New work reassesses the role of early Turks in shaping the Islamic world
Papers from the 19th Levi della Vida conference published by Oxford University Press
Friday, July 07, 2017 READ MORE
Marx and postcolonial thinking
On May 12, Sudipta Kaviraj visited UCLA's Center for India and South Asia to deliver a speech on the need to broaden social science theories to include those based on non-western experience.
Friday, May 26, 2017 READ MORE
No ordinary librarian
Polyglot bibliographer David Hirsch has traveled throughout six of the world's seven continents to build UCLA Library collections in Middle East, Jewish, Central Asian, South Asian and Armenian Studies.
Thursday, March 09, 2017 READ MORE
South Asian American political lives: Beyond ethnoracial solidarity
Post-September 11, Indians, Pakistanis, Bangladeshis and many others found themselves divided from the mainstream, lumped into a new group of “Muslim-looking” people.
Wednesday, February 22, 2017 READ MORE
Indus at UCLA to host first annual UC-Wide South Asian Conference
More than 100 South Asian students from University of California campuses will come to UCLA this weekend to discuss what it means to be South Asian.
Saturday, February 18, 2017 READ MORE
New exhibition at the Fowler Museum at UCLA to focus on silver jewelry traditions of India
A new exhibition highlighting the rich and diverse silver jewelry traditions of the Thar Desert region of India is coming to the Fowler Museum at UCLA in February.
Tuesday, January 31, 2017 READ MORE
UCLA's David G. Hirsch Awarded the 2016 David H. Partington Award
The annual David H. Partington Award of the Middle East Librarians Association recognizes members who have displayed a high standard of excellence and accomplishments in and contributions to the field of Middle East librarianship, librarianship in general and scholarship.
Thursday, December 01, 2016 READ MORE
2015 Sardar Patel Dissertation Award Winner Announced
On May 21, 2016 Dr. Isabel Huacuja Alonso was announced the recipient of the prestigious Sardar Patel Dissertation Award for her dissertation titled "Radio for the Millions: Hindi-Urdu Broadcasting at the Crossroads of Empire."
Tuesday, September 06, 2016 READ MORE
UCLA Graduate Student Camille Frazier receives 2015-16 Charles E. and Sue K. Young Graduate Student Award
CISA congratulates one of its graduate students, Camille Frazier, on receiving the 2015-16 Charles E. and Sue K. Young Graduate Student Award.
Thursday, July 28, 2016 READ MORE
The First Annual Graduate Interdisciplinary Conference on South Asia at UCLA Takes Place on May 6th
The First Annual Graduate Interdisciplinary Conference on South Asia at UCLA took place on Friday, May 6th, 2016 at the Charles E. Young Research Library Conference Center.
Tuesday, June 14, 2016 READ MORE