Sanghamitra Das
Inaugural Critical Caste Studies Postdoctoral Fellow in the department of Anthropology and the Committee on Southern Asian Studies at the University of Chicago.
Constantine V. Nakassis
Constantine V. Nakassis is a linguistic anthropologist with interests in semiotics; mass media; film theory; brands; and youth culture. His regional focus is Tamil Nadu, India. He is the author of numerous articles in journals such as American Anthropologist, Current...
Member Achievement: Sabina Shaikh
Sabina Shaikh, COSAS Member and Senior Instructional Professor in the Program on the Global Environment has two new publications in connection with the Neubauer project, “Becoming Urban: Understanding the Urban Transformation of Migrants to Phnom Penh.”...
Member Achievement: Michele Friedner
Michele Friedner, Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies for the Department of Comparative Human Development and COSAS Member has been awarded the prestigious 4S Rachel Carson Award for her book Sensory Futures: Deafness and Cochlear Implant...
Student Spotlight: Kartik Maini
Kartik Maini, a PhD student in the Department of South Asian Languages and Civilizations, has been awarded the European Association for South Asian studies (EASAS) Student Research Award for their paper entitled “Advaita in the First Person: Saṃnyāsīs, Scribes, and...
Faculty Highlight: C.M. Naim
Q: Congratulations on your new book Urdu Crime Fiction, 1890—1950: An Informal History. Can you provide a brief summary of the work? It is a chatty, ‘informal’ account of Urdu mysteries and thrillers written or published between 1890 and 1950. Crime fiction originated...
Student Spotlight: Pranathi Diwakar
Pranathi Diwakar, Department of Sociology and Teaching Fellow in the Social Sciences, has been selected for the 2023 Saller Prize by a faculty review committee. Diwakar’s dissertation, Resounding Caste: Practices of Distinction, Urban Segregation, and Musical Politics...
Faculty Highlight: Tyler Williams
Q: Congratulations on being awarded the AIIS Edward Cameron Dimock Jr. Prize in the Indian Humanities for your work If All the World Were Paper: A History of Writing in Hindi. Can you provide a brief summary of the book and its desired contribution to the field? If...Woodman Taylor
