CSAS Newsletter 

Aloha,
Our SPRING SYMPOSIUM is underway! We were delighted to have former Senator Mona Das join us on Campus Thursday, and today we still have keynotes speaker Jessica Namakkal and one last panel we hope you will join us for! Please keep in mind the rest of our symposium is virtual. The symposium schedule and details on how to attend can be found below.

We hope to see you for the last day of our symposium!

From CSAS, 
Nandini Chandra, Director
Mari Martinez, Coordinator

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GIVING DAY IS APRIL 9

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UPCOMING SPRING 2025 CSAS EVENTS

• April 3-4: CSAS Annual Spring Symposium, “Prominence and Power: Party Politics and Transnational South Asia” (Online)
• April 11: Visiting Scholar Abdul Haque Chang will give a lecture entitled “Divergence and Alterity: Shrines, sacrality, and performing arts in South and Southeast Asia.” In collaboration with the Center for Southeast Asian Studies. 
• May 30-June 1 Asia Pacific Dance Festival & Conference: Stay tuned for more about the Kathak troupe to be featured at this fantastic festival, along with South Asia-related presentations at the Conference.

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2025 CSAS SPRING SYMPOSIUM SCHEDULE APRIL 3-4

No registration required! To join visit: 

https://tinyurl.com/mt87h6t9 use PassCode: 835766

For details about the in person Mona Das keynote, see details below.

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THIS WEEK!! Spring Symposium Keynote Speaker Talks!

PLEASE NOTE THE JESSICA NAMAKKAL KEYNOTE HAS BEEN CANCELLED

For more information visit: 
https://csas2025springsymposium.wordpress.com/2025/03/07/keynote-speaker-talks/

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Accepting Applications for Spring 2025
Rama Watumull Collaborative Lecture Series (UH Faculty ONLY)

If you are a UH Mānoa faculty member and have someone you would like to invite please see details below on how to apply we are now accepting applications for spring 2025! 
For more information please vitis our website: https://tinyurl.com/4e39v6ve

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CSAS Student and Faculty News

CSAS Students, Student Alumni, Faculty and Affiliate Faculty – We want to know what you’re doing!

We want to know what you are or have been doing. To update us so we can feature you in our newsletter email csas@hawaiil.edu with your information!

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CFP – 53rd Annual Conference on South Asia

The Annual Conference on South Asia invites scholars, students, and professionals to Madison, Wisconsin, for a four-day event featuring research panels and round tables, lectures, performances, film screenings, booksellers, association receptions, and other special presentations! 
For more information visit: https://southasiaconference.wisc.edu
Panels, Single Papers, and Round Table Proposals are due April 5th

The Asia Pacific Dance Festival Intensive

The Asia Pacific Dance Festival Intensive is a unique two-week experience that gives participants an opportunity to expand their awareness and understanding by learning about specific cultures in Hawaiʻi, Asia, and Pacific through an embodied approach directly from renowned artists and cultural practitioners.
Students will experience hula and Hawaiian culture as a way of life through place-based learning, as Na Mokupuni o Hawaiʻi Nei (the Hawaiian Islands) is the home of the Kanaka ʻŌiwi (Native Hawaiians). The 2025 APDF Intensive will also feature teachers from Fiji and India. Since the Hawaiian Islands host Fijian and Indian diasporas, participants will have the opportunity to engage with local Fijian and Indian communities through field trips and community events.

For more information: https://manoa.hawaii.edu/outreach/asiapacificdance/intensive2025/
Where: Honolulu, Hawaiʻi
When: May 19 to June 1, 2025
Registration Deadline: April 30, 2025, limited space available

CFP: Book Chapters for “Indian Trans Cinema: Film, Television, and Web Series Exploring Transgender Themes”

Seeking additional chapters for the book Indian Trans Cinema: Film, Television, and Web Series. This collection showcases the breadth of languages and regional differences within Indian cinema that explores transgender themes. We already have over a dozen confirmed chapters. Chapters may focus on a single film or multiple films.

