It’s finally here! Next week is our Spring Symposium. We are excited to bring you visiting scholars from all over the globe! You can find more information about visiting scholar talks and schedule online. We are excited to see you there!
From CSAS,
Anna Stirr, Director
Mari Martinez, Coordinator
CSAS News
SPAS Careers in Asia Pacific Affairs survey
The NRC-funded Careers in Asia-Pacific Affairs initiative wants to hear from students about what kinds of professional development workshops we could provide that would help them achieve their career goals, without duplicating other resources on campus. These would be targeted to students interested in working in and with Asia and Oceania.
To participate in this survey: https://forms.gle/mnafwKmQXb7oxXEc7
The poll will be open until April 17. We will compile the results and plan to hold at least two workshops in fall 2024.
[In Person] CSAS 2024 Spring Symposium
Click here for FULL PROGRAM SCHEDULE WITH ABSTRACTS
NEXT WEEK is our Spring Symposium 2024, on South Asian Futures. The symposium aims to provide a platform for scholars and visionaries to engage in discussion, share insight and explore the diverse dimensions of futures as imagined, and as people have striven to realize them, from South Asian perspectives, including diaspora and transnational perspectives.
Keynote Speakers:
Vijay Prashad, Historian, Author, Journalist
Subash Thebe Limbu, Filmmaker, Sound Artist
Sadaf Padder, Curator
Ritodhi Chakraborty, Geographer
WHEN: April 10-12, 2024
WHERE: Room 301, Hamilton Library
For more information, schedule and talks, visit: https://southasiasymposium2024.wordpress.com/
LIVESTREAM: Our symposium will have a livestream that can be viewed on the CSAS Youtube Channel that will begin April 10. If you are on island we strongly encourage you to attend in person. For information about panels, keynotes speakers and schedule visit the symposium website at: https://southasiasymposium2024.wordpress.com
No registration is required, however this is only a livestream and questions/comments will not be taken from online participants.
Digital Storytelling for Interdisciplinary South Asian Studies and Language Teaching
Are you interested in presenting aspects of your scholarly or creative work using your South Asian language? In this workshop we will learn about making creative video resources for teaching across the humanities and social sciences, toward promoting collaborative, creative pedagogies and intercultural understanding, linking languages with lived experiences. For more information visit our website.
WHEN: Friday, April 12 at 1:30 pm
WHERE: Kuykendall Hall Room 106
Facilitators: Sai Bhatewadekar, Anna Stirr
Registration through CTE
FUNDING & OTHER OPPORTUNITIES
In order by upcoming deadlines.
Global Ambassadors Scholarship
The Global Ambassadors Program is an initiative created for current students who are planning to study, intern, volunteer or teach abroad. The Global Ambassadors will serve as global correspondents, sharing their experiences to motivate other members of the BeGlobalii and Diversity Abroad community to go abroad. By writing insightful articles, sharing inspiring videos and pictures about your new surroundings, cross-cultural observations and personal growth, your words will inspire other diverse students to go abroad and challenge them to rethink how study abroad experiences can be for everyone.
For more information visit: https://www.diversityabroad.com/overseas-ambassador
Deadline: April 15, 2024
Call for Papers – BDI International Conference 2024
Bangladesh Development Initiative (BDI) is organizing an interdisciplinary international conference on Bangladesh, scheduled to take place in the USA. The conference is set for November 8–10, 2024 (Friday–Sunday) at the University of California, Berkeley. They are inviting academics, scholars, researchers, policymakers, and practitioners engaged in diverse facets of Bangladesh’s development to submit extended abstracts or completed research papers addressing the conference theme: “Bangladesh Reimagined: The Next Half-Century.”
November 8-10, 2024
University of California at Berkeley, USA
For more information visit: https://bdiusa.org/conference-2024/
DEADLINE: April 15, 2024
2024-2025 SAAH Scholarship
The Society of Asian Art of Hawai’i, Inc. promotes the pursuit of higher education by awarding scholarship grants to deserving Hawai’i college or university students studying Asia-related art courses at Hawai’i institutions of higher learning. The Scholarship Program is funded from contributions from individuals and organizations as well as fundraising activities conducted by the Society. For 2024-2025 the Society expects to award anywhere from $1,000 to $4,000 to each qualified applicant.
- Society of Asian Art of Hawai’i Scholarship Fund
- Susan Burghardt Scholarship Fund
The SAAH Scholarship Committee will determine the amounts based on the availability of funds. Note: to assure that applicants actually enroll in the courses they have selected, half of the scholarship amount will be given in September 2024, and the remaining half will be given in January 2025, after the fall transcript for 2024 completed courses and the spring 2025 course registration form have been submitted electronically to the email listed on the application form.
For more information and application to apply visit: https://www.saahhawaii.org/scholarship-application
Questions? Contact: saahscholarship@gmail.com
Application Deadline: June 30, 2024
Transform Your Dissertation into a Book Workshop
This workshop is sponsored by the American Institute of Indian Studies with the American Institute of Pakistan Studies, American Institute of Bangladesh Studies, and American Institute of Sri Lankan Studies. Part of the Annual Conference on South Asia at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, this workshop aims to help a select number of recent PhDs to re-vision their doctoral dissertations as books.
