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The Center for South Asia congratulates Prof. B. Venkat Mani on being awarded the prestigious Humboldt Research Prize. This award recognizes Prof. Mani’s outstanding contributions to the field of literary studies and supports his continued research collaboration with scholars in Germany. His work focuses on global migration, multilingualism, and the role of world literature, making …
The Center for South Asia is thrilled to announce that Shahana Munazir, a graduate student in the Department of Anthropology and Program Assistant at the Center, has won the prestigious 2024 Sylvia Forman Graduate paper Prize from the Association for Feminist Anthropology. Shahana will be honored with the award at the upcoming American Anthropological Association …
The Center for South Asia was awarded a two-year Undergraduate International Studies and Foreign Language (UISFL) grant from the Department of Education to fund a project titled “Language Pathways Program: International Business and Sustainable Development in India.” This program will support language instruction and provide undergraduate scholarships for language and area studies training and study abroad.
We are excited to announce that Mou Banerjee’s new book, available in January 2025, is titled ‘The Disinherited: The Exiles Who Created Indian Democracy.’ You can learn more about the book and pre-order here: Harvard University Press.
We are excited to share that our faculty member, Prof. Darshana Mini’s book titled ‘Rated A: Soft-Porn and Mediations of Desire in India,’ has been published with the University of California Press. Congratulations to Prof. Mini on this significant achievement!
Arun Luthra, UW–Madison’s Fall 2021 Interdisciplinary Artist in Residence, has officially joined the UW–Madison School of Music as a Lecturer in Jazz Saxophone. In the spring, he will also teach a class on Konnakol, the art of performing percussion syllables vocally. You can view Arun’s faculty profile here.
We are pleased to share that Adil Mawani has joined UW-Whitewater as an Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Religious Studies. Specializing in Islam in South Asia, Adil’s research focuses on 19th-century Urdu biographies of the Prophet Muhammad.
We are proud to feature the work of Siddharth Menon in L&S News. His innovative research on “A Concrete Solution” is gaining recognition. Read the full article here.
Dr. Rajiv Rao (UW–Madison Language Sciences Director and Professor of Spanish Linguistics), was selected for a Fulbright Specialist Program project ‘Developing a Holistic Linguistics Program in India’ at the Central University of Rajasthan. Congratulations, Rajiv!
We’re pleased to welcome Dr. Indranil Acharya, a Professor of English at Vidyasagar University, West Bengal, as Fall 2024 Visiting Fulbright Scholar. Dr. Acharya specializes in documenting and translating Bengali Dalit narratives and has significantly contributed to preserving endangered languages and cultures of Eastern India. During his tenure, he will expand his research on endangered …