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Summer Language Institutes Awarded to UW-Madison

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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 of Hindi, Urdu, Indonesian, or Turkish at the Wisconsin Intensive Summer Language Institutes (WISLI). Students will then continue their studies …

CSA Welcomes New Associate Director Sarah Beckham

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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 a Hindi Lecturer in the Department of ALC and as the Hindi-Urdu Pedagogy Specialist for the SAFLI, SASLI, and Project …

South Asian Studies Professor part of Faculty Exhibit at Chazen Museum of Art

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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 2020. Cerulli’s contribution to the exhibit will include images from his Manusciptistan Project. A Gallery Talk is scheduled for April …

October Tibetan Film Event a Success

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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 he has crossed the Himalayas. After the film, attendees participated in a discussion with the film’s co-director, Sonam Tseten  

Manuscriptistan Exhibit by Anthony Cerulli at Penn Library

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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 about the genesis of this project in April at UW–Madison’s Center for South Asia. In November, he will present a …

Girish Karnad: Tribute to an Icon

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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 on the University of Chicago campus that month. Like many other urban Indians of my generation who had an interest …

2019 South Asia Book Awards Announced

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In recent years, an increasing number of high-quality children’s and young adult books have been published that portray cultures, histories, and contemporary issues in South Asia or dealing with South Asians living abroad. To encourage and commend authors and publishers who produce such books, and to provide librarians and teachers with recommendations for educational use, …

Center for South Asia welcomes new IRIS Executive Director Anju Reejhsinghani

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Welcome, Anju! The Center for South Asia is pleased to welcome the new Executive Director of the Institute for Regional and International Studies (IRIS), Anju Reejhsinghani. Anju will join us from UW-Stevens Point, where she is currently an Associate Professor of History and International Studies. At UW-Stevens Point, Anju developed and taught over a dozen different …

Area & International Studies Undergraduate Paper Awards

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Participating area and international studies centers of the Institute for Regional and International Studies are each awarding $1,000 to the best paper/s written by an undergraduate and focused on their respective world regions. Full submission details are available on the IRIS website. The submission deadline is May 1, 2019.

J. Mark Kenoyer honored by Society for American Archaeology

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The Society for American Archaeology has announced its 2019 award recipients. UW–Madison Professor J. Mark Kenoyer has been awarded the Award for Excellence in Archaeological Analysis “For his detailed and rigorous empirical analyses of a broad range of archaeological materials, guided by an innovative interpretive framework grounded in experimental and ethnoarchaeological approaches.” The awards ceremony will …