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- The American Literary Translators Association (ALTA) announces the mentees for ALTA Emerging Translator Mentorship Program – including SAS’s very own Poorna SwamiPoorna will continue to study Urdu translation under this program. Many of the other mentees’ subject languages are also South…
- Mittal Institute Summer Grants (deadline February 9th)Don’t miss the chance to travel to South Asia this summer! Apply NOW for an internship grant, language study grant, or…
- Seed for Change Student Grant Competition (Applications are due January 26, 2024.) ($30,000 grand prize)…
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We emphasize a rigorous approach to South Asian texts and traditions, the cultural, intellectual, and social practices that they inform, and the diverse disciplinary perspectives that are needed to study and write about them.