Professor Aparna Dharwadker is one of six diasporic professional women in Madison featured in a video produced in conjunction with Forward Theatre’s production of the play Ironbound (Overture Centre, 29 January-15 February), by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Martyna Majok. The 25-minute video plays in a loop on a screen in The Playhouse lobby on the evenings when performances of …
Excerpts from Professor Mou Banerjee’s latest book, The Disinherited: The Politics of Christian Conversion in Colonial India (Harvard University Press), appear in The Wire. Congratulations, Professor Banerjee!
CSA faculty member Mou Banerjee was awarded the Thomas J. Wilson Memorial Prize by the Harvard University Press Board of Syndics for her book The Disinherited: The Politics of Christian Conversion in Colonial India. The Wilson Prize honors the memory of Thomas J. Wilson, director of Harvard University Press from 1947 to 1967. It is …
CSA faculty member Darshana Mini received honorable mention for the MLA Jeanne Scaglione Prize for South Asian Studies for her book Rated A: Soft-Porn Cinema and Mediations of Desire in India, published by the University of California Press. Congratulations, Professor Mini!
We are delighted to share that Professor Darshana Sreedhar Mini’s book, Rated A, has been awarded the 2025 Asian/Pacific American Communication Studies Division & Caucus Outstanding Book Award by the National Communication Association (NCA). This prestigious national honor recognizes outstanding scholarship that advances understanding of Asian/Pacific American communication. Congratulations to Professor Mini …
We are delighted to congratulate Dr Anirban K. Baishya on receiving the Outstanding Article Award from the Asian/Pacific American Communication Studies Division/Caucus at the National Communication Association (NCA). This distinguished honor highlights his significant contributions to the field of communication studies and reflects the impact of his scholarly work. We are proud to …
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 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 …
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 …