Congratulations to Professor Asifa Quraishi-Landes, Professor of Law, on receiving the 2022 Chancellor’s Distinguished Teaching Award! Read the full announcement here.
South Asia Studies Faculty
UW-Madison faculty and staff members who are members of the South Asia Studies program.
The Database of Printed Modern Drama in India is now live!
Congratulations to Professor Aparna Dharwadker on the launching of the Database of Printed Modern Drama in India! The Database of Printed Modern Drama in India is the first digital resource to offer bibliographic information about …
Prof. Anthony Cerulli’s The Practice of Texts published!
Congratulations to Prof. Anthony Cerulli, Department of Asian Languages and Cultures, on the publication of The Practice of Texts: Education and Healing in South India with the University of California Press on March 15. The book …
Dr. Darshana Sreedhar Mini wins Exceptional Service Award
Dr. Darshana Sreedhar Mini is a 2022-23 winner of the UW-Madison Exceptional Service Support Program award. Congratulations Dr. Mini!
Professor Anthony Cerulli Awarded a 2022-23 Vilas Associates Award.
Professor Anthony Cerulli is an awardee in the 2022-23 Vilas Associates Competition. Find the complete list of winners here.
Professor Asifa Quraishi Landes Wins a 2022 Chancellor’s Distinguished Teaching Award
Professor Asifa Quraishi-Landes, Professor of Law, has won a 2022 Chancellor’s Distinguished Teaching Award, an honor given out since 1953 to recognize some of the university’s finest educators. See the full list of winners here.
Professor Mou Banerjee Interviewed by Madison News Station about Afghanistan
Prof. Banerjee lends a historical perspective to the Taliban’s role in Afghanistan, discusses the role of Sharia law, and offers some clarification on common misconceptions surrounding the relationship between the Taliban, Al-Qaeda, and ISIS. Watch …
Professor Aparna Dharwadker Receives Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)
Professor Aparna Dharwadker received one of this year’s Fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to support her latest book project, “Contested Modernities and the Modernization of Urban Theatre in India.”
Professor Aparna Bhargava Dharwadker Awarded 2020 Callaway Prize for Best Book in Drama and Theatre
The 2020 Callaway Prize for Best Book in Drama and Theatre has been awarded to A Poetics of Modernity: Indian Theater Theory, 1850 to the Present, (Oxford University Press), edited by Aparna Bhargava Dharwadker. The …
Professor Mitra Sharafi Awarded 2021 Chancellor’s Distinguished Teaching Award
Mitra Sharafi, Professor of Law and Center for South Asia faculty member, has been awarded a 2021 Chancellor’s Distinguished Teaching Award. Students commend Sharafi for her classroom innovation — in particular, her carefully cultivated skill …