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Center for South Asian Studies (CSAS)
Recent News
2025 Leadership Appointments at the II and Its Centers and Programs
New director appointments start July 1, 2025.
International Institute and Marsal Family School of Education Celebrate 16 Years of WHaLI Partnership
Educators from Michigan, Puerto Rico, and Illinois gather to share innovative approaches to world history and literature.
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.
Events
Sep
26
CSAS 2025 Kavita Datla Memorial Lecture | Spectral Conversions: Becoming Muslim in Late-Seventeenth-Century Mughal India
Munis D. Faruqui, Associate Professor, Department of South and Southeast Asian Studies, University of California Berkeley
4:00 PM
Pendleton Room
Michigan Union
Sep
26
Welcome Reception for the 2025–26 Academic Year
Matthew Hull, Director, Center for South Asian Studies, University of Michigan
5:30 PM
Pendleton Room
Michigan Union
