South Asian Studies @BASAS_SAS
Journal of the British Association of South Asian Studies. Publishing original arts and humanties research on South Asia. Joined October 2015-
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#InfosysPrize2023 in Humanities is awarded to historian @JahnaviPhalkey, @SciGalleryBlr, for her brilliant and granular insights into the individual, institutional, and material histories of scientific research in modern India.
@JahnaviPhalkey, also btw, the brilliant editor of @BASAS_SAS 📝
@JahnaviPhalkey, also btw, the brilliant editor of @BASAS_SAS 📝
📣Workshop Alert📣 Applications from early career researchers (ECRs) from South Asia to participate in the Rewriting World Archaeology: South Asia mentoring programme (23-24). More Information here: durham.ac.uk/departments/ac… Application Deadline: 24th April 2023
We have received some fantastic submissions so far - but we're still open for further contributions! Please note the changed email address: you can submit to us at sas_editor[at]bengaluru[.]sciencegallery[.]com ✨
We have received some fantastic submissions so far - but we're still open for further contributions! Please note the changed email address: you can submit to us at sas_editor[at]bengaluru[.]sciencegallery[.]com ✨
Congratulations Arunima! Link in Tweet ⬇️⬇️
Congratulations Arunima! Link in Tweet ⬇️⬇️
Finally out- my new article on Travelling ayahs and travel documents. Thank you @BASAS_SAS, @DebsSutton @AndreaMajor19 @JahnaviPhalkey! 😍🙏 Becoming Visible: Travel Documents and Travelling Ayahs in the British Empire tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…
Recruiting Alert 😄! IJPA is expanding the presence of editorial board members in Africa, South America, and South Asia. If you are interested, please fill out the form below. The review of applications will begin around August 15, 2022. @Elaine_Yi_Lu docs.google.com/forms/d/17oX_7…
The British Library holds numerous copies of Füzuli's seminal #Ottoman #Turkish text about the Battle of Karbala and death of Hüseyin ibn Ali, Hadikatü's-suada. Or 12009 is an early 17C example with #illustration and #gold-laced decorations along some of the margins.
SAP is hiring for two graduate student positions! @EinaudiCenter Details on these jobs starting in the fall semester for incoming and current Cornell students are at: studentjobs.seo.cornell.edu/jobpostings?te…
Job! Two-year teaching post-doc in London with primary focus on India, ideal for someone working on South Asia across the 1947 divide.
Happening tomorrow! 😊
The Royal Asiatic Society has digitized a collection of Akhbarat (court newsletters) pertaining to the reign of Emperor Aurangzeb. This is now freely available online at royalasiaticcollections.org/akhbarat-archi…. Read more here: royalasiaticsociety.org/digitization-o…
Lancaster University is looking for a Historian of the Global South. 😊🥳 A lovely, permanent job in a great department. hr-jobs.lancs.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?r…
Interview with @nagrajadve on the heat wave in north India
Interview with @nagrajadve on the heat wave in north India
The journal has a fabulous new editor! 🥰🌈 Welcome @JahnaviPhalkey 😊
The journal has a fabulous new editor! 🥰🌈 Welcome @JahnaviPhalkey 😊
Coming in March 2022! Our latest edited volume: The Rediscovery and Reception of Gandharan Art. It will be free online as well as available to purchase in hard copy from the excellent @Archaeopress
We've thousands of resources available online. These include archives, manuscripts, photographs, maps, newspapers, oral histories, film and audio. These are nearly all freely available to use. Come and have a look ow.ly/EkpF50HWqXl #ArchiveHashtag #DigitalLearningDay

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