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Center for South Asian Studies (CSAS)
Recent News
CSAS faculty member, Matthew Boulton, is one of three recipients of the President’s Award for Leadership in International Education
Boulton is the Pearl L. Kendrick Collegiate Professor of Global Public Health and professor of epidemiology in the School of Public Health.
Access To Menstrual Products At School Linked To Better Language Achievement
CSAS faculty members, William Axinn and Dirgha Jibi Ghimire, find positive connection between access to menstrual products and improved test scores among girls in Nepal.
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
Oct
01
Nilima Sheikh: Picturing the Other
In conversation with Rattanamol Singh Johal
4:00 PM
10th Floor event room
Weiser Hall
Oct
02
CSAS 2026 Kavita Datla Memorial Lecture | Minor Cosmopolitanisms: Islam, Urdu, and Secularism in Postcolonial India
Dr. Razak Khan; Senior Research Fellow in Global History, Department of History, Free University, Berlin
4:00 PM
Pendleton Room
Michigan Union
Oct
30
CSAS Lecture Series | Beyond the Seas Blue
Asma Kazmi; Berkeley Center for New Media, University of California-Berkeley
4:00 PM
Room 555
Weiser Hall
Nov
11
Donia Human Rights Center Panel. Human Rights Reporting: Stories from the Field
Tanzil Asif, Erica Hellerstein, and Shan Li - Knight-Wallace Fellows
11:30 AM
Koessler Room
Michigan League
Nov
13
CSAS Lecture Series | Indians and Cowboys: Race, Caste, and Catholic Missionary Priests from India in Rural America
Sonja Thomas, Colby College
4:00 PM
Room 555
Weiser Hall
Jan
22
CSAS Lecture Series | Annihilation of Caste: Dr. B.R. Ambedkar and the Making of a Radical Dalit Humanism
Shailaja Paik, University of Cincinnati
4:00 PM
Room 555
Weiser Hall
