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Center for South Asian Studies (CSAS)
Recent News
Knight–Wallace Fellow Kunāl Majumder to Speak at TEDxUofM 2025
Kunāl Majumder, an Indian journalist and current Knight–Wallace Fellow at the University of Michigan, will speak at TEDxUofM 2025 on Thursday, April 3, at the Power Center for the Performing Arts.
CSAS Presents Annual Trautmann Lecture with Patrick Olivelle
Olivelle, from the University of Texas, visited CSAS in January 2025 to help us further understand the Indian land ethic, based on Tom Trautmann’s definition focused on the Indian war elephant and the establishment of elephant forests.
The Center for South Asian Studies at the University of Michigan is a national leader in promoting a deeper understanding of India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, and Sri Lanka. The center offers a range of area-related courses taught by outstanding faculty, a scholarly lecture series, conferences, study abroad fellowships, student colloquiums and opportunities to volunteer, sponsor and cosponsor a variety of events. CSAS is also a US Department of Education designated National Resource Center, funded to develop area studies education for this region of the world.
