University of Wisconsin–Madison

Category: South Asia Studies Faculty

UW-Madison faculty and staff members who are members of the South Asia Studies program.

Mitra Sharafi was named president-elect of the American Society for Legal History (ASLH)

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!

UW-Whitewater’s Roberta Art Gallery hosts Prof. Anthony Cerulli and his work

UW-Whitewater’s Roberta Art Gallery is honored to host UW-Madison Professor Anthony Cerulli and his work in “The Aesthetic Shape of History.” Cerulli’s photographs, which will be on display from Nov 8th to Dec 11th, demonstrates the power of the space in which these archives are stored. There will be a panel discussion, audience Q&A, and open …

New book chapter by Prof. Preeti Chopra!

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!

Welcoming new CSA faculty Dr. Miki Chase

New CSA faculty, Dr. Mikaela Chase has joined Asian Languages and Cultures Department at UW-Madison as Assistant Professor and inaugural Śrī Anantnāth Chair in Jain Studies. Dr. Chase brings with her a wealth of knowledge and a passion for research in Jain Studies at the intersections of law, anthropology of religion, and critical feminist scholarship in South Asia. Congratulations …

CSA Director, Anthony Cerulli’s photography featured in new exhibit “The Archive as Art”

CSA Director, Dr. Anthony Cerulli, has a photography exhibit opening at The Solarium Gallery at Houghton House (Hobart and William Smith Colleges). “The Archive as Art” presents the material heft and structural complexity of India’s centuries-old manuscript cultures as art objects and curated spaces that are at once aesthetically compelling and capable of conveying historical …