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Cornell South Asia Program

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The South Asia Program (SAP) is a South Asia area studies program at Cornell University.

09/16/2026

Thursday, September 17, Radhika Govindrajan (Anthropology, Columbia University) delivers the Bernd Lambert Memorial Lecture, "The Village is a Scandal: S*xual Politics and the Making of the Rural in Modern India" at 4:30pm in 120 Mary Ann Wood Drive, B21. Details: https://events.cornell.edu/event/bernd-lambert-memorial-lecture-with-radhika-govindrajan

09/13/2026

Our next SAP Seminar is Monday, September 14 with Uzma Zafar (S*xuality, Women's and Gender Studies, University of Rochester) presenting "Adjudicatory Affects: On Gendered Citizenship and Near Time" at 12:15pm in G08 Uris Hall, cosposnored by Cornell University Anthropology, Feminist, Gender, and S*xuality Studies & Cornell University Religious Studies. Details at https://events.cornell.edu/event/adjudicatory-affects

09/08/2026

Wed. Sep. 9, South Asia Librarian Kelsey Utne will introduce graduate students to resources available through the Cornell University Library for doing research on South Asia, 4:30pm in 108 Olin Library. Details: https://events.cornell.edu/event/finding-south-asia-in-the-library-library-orientation-for-graduate-students

08/30/2026

Our first seminar of the semester is by our new Director, Robert Travers (History, Cornell University): "S*x, Lies and the Company State: An Indo-Persian Counter-History of the Early British Empire in India" on Monday, August 31 at 12:15pm in G08 Uris Hall. Details at https://events.cornell.edu/event/sex-lies-and-the-company

08/28/2026

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08/19/2026

We're thrilled to announce our Fall 2026 Events Calendar! We are hosting an exciting series of events, which typically meet at 12:15 pm Mondays in G08 Uris Hall and are all open to the public, as detailed in our online calendar at https://new.express.adobe.com/webpage/BDeRNp91OaHvV.

This semester features presentations on India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan and more, including the 16th Annual Tagore Lecture by poet/critic Vidyan Ravinthiran and an A. D. White Professor-at-Large Lecture by journalist P. Sainath. We will have a range of opportunities for Cornell students to participate in several workshops, and to meet with SAP Seminar speakers. We’ll share registration information for those activities later this month.

08/17/2026

New Fall 2026 course! ASIAN 3023/RELST 3023 "Partition: Violence, Citizenship, and the Making of Modern South Asia," taught by SAP Visiting Scholar Sadia Mahmood at Asian Studies at Cornell & Cornell University Religious Studies. Details at https://classes.cornell.edu/browse/roster/FA26/class/ASIAN/3023

08/05/2026

We're excited to announce that Robert Travers, Professor of History, is the new Director of the South Asia Program.

Find out more about his recent research when he delivers the first of this fall's SAP seminars, "S*x, Lies and the Company State: An Indo-Persian Counter-History of the Early British Empire in India" on Monday, August 31. Details at: https://events.cornell.edu/event/sex-lies-and-the-company

08/03/2026

Hey Cornell graduate students! Want to work at the South Asia Program this year? Details and application at https://www.myworkday.com/cornell/d/inst/9925$108800/rel-task/2998$16774.htmld

07/07/2026

"Cosmos", a new exhibit by SAP Faculty Iftikhar Dadi & Elizabeth Dadi at Jhaveri Contemporary Gallery, Mumbai opens Thursday 9 July and runs through 13 August.

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130 Uris Hall
Ithaca, NY
14853

Opening Hours

Monday	8:30am - 4:30pm
Tuesday	8:30am - 4:30pm
Wednesday	8:30am - 4:30pm
Thursday	8:30am - 4:30pm
Friday	8:30am - 4:30pm

Telephone

+16072558493

Website

https://einaudi.cornell.edu/programs/south-asia-program

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