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On the final day of remote classes last fall, students in one of Assistant Professor Mou Banerjee’s history courses surprised her with a gesture that nearly brought her to tears. One by one, the students held up homemade posters in front of their computer cameras, revealing a series of heartfelt thank-you messages. “We could all …
Two graduate students affiliated with the Center for South Asia are amongst this year's cohort of 13 Fulbright awardees who helped to to make UW–Madison a top producer of Fulbright students!
Dear ACSA Community, We hope you are all safe and well, and we are excited to announce that the second competition for panels, roundtables, and single papers for the 49th Annual Conference on South Asia will open on Monday, February 22nd, 2021. Due to anticipated UW–Madison restrictions on large gatherings, the Conference will be held virtually …
The Center for South Asia is delighted to welcome four new members to the team! Taylor L. Bailey (she/her) is a first year student in the Afro-American Studies M.A. and Literary Studies Ph.D. Bridge Program. She is from Chicago and completed her A.B. in African & African American Studies and English Literature with a concentration …
Todd Michelson-Ambelang, Associate Lecturer and Bibliographer for Scandinavian Humanities, Classics, Jewish, and South Asian Studies, together with a team of interdisciplinary collaborators across UW–Madison, have been awarded $5 million by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to fund a multi-year project to advance anti-racist practices and pedagogy in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medicine (STEMM).
UW-Milwaukee Sociology Professor and CSA Faculty Affiliate A. Aneesh was recently featured in a CNN series about the “Y2K bug.” The piece recalls millennial anxieties that were as global as the pandemic is now, highlighting the role of Indian programmers in fixing the bug.
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 …
The 2021 South Asia Summer Language Institute, along with summer & academic year FLAS grants, are now accepting applications. Now is the perfect time to apply to fund and study a South Asian language!
This announcement first appeared on November 27, 2020. A message from Guido Podesta, vice provost and dean, International Division I am pleased to announce the creation of a new unit in the International Division—the Language Programs Office (LPO). LPO will provide a centralized home for many of the programs administered by the International Division, including …