The Center for South Asia celebrates Professor Aparna Bhargava Dharwadker on the release of her new book, Cosmo-Modernism and Theater in India: Writing and Staging Multilingual Modernisms. This pioneering study examines multilingual modernist theater in India, showcasing the work of major Indian playwrights and their innovative contributions to regional, national, and global modernisms.
The Center for South Asia congratulates Professor Gudrun Bühnemann on the publication of her new book, Scholar, Serpent, Yogin, and Devotee: The Many Faces of Patañjali in Indian Traditions. The book explores Patañjali’s multifaceted roles in Indian traditions, highlighting him as a grammarian, yoga scholar, physician, teacher, ascetic, and devotee of the Dancing Śiva.
The Center for South Asia warmly congratulates Magna Mohapatra, graduate student, on receiving the Percy Buchanan Award for South Asia 2025 for the best original graduate student research paper for their paper, “Paradox of Degrowth: The Decolonial Niyamgiri Being.” They have also been nominated by the Association for Asian Studies (AAS) to present this paper …
The Center for South Asia warmly congratulates Anthony Cerulli on being named Artist-in-Residence (AiR) for the 2025–26 academic year at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science (MPI) in Berlin, Germany. At MPI, Anthony will continue exploring the interplay of art-making, aesthetics, and knowledge curation, developing new material and media for his Manuscriptistan …
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 …
The Center for South Asia warmly congratulates graduate student affiliates Srotaswini Bhowmick (History) and Arijit Banerjee (English and Interdisciplinary Theatre Studies) on receiving the 2025 IRIS Fieldwork Awards. Bhowmick, also a recipient of the IRIS/BLAC Foundation supplemental award, explores gender and subject formation in postcolonial India through the lens of film cultures shaped by the …