Department News
Congratulations, Simran Chand! Winner of the Holden Furber Undergraduate Writing Award
Simran Chand is a senior from Newtown, Connecticut and is a proud Indian American woman. She is in the College of Arts & Sciences, double-majoring in Biology and Gender, Sexuality, & Women's Studies and minoring in Chemistry.
Congratulations Sydney Steward! SAST undergraduate workstudy of 4 years graduates from Penn Nursing
The South Asia Studies Department & South Asia Center would like to congratulate Sydney Steward as she prepares for her graduation from the Penn Nursing program! Sydney has been the SAST workstudy for 4 years & will be missed by many students, faculty & admin.
Holden Furber Undergraduate Writing Prize
Awarded annually for the best undergraduate essay on any topic related to South Asia. There is no set number of pages or format for submissions. Writings may be prose, poetry, research, or scientific papers as long as the subject involves South Asia.
Spring 2021 Colloquium Speakers March 17th & April 14th’
Join us for the following SAST Spring Colloquiums.
FLAS Fellowship for 2021-22 is Now Open for Applications!
The US Department of Education created the FLAS Fellowship to encourage the study of less commonly taught languages.
Upenn Cinema Studies Colloquium with Debashree Mukherjee | Impassioned Speech: Cinema & Sonic Individuation in Colonial India
Debashree Mukherjee is Assistant Professor of film and media in the Department of Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies at Columbia University in New York.