About the Department |
The Department of South Asia Studies (SAST) at the University of Pennsylvania, founded in 1948, is the oldest South Asia area studies program in the nation. The Department is home for all faculty teaching South Asian languages and cultures, ancient and modern, with many dual appointments of faculty in other university departments. The Graduate Group in South Asia Studies includes all standing faculty in the Department and a broad range of faculty in other disciplinary departments and schools. The South Asia Center (SAC) coordinates faculty drawn from the various departments and several schools who participate in decisions of the Center in developing community- and University-wide programs and activities pertaining to South Asia. The Center for the Advanced Study of India (CASI), with its home at Penn is also affiliated with the Department, and is the leading U.S. research center for the study of contemporary India.
The Department offers a Major and a Minor, giving students a multi-disciplinary exposure to the cultures and languages of the South Asian subcontinent. The SAST Graduate Group awards M.A. and Ph.D. degrees.
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