After the following list of confirmed chapters, you will find details about how to submit your proposal. We seek additional chapters exploring diverse Indian films, so to be competitive, new chapter proposals should not include any of the films already covered by confirmed chapters.
For more information on confirmed chapters, and submission details: https://tinyurl.com/3aszjwsa
Proposal Deadline: May 1, 2025

AIPS Conference/Workshop Grants

AIPS Conference/Workshop Grants fund the organization of Pakistan-related conferences and workshops in the US as well as a conference or workshop in Pakistan.

• Apply for a Conference/Workshop Grant in Pakistan
• Apply for a Pakistan-related Conference/Workshop Grant in the US

Applications are now being accepted for the next quarterly deadline on May 1, 2025.

Education About Asia (EAA)
The Association for Asian Studies (AAS) peer-reviewed teaching journal — is being relaunched as a biannual, open-access online journal, and is now accepting proposals. 

EAA is an invaluable resource for teachers, students, and anyone with an interest in Asia. Articles and reviews cover a wide range of topics and time periods—from ancient to modern history, language, literature, geography, religion, youth and popular culture. Articles in EAA are intended to provide educators and academics in the humanities and social sciences with basic understanding of Asia-related content. Qualified referees evaluate all manuscripts submitted for consideration.

For more information: https://www.asianstudies.org/publications/eaa/call-for-manuscripts/
Submissions are accepted on a rolling basis.
Deadline for Spring is May 1, 2025.

CFP – The 122nd Annual PAMLA Conference

The Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association (PAMLA), the west coast affiliate of the MLA, is a warm, welcoming, inclusive Humanities and Arts association dedicated to the creation, advancement, and diffusion of the aesthetic practices and knowledge of ancient & modern languages, literatures, cultures, and the arts. Approximately 800 to 1,000 faculty, students, writers, and interested independent scholars and members of the community attend our annual PAMLA conference, which offers scholars and writers the opportunity to share research and creative artistic works in a friendly, stimulating atmosphere.

• Special Session Deadline: April 15 (or sooner)
• Paper Proposal Deadline: May 15
• Conference Registration with Early Bird Discount: January 30 – May 28

For more information: https://www.pamla.org/pamla2025/

Call For Papers – 54th Annual Conference of SouthWest Conference on Asian Studies
Pasts and Futures: Rethinking Asian Studies in the New Global Landscape

In an era of rapid geopolitical shifts and technological advancements, SWCAS invites scholars to critically examine the changing contours of Asian Studies under the theme “Pasts and Futures: Rethinking Asian Studies in the New Global Landscape.” We invite reflection on the intersection of historical legacies, contemporary challenges and opportunities, and Asia’s role in shaping global futures. 

For more information: https://tinyurl.com/4jaewhnn
Submission Deadline: June 1, 2025

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SUMMER COURSES

ASAN 491 I – Topics in Asan: South Asia – Women’s Rights in South Asia
WGSS 149 – Intro to the World’s Goddesses

MORE TO COME!!

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COMMUNITY EVENTS

Brown Bag Spring 2025 Schedule 
including CSAS affiliate faculty events!

• April 10: “All of Us or None: Movement-Building Migrant Stories to Confront Settler Carcerality” – Monisha Das Gupta, Professor in the Departments of Ethnic Studies and Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, University of Hawaiʻi, Mānoa 
• April 17: “Letters: Living Archives of Everyday Politics” – Dr. Pallavi Gupta, Faculty, Department of Geography, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa 
• April 24: “The Mahele of Our Bodies: Nā Moʻolelo Māhū/LGBTQ Kupuna” – Nohelani Teves, Associate Professor & Chair, Women, Gender, & Sexuality Studies, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

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Max Planck Institute for the History of Science – Postdoctoral Scholar

This postdoctoral position supports an early-career scholar whose research aligns with ASTRA’s focus on the history of astral sciences. We particularly welcome applications from scholars specializing in South or Central Asia, but encourage submissions from researchers working on other geographical regions as well.
For more information: https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=68621
Deadline: April 13, 2025

