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The College of Letters and Sciences published a multimedia piece on the research of professor Anthony Cerulli. Professor Cerulli’s research focuses on Ayurveda and the ways in which this ancient knowledge system animates the present alternative medical practices of India. His next project is to chart the arrival of Ayurveda in the United States, a story that involves the Beatles’ fascination …
We are delighted to announce that Dr. Anirban Baishya will join the UW Department of Communication and Arts in January. Anirban’s work broadly focuses on the intersections between digital media and the public sphere in a global context. He studies how digital media regulates everyday life spaces and how the ensuing “customization” of our participation …
Congratulations to Siddharth Mennon, of the Department of Geography for being awarded the AIIS Junior Fellowship for his project titled, “(De)Constructing Concrete: Capital, Nature, and Infrastructures in Urbanizing India.”
Congratulations to professor Gudrun Bühnemann, Professor of Asian Languages and Cultures, who was awarded the American Institute of Indian Studies, Senior Fellowship, for her project titled, "Visions of Patañjali as an Authority on Yoga, Grammar and Āyurveda
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 the full interview at Channel 3000 News.
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.”
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 prize recognizes the book’s signal contribution to Drama and Theatre studies. A Poetics of Modernity assembles and makes accessible, to readers …
Jeremy Manheim, Ph.D. Student in Asian Languages & Cultures, has recently been awarded a Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Program in Buddhist Studies Fellowship to support 10 months of dissertation research about Indian and Tibetan Buddhist Philosophy in 2021-22.
The Center for South Asia is delighted to announce this year’s winners for our Undergraduate Paper Awards! Each year, participating IRIS centers award up to $1000 for the best undergraduate student writing in respective world areas. This year, our two CSA Undergraduate Paper Award winners are: “Investigating the 2002 Ethnic Conflict in Ahmedabad” by Amita …
Samantha Helle, Conservation Biology PhD Student, was awarded a Boren Fellowship! Helle will use the Boren Fellowship to help fund research on the endangered tiger population across the world, but specifically in Nepal. She is no stranger to the jungle, as she has already visited Nepal several times. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Helle has …