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Saloni Bhogale, PhD student working on Comparative Politics in the Department of Political Science, was one among seven UW–Madison students who received the IRIS Graduate Student Summer Fieldwork Award. She plans to do fieldwork in Indian courts in Mumbai and Delhi in order to further her research on the effects of diversity in the judiciary. …
SABA is giving away book bundles for K-12 teachers, education faculty, and librarians. There are two picture book bundles, a middle grade bundle and a YA bundle. SABA hopes to complete the giveaway by the end of May. Please fill out this form to enter to win a book bundle from the South Asia Book Award.
Congratulations to Dr. Mou Banerjee on receiving the Dorothy and Hsin-Nung Yao Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching from the History Department, UW–Madison!
Dr. Todd Michelson-Ambelang and Dr. Mou Banerjee received the Library Collections Enhancement Initiative Grant to acquire British Foreign Office Files for Afghanistan and Burma. These grants will enhance the capacity for students and faculty to continue pursuing research on South Asia at the frontlines of academia in the US.
Funded under the Library Collections Enhancement Award by OVRGE, “South Asian Film and Media Collection” aims to build a research program on South Asian Cinema at UW–Madison by expanding the film studies collection. The proposed procurement includes trade magazines, film scripts, song-booklets, posters, and film-related ephemera to think critically about how South Asian cinema has …
Congratulations to Professor Asifa Quraishi-Landes, Professor of Law, on receiving the 2022 Chancellor’s Distinguished Teaching Award! Read the full announcement here.
The Evelyn Goldberg Briggs Memorial Library received funding for their proposal as part of the “South Asia in Wisconsin” grant competition, organized by the Center for South Asia. With the funding, materials will be added to the collection to provide the community with a view of everyday life in countries located in South Asia.
Dr. Darshana Sreedhar Mini is a 2022-23 winner of the UW–Madison Exceptional Service Support Program award. Congratulations Dr. Mini!
Professor Anthony Cerulli is an awardee in the 2022-23 Vilas Associates Competition. Find the complete list of winners here.
Professor Asifa Quraishi-Landes, Professor of Law, has won a 2022 Chancellor’s Distinguished Teaching Award, an honor given out since 1953 to recognize some of the university’s finest educators. See the full list of winners here.