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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 inaugural projects is dedicated to revising the geographic Subject Heading “Mogul Empire” to the more accurate and contemporary “Mughal Empire.” …
Frances Vavrus has officially begun her tenure as vice provost and dean of UW–Madison’s International Division. Vavrus was announced for the position in April following a nationwide search and officially started the position on July 31st, 2023. Congratulations and welcome! …
The Wisconsin in the World edited book explores how internationalization at the University of Wisconsin–Madison (UW) has been a decades-long, ongoing endeavor. Against that backdrop, the various chapters also provide a snapshot of how people across the UW campus were reflecting on their work amidst the COVID-19 pandemic and on the implications of the pandemic regarding …
Michael Baltutis, Professor of South Asian Religions at UW-Oshkosh has published his first book, The Festival of Indra: Innovation, Archaism, and Revival in a South Asian Performance with SUNY Press. For more details please click here.
Department of Geography PhD student, Sahil Sasidharan, has been awarded both the IRIS-NRC Scott-Kloeck Jenson Pre-Dissertation Travel Fellowship and Holtz Center’s STS Summer Scholar Award for this summer! Sahil’s research focuses on cities and processes of urbanization.
Akshay is graduating with bachelor’s degrees in Community and Nonprofit Leadership and Political Science, as well as a certificate in South Asian Studies. Read the news article from University of Wisconsin–Madison News here.
CSA Undergraduate FLAS Fellow, Diya Abbas, has been awarded Artivism Student Action Program (ASAP) Funding for Spring 2023 by the UW–Madison Division of the Arts! Founded in 2021 and available to UW–Madison students in any year or major of study, ASAP supports projects or collective actions that use the arts as a force for social …
CSA Director, Dr. Anthony Cerulli, has a photography exhibit opening at The Solarium Gallery at Houghton House (Hobart and William Smith Colleges). “The Archive as Art” presents the material heft and structural complexity of India’s centuries-old manuscript cultures as art objects and curated spaces that are at once aesthetically compelling and capable of conveying historical …
Professor Darshana Mini has been named as the 2023 recipient of the Byerly Award for Research in Feminist Policy Economy of Communication, which is awarded by the Feminist Communication Division of the International Communication Association.
This announcement first appeared on November 27, 2020. A message from Guido Podesta, vice provost and dean, International Division I am pleased to announce the creation of a new unit in the International Division—the Language Programs Office (LPO). LPO will provide a centralized home for many of the programs administered by the International Division, including …