The Center for South Asia is the central forum at Stanford University for the study of South Asia.
The Center for South Asia (CSA) facilitates research on the region of South Asia which comprises Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. Our faculty and graduate students conduct research within and across disciplines to advance the study of South Asia.
CSA also offers a specialization in South Asian Studies (under the larger umbrella of the minor in Global Studies) that formalizes the study of South Asia at Stanford for our undergraduates.
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Upcoming Events
Lecture/Presentation/Talk
Davesh Soneji: Toward a Caste-Critical Historical Acoustemology of Modern South India
Fri, May 15, 2026 5:30pm to 7:30pm PT
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Book Talk: Citizens to traitors: Bengali Internment in Pakistan 1971-1974
Tue, May 26, 2026 5:30pm PT
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Anti-South Asian Hate: Understanding, Responding, and Building Solidarity
Tue, Jun 2, 2026 6pm to 7:30pm PT
Recent Events
Lecture/Presentation/Talk
Lawyering in Lawless Times: Insurgent Strategies and Civil Rights in Sri Lanka in the 1970s
Thu, May 7, 2026 12pm PT
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Climate Shocks, Household Food Security, & Welfare in Afghanistan | Hayatullah Ahmadzai
Wed, Apr 22, 2026 12pm to 1:30pm PT
Virtual Event
Film/Screening
Showgirls of Pakistan: Film Screening and Conversation with Filmmaker Saad Khan
Mon, Apr 20, 2026 5pm to 7:30pm PT
Exhibition
The Botanical Afterlife of Indenture: Indian Women's Labour and Imaginative Phyto-Archives
Thu, Apr 16, 2026 12pm to 1pm PT