Southern Asia at Chicago

Faculty Highlights

Faculty member Martha Nussbaum's book wins 2008 prize.

Martha Nussbaum, Ernst Freund Distinguished Service Professor of Law and Ethics and Co-director, Center for Law, Philosophy, and Human Values won the 2008 Elaine and David Spitz Prize for best English Language book of the year in liberal/democratic theory. Dr. Nussbaum was also elected as a Corresponding Member of the British Academy in 2008.

Student Highlights

Student Michael Di Giovine publishes monograph

Graduate student in Anthropology, Michael Di Giovine has a forthcoming book (November 2008) publication entitled Heritage-scape: UNESCO, World Heritage and Tourism based on his research in Cambodia and Vietnam.

Alumni Highlights

Recent History, Phd. Recipient, Rajiv Kinra, appointed as Assistant Professor of History at Northwestern

Dr. Kinra received his PhD. In History in 2008 and is currently an Assistant Professor of History at Northwestern University

Pritika Chowdhry
What The Body Remembers

A sculpture installation at DOVA temporary. Part of a series of events on Partitions, Divisions, and Population Exchanges.
Through April 17, opening reception Friday, April 3 »

Terror in Mumbai
Reflections on the Aftermath

Photo by ... A panel discussion on the repercussions of the November 26 terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India.
Read about the January 14 event »

Chicago's Muslims in Their Own Voices
Lived Identity in the First Person

A digital oral history archive, in collaboration with the Center for Middle Eastern Studies.
Read about the ongoing project »

Welcome to the South Asia Language and Area Center and the Committee on Southern Asian Studies

Current faculty, graduate programs, and resources make the University of Chicago one of the premier institutions for the study of South and Southeast Asia in the United States. The South Asia Language and Area Center (SALAC) and the Committee on Southern Asia Studies (COSAS) support South and Southeast Asian studies in all disciplines and professional programs at the University.

The University of Chicago Committee on Southern Asian Studies (COSAS) and the South Asia Language and Area Center (SALAC) are separate, but closely aligned, organizations promoting the study of South and Southeast Asia at the University of Chicago. The committee and the center do not offer academic degrees, but work with several departments, committees and schools within which specialized work on South or Southeast Asia may be combined with a degree.

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