UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA CRUZ
CENTER FOR SOUTH ASIAN STUDIES
Our Vision
UCSC’s Center for South Asian Studies promotes and supports the study of India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Tibet, Bhutan, the Maldives, and broader Indian Ocean worlds. Our focus is economic and social justice. Five core themes are key to our Center’s vision: (a) Caste, Gender and Sexuality (b) Development, Growth and Entrepreneurship (c) Technology (d) Culture, Creativity and Innovation and (e) Environment and Sustainability.
Connections between the arts, humanities, social sciences divisions found our vision of South Asia, creating conversations and projects that reach across historical, temporal and cultural divides. We organize scholarly, artistic and activist events on South Asian topics, and collaborate across the university and beyond to deepen scholarly understanding of the region.
Image: Bilal al-Habashi, Spencer Collection, Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, The New York Public Library
Our Vision
UCSC’s Center for South Asian Studies promotes and supports the study of India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Tibet, Bhutan, the Maldives, and broader Indian Ocean worlds. Our focus is economic and social justice. Five core themes are key to our Center’s vision: (a) Caste, Gender and Sexuality (b) Development, Growth and Entrepreneurship (c) Technology (d) Culture, Creativity and Innovation and (e) Environment and Sustainability.
Connections between the arts, humanities, social sciences divisions found our vision of South Asia, creating conversations and projects that reach across historical, temporal and cultural divides. We organize scholarly, artistic and activist events on South Asian topics, and collaborate across the university and beyond to deepen scholarly understanding of the region.
Image: Bilal al-Habashi, Spencer Collection, Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, The New York Public Library
Events
Events
May 17, 2024, 10 AM
May 1, 2024, 5PM PT
Dalit Histories, Gender Formations: A Conversation with Journalist Meena Kotwal
April 17, 12 Noon | In-person Event
February 14, 2024, 12 Noon
30 May 2023
In Conversation with Rahul Gandhi: Towards Justice and Democratic Futures
30 May 2023
In Conversation with Rahul Gandhi: Towards Justice and Democratic Futures
News
Wednesday, May 1, 2024
5pm PT
In conversation with Meena Kotwal: May 1, 2024
June 1 2023
Rahul Gandhi, India’s most influential opposition leader, addresses the future of democracy in India during his UCSC Silicon Valley Extension talk
June 1 2023
Rahul Gandhi, India’s most influential opposition leader, addresses the future of democracy in India during his UCSC Silicon Valley Extension talk
10-19 April 2023
We are delighted to welcome our first South Asian artist/activist-in-residence, Paromita Vohra. Paromita Vohra is a filmmaker and writer who works with a range of forms, including film, comics, digital media, installation art and writing to explore themes of feminism, desire, urban life and popular culture
10-19 April 2023
We are delighted to welcome our first South Asian artist/activist-in-residence, Paromita Vohra. Paromita Vohra is a filmmaker and writer who works with a range of forms, including film, comics, digital media, installation art and writing to explore themes of feminism, desire, urban life and popular culture
3 October 2022
UCSC’s Center for South Asian Studies Positioned For Exponential Growth
3 October 2022
UCSC’s Center for South Asian Studies Positioned For Exponential Growth
20 May 2021
Memory Series: Anjali Arondekar
20 MAY 2021
Memory Series: Anjali Arondekar
Faculty
Dard A Neuman
Associate Professor of Music Hasan Endowed Chair in Classical Indian Music
Music Department
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