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!
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 year. Check it out to get up to date on what the Center has been up to over the past …
Earlier this month, Darshana Mini, Assistant Professor of Film Studies, was featured in the New Faculty Focus column for Inside UW. Read the full interview here.
Assistant Professor of History and member of the South Asian Studies faculty Mou Banerjee recently published the introduction to a teaching roundtable on decolonizing pedagogy. Professor Banerjee’s introduction is available here, along with the complete roundtable essays.
Anthony Cerulli (Director, Center for South Asia and Associate Professor, Asian Languages and Cultures) recently spoke with the Chazen Museum of Art about his participation in their Faculty Exhibition 2020. Cerulli’s contribution included images from The Manuscriptistan Project. Learn more about The Manuscriptistan Project here. Watch Cerulli’s video from the Chazen’s Our Kind of Happy …
UW-Madison History Professor Mou Banerjee has compiled a reading list for those looking to expand their knowledge of South Asian topics through the summer (or any time). Find her reading list here. Thank you, Professor Banerjee!
In his recent article, “Fighting the Shadow Pandemic,” CSA Director B. Venkat Mani examines the spread of xenophobia, racism and discrimination in the wake of COVID-19, demonstrating why the need for inclusive teaching is all the more urgent.
We are thrilled to announce that Anthony Cerulli (Associate Professor of South Asian Studies) has been elected the 2020-21 Faculty Director of the UW-Madison Center for South Asia! Professor Cerulli has played an active role at the Center since his arrival on campus, serving on many different committees, and recently completed a successful term as …
Christine Garlough, Professor of Gender and Women’s Studies, and former Faculty Director of the Center for South Asia, was one of thirteen faculty members honored with the Chancellor’s Distinguished Teaching Award. Complete profiles of all honorees are available here. Please join us in congratulating Professor Garlough and all the honorees!
Assistant Professor of History, Mou Banerjee, was recently interviewed for the College of Letters and Sciences New Faculty Focus. Banerjee is also affiliated with the Center for South Asia and we look forward to collaborating with her on future projects.