Center for South Asian Studies (CSAS)
Recent News
CSAS Awards First-Ever South Asian Languages Video Awards
The 2023 SAL Video Award for Best Movie went to second-year Urdu’s Murder Mystery by Zahra Basha, Iman Kadwani, Aleezah Manzoor, and Minahil Raheel.
CSAS Hosts Annual Thomas R. Trautmann Honorary Lecture with Daud Ali
The lecture honors Thomas Roger Trautmann, an American historian, cultural anthropologist, and U-M Professor Emeritus of History and Anthropology.
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.
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