University of Pittsburgh, Asian Studies Center
Assistant Director for Academic Affairs

The Asian Studies Center at the University of Pittsburgh is a hub for interdisciplinary research, education, and community engagement focused on Asia. With over 100 affiliated faculty, the Center supports a variety of academic programs and resources, including the East Asian Library, the National Consortium for Teaching About Asia, and funding opportunities for students and faculty. The Center serves students, faculty, K-12 educators, and the broader western Pennsylvania community. It is a U.S. Department of Education National Resource Center (NRC).
For more information: https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=68476
Deadline: April 16, 2025

Tulane University – Global Humanities Fellow

The Tulane Global Humanities Center invites applications for postdoctoral Global Humanities Fellows. We are seeking recent PhDs in the humanities and humanistic social sciences whose work explores or intersects with any of the following topics: port cities, global flows, blue humanities, critical ocean studies, logistics, and/or transnational environmental humanities. Region of specialization and historical period is open; we are particularly interested in comparative and multilingual work engaging the global South, the Mediterranean, and/or the Gulf South.
For more information: https://apply.interfolio.com/165316
Deadline: April 21, 2025

Austrian Academy of Sciences, Institute for the Cultural and Intellectual History of Asia – Principal Researcher (tenure-track), Philology of Buddhism

The Austrian Academy of Sciences (OeAW), the largest non-university institution for basic research in Austria, is seeking to fill at the Institute for the Cultural and Intellectual History of Asia (IKGA) a position of Principal Researcher focused on the Philology of Indian Buddhism.
For more information: https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=68694
Deadline: April 30, 2025

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga – Lecturer, Asian History

The Department of History at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, College of Arts and Sciences, invites applications for a non-tenure-track position at the rank of Lecturer with the anticipated start date of August 1, 2025. We are searching for a world historian with a focus on East, Central, or South Asian history—chronology and specialization are open. Review of applications will begin February 17, 2025.
For more information: https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=68522
Deadline: May 1, 2025

Nevada State University – Lecturer of History

The School of Liberal Arts, Sciences, & Business at Nevada State University invites applications for a 9-month Lecturer of History to begin in August 2025. The candidate should have expertise in an area of departmental need such as Asian, European, and/or African history and/or the history of underrepresented groups in the United States, and should be able to teach general education courses in U.S. history.
For more information: https://tinyurl.com/2u2zattv
Deadline: May 5, 2025

Binghamton University – Full-Time Lecturer in Asian American Studies

The Department of Asian and Asian American Studies at Binghamton University seeks a full-time lecturer in Asian American and/or Asian Diasporic cultural studies. 
For more information: https://tinyurl.com/458n67m4
Deadline: May 7, 2025

Yale University – Lector in Telugu

The South Asian Studies Council at the Whitney and Betty MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies at Yale University invites applications for a Lector in Telugu beginning July 1, 2025, for a three- year term, renewable, with rank dependent on qualifications/experience.
For more information: https://apply.interfolio.com/163546
Deadline: May 20, 2025

University of California Santa Cruz – Asian History Lecturer Pool

The Department of History at the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) invites applications for an ongoing pool of lecturers with expertise in the fields of history of East Asia, history of Southeast Asia, and history of South Asia. 
For more information: https://tinyurl.com/58m9apm2
Deadline: June 14, 2025

Azim Premji University, Bhopal – 3 Full-Time Faculty Positions in History

We invite applications for full-time faculty positions in early India and modern South Asia. We are currently looking for candidates who can teach a broad range of core and elective courses in their period of specialization, including courses such as Ancient World, Early India, Early Medieval South Asia, Colonial India, and more. We encourage applicants with a diverse teaching and research portfolio. 
For more information: https://azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in/jobs/faculty-positions-in-history-4
Deadline: August 9, 2025

MIT – Program Manager, India/South Asia

Massachusetts Institute of Technology is seeking a program manager for the Center for International Studies-MIT International Science and Technology Initiatives (MISTI), to be responsible for the management and overall development of the India program
For more information: https://tinyurl.com/2s4z5zed

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