The Center for South Asia warmly congratulates graduate student affiliates Srotaswini Bhowmick (History) and Arijit Banerjee (English and Interdisciplinary Theatre Studies) on receiving the 2025 IRIS Fieldwork Awards. Bhowmick, also a recipient of the IRIS/BLAC …
Shahana Munazir awarded CICW grant
We are thrilled to share that Shahana Munazir, PhD candidate in Anthropology and a student affiliate at the Center for South Asia, has been awarded a research grant from the Center for Islam in the …
Darshana Mini Wins Top Faculty Paper Award at ICA 2025
The Center for South Asia is proud to announce that Prof. Darshana Mini, Assistant Professor and CSA faculty member in the Department of Communication Arts at UW-Madison, has been awarded the Top Faculty Paper Award …
Zara Chowdhary’s Lucky Ones Named Finalist for 2025 PEN America Literary Awards
We are delighted to share that Lucky Ones, the debut book by CSA faculty member Zara Chowdhary, has been named a finalist for the 2025 PEN America Literary Awards. In Lucky Ones, Chowdhary craftly blends fiction …
Professor Usha Nilsson Receives Prestigious Aaj Tak Sahitya Jagriti Award for Literary Excellence
We are delighted to announce that Usha Nilsson (‘Priyamvada’), Emeritus Professor of Languages and Cultures of Asia at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and a longtime affiliate of the Center for South Asia, has been awarded the …
Annual Conference on South Asia Deadline Extension
ACSA is extending our submission deadline! We will continue to accept proposals for single papers, panel groups, round tables, and films until 5:00 PM CDT on Friday, April 11. Register and submit your proposal on …
UW–Madison’s Professor Gurindar Sohi Honored with 2025 IEEE Computer Pioneer Award
Professor Gurindar (Guri) Sohi—Vilas Research Professor, John P. Morgridge Professor, and E. David Cronon Professor of Computer Sciences at UW–Madison—has been awarded the prestigious 2025 Computer Pioneer Award in Honor of the Women of ENIAC …
Congratulations Prof. Miki Chase
Congratulations to Dr. Miki Chase, Assistant Professor and Śrī Anantnāth Chair in Jain Studies faculty at Asian Languages and Culture (ALC) and CSA affiliate faculty, on her acceptance into the prestigious Women’s Studies in Religion …
In Memoriam: Joseph Elder
The UW-Madison Center for South Asia mourns the loss of Professor Emeritus Joseph Elder. Professor Elder’s work and legacy leaves a lasting imprint on many people and programs at UW-Madison, the signature UW in India …
New Book by Prof. Mou Banerjee
The Center for South Asia is delighted to announce the publication of ‘The Disinherited: The Politics of Christian Conversion in Colonial India,’ authored by Prof. Mou Banerjee, Assistant Professor of History at the University of …