Department News
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.
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.