On the final day of remote classes last fall, students in one of Assistant Professor Mou Banerjee’s history courses surprised her with a gesture that nearly brought her to tears. One by one, the students …
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CSA-Affiliated Graduate Students Amongst 2020-21 Fulbright Awardees
Two graduate students affiliated with the Center for South Asia are amongst this year’s cohort of 13 Fulbright awardees who helped to to make UW–Madison a top producer of Fulbright students!
Annual Conference on South Asia: 2021 Call for Papers
Dear ACSA Community, We hope you are all safe and well, and we are excited to announce that the second competition for panels, roundtables, and single papers for the 49th Annual Conference on South Asia will …
CSA Welcomes New Staff Members
The Center for South Asia is delighted to welcome four new members to the team! Taylor L. Bailey (she/her) is a first year student in the Afro-American Studies M.A. and Literary Studies Ph.D. Bridge Program. …
Todd Michelson-Ambelang part of $5 Million Mellon Foundation grant to advance anti-racist practices and pedagogy
Todd Michelson-Ambelang, Associate Lecturer and Bibliographer for Scandinavian Humanities, Classics, Jewish, and South Asian Studies, together with a team of interdisciplinary collaborators across UW–Madison, have been awarded $5 million by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation …
UW-Milwaukee Sociology Professor, CSA Faculty Affiliate A. Aneesh featured in CNN Series
UW-Milwaukee Sociology Professor and CSA Faculty Affiliate A. Aneesh was recently featured in a CNN series about the “Y2K bug.” The piece recalls millennial anxieties that were as global as the pandemic is now, highlighting …
Mitra Sharafi (Center for South Asia & UW Madison Law School) wins Chancellor’s Distinguished Teaching Award
Please join us in congratulating CSA and UW Madison Law School Professor Mitra Sharafi for winning one of this year’s prestigious Chancellor’s Distinguished Teaching Awards!
December 2020 Newsletter
The December 2020 Center for South Asia Newsletter is now online. We are so proud of the many accomplishments of out our students, staff, and faculty amidst what has proven to be an extraordinarily challenging …
SASLI and FLAS Applications open
The 2021 South Asia Summer Language Institute, along with summer & academic year FLAS grants, are now accepting applications. Now is the perfect time to apply to fund and study a South Asian language!