Center for South Asia News

Prof. Mark Kenoyer’s co-authored book won the 2023 Neev Book Award!

Prof. Mark Kenoyer’s co-authored book ‘The People of the Indus’ won the 2023 Neev Literature in the Young Adult category! Congratulations, Prof. Kenoyer!

New book release by Dr. Robert Eric Frykenberg

We are thrilled to announce the release of a remarkable new book by Emeritus Professor of History and South Asian Studies at UW Madison, Dr. Robert Eric Frykenberg. Titled “India’s History, India’s Raj: Essays In Historical Understanding,” this book promises to be an illuminating journey through the historical tapestry of India. Read more here.

Dr. Anthony Cerulli’s photo-ethnography exhibit this Fall!

Dr. Anthony Cerulli’s, ongoing multi-media project, Manuscriptistan, will have another photo-ethnography exhibit this fall (Nov. 8 – Dec. 11) at Roberta’s Art Gallery in Whitewater, WI: “The Aesthetic Shape of History”

UW-Madison secures second spot in public universities ranking!

We are thrilled to share that the University of Wisconsin–Madison has yet again demonstrated its exceptional commitment to academic excellence and community impact. According to a recent ranking by Washington Monthly, UW Madison has secured the impressive second position among public universities! Go Badgers!

Welcoming new CSA faculty Dr. Miki Chase

New CSA faculty, Dr. Mikaela Chase has joined Asian Languages and Cultures Department at UW–Madison as Assistant Professor and inaugural Śrī Anantnāth Chair in Jain Studies. Dr. Chase brings with her a wealth of knowledge and a passion for research in Jain Studies at the intersections of law, anthropology of religion, and critical feminist scholarship in South Asia. Congratulations …

Jonathan Durr at UW-Madison as the co-coordinator for the South Asia SACO Funnel

Jonathan Durr at UW–Madison has taken on the role of co-coordinator for the newly established South Asia SACO Funnel at the Library of Congress’s Program for Cooperative Cataloging (PCC). One of the South Asia SACO Funnel’s inaugural projects is dedicated to revising the geographic Subject Heading “Mogul Empire” to the more accurate and contemporary “Mughal Empire.” …

UW welcomes Frances Vavrus as International Division vice provost and dean

Frances Vavrus has officially begun her tenure as vice provost and dean of UW–Madison’s International Division. Vavrus was announced for the position in April following a nationwide search and officially started the position on July 31st, 2023. Congratulations and welcome!                                  …

Center for South Asia contributes a book chapter in the edited volume ‘The Wisconsin in the World’

The Wisconsin in the World edited book explores how internationalization at the University of Wisconsin–Madison (UW) has been a decades-long, ongoing endeavor. Against that backdrop, the various chapters also provide a snapshot of how people across the UW campus were reflecting on their work amidst the COVID-19 pandemic and on the implications of the pandemic regarding …

Professor Michael Baltutis (UW-Oshkosh) publishes “The Festival of Indra”

Michael Baltutis, Professor of South Asian Religions at UW-Oshkosh has published his first book,  The Festival of Indra: Innovation, Archaism, and Revival in a South Asian Performance with SUNY Press. For more details please click here.

PhD student, Sahil Sasidharan, awarded summer 2023 funding Fellowship and Award

Department of Geography PhD student, Sahil Sasidharan, has been awarded both the IRIS-NRC Scott-Kloeck Jenson Pre-Dissertation Travel Fellowship and Holtz Center’s STS Summer Scholar Award for this summer! Sahil’s research focuses on cities and processes of urbanization.