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

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

831-459-2292

dneuman@ucsc.edu

Anjali R Arondekar

Founding Director

Professor

Feminist Studies Department

831-459-4748 (office)

aarondek@ucsc.edu