The University of California at Berkeley is a global leader for the study of South Asia, and one of very few institutions in the United States to offer both undergraduate and graduate degree programs focusing on numerous aspects of this vital region. As an integral part of the South Asia curriculum at Berkeley, interest in the study of Pakistan's history, politics, and culture is growing rapidly. We are strongly committed to strengthening our engagement with this subject in the years ahead.
On October 8, 2013, ISAS officially launched a Pakistan@Berkeley Initiative....
The South Asia Art Initiative (SAAI) at the University of California, Berkeley promotes research-based conversations and collaborations around the arts of South Asia + its diasporas from the ancient period to the present. SAAI’s mission as an incubator of creative thought and practice is animated by the research interests of the Cal...
The Institute for South Asia Studies is thrilled to announce the establishment of the Dr. Ranjit Singh Sabharwal Endowed Fund for Sikh Studies. Generously funded by the friends and family of Dr. Ranjit Singh Sabharwal, as well as others committed to advancing Sikh Studies, the Sabharwal Fund supports the creation of a year-long visiting lectureship
Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941), Bengal's iconic literary and spiritual polymath whose teachings and philosophy are just as relevant today as they were in the 19th century, received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913. Tagore was a poet, novelist, a short story writer, playwright, musician, composer and painter. A humanist to the core, Tagore was also a...
Reading South Asia is a new initiative that was launched by the ISAS in Spring 2010. This program invites eminent scholars in South Asia related studies living in the Bay Area to lead a reading group in their particular field of expertise. The purpose of this program is, very simply put, to provide a means by which people with shared South Asia related intersts can gather...