For more information visit: https://www.indiastudies.org/book-prize/dissertation-to-book-workshop/
Workshop: October 29-30, 2024
Application Deadline: July 31, 2024
EVENTS
[Online]
6th Annual Rustgi Undergraduate Conference on South Asia – South Asia in Story
The University of Buffalo’s 6th Annual Rustgi Undergraduate Conference on South Asia will feature a keynote by Javaid Tariq, co-founder of New York Taxi Workers Alliance, a grassroots predominantly immigrant and people-of-color-led labor organization that was founded by South Asian drivers and organizers almost 30 years ago. In his keynote, Javaid Tariq will reflect on the importance of building a labor movement that is democratic, membership-led, internationalist in its solidarity, and unafraid to confront power and express urgency for student activism.
This hybrid event is free, but registration is required.
To register visit https://bit.ly/rustgi2024
For more information please contact southasiaundergradconf@gmail.com
WHEN: April 6, 2024
WHERE: ONLINE
[Online]
UHM CSEAS, in collaboration with GETSEA, is hosting a simulcast film screening & discussion – A Showcase of Bophana Center Indigenous Filmmakers on the themes of “Healing, Memory & Care.”
More information: https://tinyurl.com/4m8mpk52
When: April 9, 2024 from 12:00 pm HST.
Where: Hamilton Library, Rm 306.
JOBS & POST DOCS
Positions open until filled unless otherwise noted.
Australian National University (ANU) – Lecturer (Hindi-Urdu)
The ANU College of Asia & the Pacific (CAP) is seeking a Lecturer in Hindi-Urdu Language & Studies (Level B) to contribute to the School’s Hindi-Urdu Language and South Asian Studies programs. The successful candidate will be deeply committed to enhancing the teaching program in Hindi-Urdu Language at all levels, both undergraduate and postgraduate.
For more information visit: https://jobs.anu.edu.au/jobs/lecturer-hindi-urdu-canberra-act-act-australia
DEADLINE: April 12. 2024
Barnard College – Three-Year Term Assistant Professor in Religion
The Religion Department at Barnard College seeks applications for a three-year Term Assistant Professor in South Asian religions. The ideal candidate will be a specialist in South Asian religion with a focus in Hinduism.
For more information visit: https://careers.barnard.edu/postings/6679
Deadline: April 15, 2024
Faculty Position in the History of Asia at the University of São Paulo
The Department of History at the University of São Paulo is seeking to appoint a tenure-track faculty member in History of Asia, whose research focuses on the Asian spaces rather than the European presence in Asia.
For more information visit: https://tinyurl.com/2za2zpxe
Deadline: April 22, 2024 at 5pm (Brasilia) (or 8pm UTC)
Fulbright-Hays Faculty Research Abroad (FRA) Fellowship Program
The Fulbright-Hays Program awards grants to individual U.S. K-14 pre-teachers, teachers and administrators, pre-doctoral students and postdoctoral faculty, as well as to U.S. institutions and organizations. This program supports research and training efforts overseas, which focus on non-Western foreign languages and area studies. It is funded by a Congressional appropriation to the U.S. Department of Education and is one of the few Fulbright Programs that supports group projects abroad.
For more information: https://www2.ed.gov/programs/iegpsfra/applicant.html
Application Deadline: April 23, 2024
Fulbright-Hays Faculty Research Abroad (FRA) Fellowship Program
The Fulbright-Hays Program awards grants to individual U.S. K-14 pre-teachers, teachers and administrators, pre-doctoral students and postdoctoral faculty, as well as to U.S. institutions and organizations. This program supports research and training efforts overseas, which focus on non-Western foreign languages and area studies. It is funded by a Congressional appropriation to the U.S. Department of Education and is one of the few Fulbright Programs that supports group projects abroad.
For more information: https://www2.ed.gov/programs/iegpsfra/applicant.html
Application Deadline: April 23, 2024
Southern Methodist University – History
The William P. Clements Department of History at SMU invites nominations and applications for a two-year appointment to begin Fall semester 2024. They are seeking a teacher-scholar in the field of South Asian history, in any area or period, to fill this position.
For more information visit: https://apply.interfolio.com/129501
Deadline: May 1, 2024
Brown University: DOF: Comparative Literature
The Department of Comparative Literature at Brown University invites applications for an International Humanities Postdoctoral Fellowship in Indian Ocean Studies. We seek a scholar with expertise in Indian Ocean literatures, including but not limited to the textual traditions of South Asia, Southeast Asia, or East Africa. The historical period and field of specialization are open, and we encourage applications from candidates whose work is comparative in nature. The position is a two-year term, beginning July 1, 2024.
For more information visit: https://apply.interfolio.com/137329
Marymount Manhattan College – History and International Studies
Marymount Manhattan College seeks applications for a Visiting Assistant Professor of History and International Studies to begin Fall 2024 pending final budget approval. For more information visit: https://www.mmm.edu/offices/human-resources/faculty-positions.php
Deadline: August 1, 2024
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