South Asia Studies is an interdisciplinary field that deals with the past and contemporary life of one-fifth of the world’s population.
The PhD and MA Graduate program gives students a broad understanding of the study of South Asia, deep knowledge of particular fields of interest, and training in South Asian languages as the basis for original research to prepare for academia or other professional careers.
The South Asia Studies Department is a close-knit community of interdisciplinary scholars that combines expertise in the languages, literatures, histories, and cultures of South Asia.
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Harrison College - 3910 Irving St, Philadelphia, PA 19104
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PWC Living Room, 3643 Locust Walk, Philadelphia, PA 19104
My research interests include the fields of South Asian Islamic History and literature; early modern print and book history; oral and performance history; approaches to multilingualism and translation studies; South Indian epigraphy and manuscript cultures; global middle ages and early modernity; colonial historiography; and decolonial theory.
South Asia Studies