center for South Asia extends heartfelt congratulations to Yue Qiu, a second-year PhD student in History and CSA graduate student affiliate, for being awarded the 2025 International Division Pre-Dissertation Scholarship. Qiu’s doctoral research explores the vibrant cultural and intellectual exchanges between Bengal and China in the late-colonial and post-colonial eras. We are delighted to …