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(Re)Claiming Space for Academic Freedom in South Asia
16 June 2026 Oxford Brookes University 9:00 – 11:30am...
ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø Study Group – Diagnosing Democracy: Methods, Verdicts, and Histories from South Asia
University of Bradford 22 June 2026 At this moment when democratic institutions across South Asia face pressures, and authoritarian...
ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø Book Prize 2027 – Call for Submissions
ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø Book Prize 2027 The British Association of South Asian Studies is pleased to announce the ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø Book Prize...
ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø Annual Conference – 11-13 September 2026
*The ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø Annual Conference 2026 will take place at the SOAS South Asia Institute from 11-13 September* The SOAS...
ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø South Asia Senior Scholars (SASS) Network Meeting in Durham
ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø held the third meeting of the Senior Scholars Network in Durham on 12 March 2026. In addition to...
ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø Book Prize 2026 – Winner Announced
The judging panel are pleased to announce that the winner of the ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø Book Prize 2026 is Sudev Sheth’s...
ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø Roundtable 2026 – Recording Available
Interdisciplinary Roundtable on Resistance and GenZ Uprisings in South Asia In a near full room, the event took place...
ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø Annual Lecture 2026 – Recording Available
On 11th March Durham University Institute of Advanced Study projects Pedagogies of Dispossession and Re-conceptualising Resistance...
ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø Academic Freedom Observatory (AFO) Launch
ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø is launching a new Academic Freedom Observatory (AFO) where you’ll find testimonies, news from South Asia and about...
ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø Book Prize 2026 – Shortlist Announced
ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø is delighted to announce the shortlist for the 2026 ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø Book Prize. From a very strong field, the...
Doing Fieldwork: An Online ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø Workshop with Dr Kasia Paprocki & Dr Sahana Ghosh (Recording Available)
ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø organised an online workshop for Graduate students and Early Career Researchers on how to do fieldwork. The session...
ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø Graduate Essay Prize 2025 – Winners Announced
The judging panel for the ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø Graduate Essay Prize 2025 are delighted to announce the following as joint winners:...
ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø Master’s Dissertation Prize 2025 – Winner Announced
We are delighted to announce the results of the ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø Master’s Dissertation Prize 2025. This prestigious award announced at...
ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø Book Prize 2025 – Winner Announced
We are delighted to announce that the winner of the ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø Book Prize 2025 is Michael O’Sullivan, No Birds of...
South Asia Senior Scholars Network
ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø is delighted to announce that The South Asia Senior Scholars Network has been initiated in the framework of...
ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø Book Prize 2025 – Shortlist Announced
ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø is delighted to announce the shortlist for the 2025 ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø Book Prize. From a very strong field, the...
ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø Master’s Dissertation Prize 2024 – Winners Announced
Usama Salamat Damni Kain We are delighted to announce the results of the ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø Master’s Dissertation Prize 2024. This...
ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø Graduate Essay Prize 2024 – Winner Announced
Tanuj Luthra, “Conviviality in the Clinic: Chhota daktars and the Work of Care in Delhi” There was very stiff...
ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø Book Prize 2024 – Winner Announced
The ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø Book Prize panel for 2022 publications had an excellent field of books to evaluate. Ultimately the Book...
Gender in South Asia And Beyond: Essays in Honour of Patricia Jeffery
A volume celebrating the work of Professor Patricia Jeffery (Chair of ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø, 2014 – 2020) has just been published...
ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø Book Prize 2024 – Shortlist Announced
After a tough first round during which more than twenty books were considered, the ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø Book Prize panel has...
GEC Workshop – Searching for a Job Post-PhD (Recording Available)
ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø organised a workshop for Graduate and Early Career Researchers who are working on their job applications. The panel...
ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø Book Prize 2023 – Winner Announced
Kasia Paprocki’s Threatening Dystopias offers a deeply researched, historically informed, and compelling analysis of climate...
ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø Book Prize 2022: In conversation with Usha Iyer (Recording Available)
On 28th June 2022 (4:00 – 5:30pm (BST)), ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø held the following event: A conversation with Dr Usha Iyer,...