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Co-PIs Dr. Anirban Baishya (Communication Arts) and Dr. Todd Michelson-Ambelang (Senior Academic Librarian for South Asian Studies) received a Library Research Enhancement Initiative grant for their project “Indian Media & Communication at the Turn of Liberalization.” Congratulations! Read about the project here.
UW Alum, Raney Aronson-Rath ’92, is the second-ever executive producer of PBS’s acclaimed investigative series Frontline. She is leading the charge in innovative storytelling. Aronson-Rath is recognized for her groundbreaking work in driving the series’ respected documentary journalism, and recently spearheaded Frontline’s foray into virtual reality with a gripping exploration of the Ebola crisis in West …
UW Alum Maung Zarni (PhD, 1998 ) has been nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize by Mairead Corrigan Maguire (Nobel Peace Laureate, 1976) for his work on Rohingya displacement in Myanmar. Congratulations Zarni!
We are thrilled to announce that Professor Darshana Mini’s recent book ‘Rated A: Soft-Porn Cinema and Mediations of Desire’ was awarded the Edward Cameron Dimock, Jr. Prize in the Indian Humanities by the American Institute of Indian Studies. Join us in congratulating Professor Mini for this remarkable achievement, which highlights the profound contributions of our faculty to the field …
We’re thrilled to share that ‘The Nonviolence Project’ led by Prof. Mou Banerjee an assistant professor in UW–Madison’s Department of History, and a team of approximately 10 paid student-researchers has been featured in the prestigious L&S News of the University of Wisconsin Madison! Congratulations! More information on the project can be found on the website.
Mitra Sharafi, professor and legal historian of modern South Asia at UW–Madison, was named president-elect of the American Society for Legal History (ASLH) during the awards ceremony of the 2023 ASLH annual meeting in Philadelphia on Oct. 28, 2023. Sharafi will be president-elect of the ASLH in 2023-25 and will be president in 2025-27. Congratulations, Prof. Sharafi!
Professor Viren Murthy’s new book, ‘Pan-Asianism and the Legacy of the Chinese Revolution, was just published with the UChicago Press. The book is an intellectual history of pan-Asianist discourse in the twentieth century. Congratulations Prof. Murthy!
While in residence at the American Academy in Rome last year, Preeti Chopra, professor of Visual Studies, South Asian Art and Architecture in UW–Madison’s Department of Art History published the chapter “Greetings from Bombay! Pictures of Colonial Complexity” in the edited vol. “Indian Architecture in Postcards: A New Perspective on a Modern Heritage.” Congratulations, Prof. Chopra!
Prof. Mark Kenoyer’s co-authored book ‘The People of the Indus’ won the 2023 Neev Literature in the Young Adult category! Congratulations, Prof. Kenoyer!
We are thrilled to announce the release of a remarkable new book by Emeritus Professor of History and South Asian Studies at UW Madison, Dr. Robert Eric Frykenberg. Titled “India’s History, India’s Raj: Essays In Historical Understanding,” this book promises to be an illuminating journey through the historical tapestry of India. Read more here.