Department News
Sanjay Kak: Archive of Now Photography in Kashmir 10/11
Please join us at the Slought Foundation for Sanjay Kak: Archive of Now Photography in Kashmir 10/11 @ 5:30 pm.
Promoting the Study of Afghanistan in Philadelphia’s Schools and Colleges
In spring, Zubairullah Hashmi, previously a fulbright scholar from Afghanistan, rejoined Penn’s South Asia Studies Department to teach Pashto. Shortly afterwards, the South Asia Center, with its mandate to promote the study of South Asia identified his expertise and put him to work.
Courts of North India and the Deccan (c. 1347-1562). Workshop dates: April 15 - 16, 2022
Join us for this workshop.
The Illiterate Ustad and Other Myths: A Lecture Series by Katherine Schofield April 5 - 26, 2022
Featuring Professor Katherine Schofield, King's College, London
Professor Davesh Soneji to Host Online Graduate Workshop Feb. 19-20, 2022
Join us for an engaging workshop exploring new and emerging scholarship on the performing arts of South India.
New Poetry by Afsar Mohammad: Speaking from the street, Pieces of the pieces
Afsar Mohammad teaches in the Department of South Asian studies at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. Afsar is an award-winning/ published poet in English and his home language of Telugu—a south Indian language. He has published five volumes of poetry in Telugu and his English poetry will be out soon. He has also published a monograph with the Oxford University Press (USA, 2013) with a title “The Festival of Pirs: Popular Islam and Shared Devotion in South India.” He is currently working on a new book with a focus on the history of Muslims in the city of Hyderabad, India.