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Mittal Institute steering committee member and professor of comparative religion and Indian studies, Diana Ecks, briefly recounts her work and research.
Prof. Martha Selby’s talk on the Beauty and Value of Indian Poetry
Read a brief interview from incoming Sangam Professor of South Asian Studies before her talk on April 6th…
Meena Venkataramanan is Selected as a Gates Cambridge Scholar & Receives the Overseas Press Club Foundation Scholarship
Meena Venkataramanan (Harvard University, class of 2021) has been selected as a Gates Cambridge Scholar to pursue an M.Phil in English Studies with a focus on Modern and Contemporary Literature. Ms. Venkataramanan is featured in a February 19th, 2021, Harvard Gazette article where, after completing her joint concentration in English and South Asian Studies at Harvard, she “plans to study contemporary refugee and asylum-seeker literature from the…
Certificates of Excellence and Distinction in Teaching Awards
Recognized by the Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning, the following members of the Department of South Asian Studies have received Certificates of Excellence in Teaching and Certificates of Distinction in Teaching. Partnering with GSAS and the Office of Undergraduate Education, the Bok Center’s certificates commend individual Lecturers, Preceptors, Teaching Fellows, Teaching Assistants, and…
Many Mahābhāratas, co-edited by Nell Shapiro Hawley, now available from SUNY Press
Many Mahābhāratas (SUNY Press), a new volume edited by Nell Shapiro Hawley and Sohini Sarah Pillai, is an introduction to the spectacular and long-lived diversity of Mahābhārata literature in South Asia. This diversity begins with the Sanskrit Mahābhārata, an early epic poem that narrates the events of a catastrophic fratricidal war. Along the way, it draws in…
Dr. Ali Asani Receives Harvard Foundation’s 2020 Faculty of the Year Award
Harvard Foundation Faculty of the Year Award Awarded by the Harvard Foundation to a faculty member who has gone above and beyond their responsibilities to make Harvard a more inclusive place….
Iris Yellum Completes Junior Fellowship at the Library of Congress
Iris Yellum was a 2019 Junior Fellow at the Library of Congress, Asian Division. For more on the project, see the link at the Library of Congress 4 Corners of the World Blog: https://blogs.loc.gov/international-collections/2019/12/vernacular-south-asian-newspapers-from-the-asian-division/….
Spring 2019 Certificates of Excellence and Distinction in Teaching Awards
Recognized by the Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning, the following members of the Department of South Asian Studies have received Spring 2019 Certificates of Excellence in Teaching and Certificates of Distinction in Teaching. Partnering with GSAS and the Office of Undergraduate Education, the Bok Center’s certificates commend individual Lecturers, Preceptors, Teaching Fellows, Teaching Assistants, and Course…
Radha Blinderman Receives Frederick Sheldon Traveling Fellowship for Academic Year 2019-2020
In support of her project entitled “What Makes ‘Sectarian Grammars’ Different: A Comparative Study of Jīva Gosvāmin’s Harināmāmŗtavyākaraņa,” Radha Blinderman has received a 2019-2020 Frederick Sheldon Traveling Fellowship to conduct research in India, France, and Switzerland. With an interest in placing Jīva Gosvāmin’s work in the historical context of what Sheldon Pollock terms “the period…
Fall 2018 Certificates of Excellence and Distinction in Teaching Awards
Recognized by the Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning, the following members of the Department of South Asian Studies have received fall 2018 Certificates of Excellence in Teaching and Certificates of Distinction in Teaching. Partnering with GSAS and the Office of Undergraduate Education, the Bok Center’s certificates commend individual Lecturers, Preceptors, Teaching Fellows, Teaching Assistants, and Course…