The Center for South Asia is pleased to welcome incoming Associate Director Dr. Sarah Beckham on February 1st! Sarah Beckham served as the Interim Associate Director in the fall 2019 semester, with a background as a Hindi Lecturer in the Department of ALC and as the Hindi-Urdu Pedagogy Specialist for the SAFLI, SASLI, and Project …
Anthony Cerulli (Associate Professor of Asian Languages and Cultures) is one of several faculty and staff chosen to participate in the Faculty Exhibition as part of the Chazen Museum of Art’s 50th Anniversary celebrations in 2020. Cerulli’s contribution to the exhibit will include images from his Manusciptistan Project. A Gallery Talk is scheduled for April …
Penn Libraries will feature a photography exhibition by Anthony Cerulli (Associate Professor, Asian Languages and Cultures, UW-Madison) this fall. Manuscriptistan focuses on the diverse manuscript traditions and practitioners across the South Asian region. Cerulli spoke about the genesis of this project in April at UW-Madison’s Center for South Asia. In November, he will present a …
Aparna Bhargava Dharwadker I first met Girish Karnad in April 1986, at the Chicago home of our close mutual friend A. K. Ramanujan, who had organized the Festival of India literary conference on the University of Chicago campus that month. Like many other urban Indians of my generation who had an interest …
The Society for American Archaeology has announced its 2019 award recipients. UW-Madison Professor J. Mark Kenoyer has been awarded the Award for Excellence in Archaeological Analysis “For his detailed and rigorous empirical analyses of a broad range of archaeological materials, guided by an innovative interpretive framework grounded in experimental and ethnoarchaeological approaches.” The awards ceremony will …
A new documentary on The Kalasha, a Dardic indigenous people of Pakistan, was recently produced by students and colleagues of Mark Kenoyer (Professor, Anthropology, UW-Madison). You can view the documentary here.
Please join us in congratulating the following South Asia Studies Faculty and Affiliate Faculty in their recent accomplishments! Rikhil Bhavnani (Associate Professor, Political Science, UW-Madison) and Bethany Lacina (Associate Professor, Political Science, University of Rochester) announce their recent book, Nativism and Economic Integration across the Developing World: Collision and Accommodation, published by Cambridge University Press. …
Associate Professor Mitra Sharafi (Law School, Department of History, South Asia) was recently recognized with a Postdoc Mentoring Award. The UW-Madison Postdoctoral Association recognizes faculty for their efforts in mentoring postdocs and helping to advance their careers. Learn more about the 2019 recipients here.
At the Fall Event for the Bascom Hill Society, Chancellor Blank presented the achievements of many outstanding UW-Madison alumni, faculty, and staff. Among those featured in her presentation were Hannah Lider (UW alumna), Sarah Beckham (Hindi and Urdu Pedagogy Specialist), and Lalita du Perron (Associate Director, Center for South Asia). Watch the clip of Chancellor …
The J. Willard Hurst Summer Institute in Legal History is a biennial event sponsored by the Institute for Legal Studies in conjunction with the American Society for Legal History (ASLH). Each Hurst Institute is organized and chaired by a well-known legal historian and includes visiting senior scholars who lead specialized sessions. The program chair for …