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We are delighted to announce that the winner of the BASAS Book Prize 2026 is Sudev Sheth, Bankrolling Empire: Family Fortunes and Political Transformation in Mughal India (Cambridge University Press, 2024). Congratulations, Sudev! basas.org.uk/news-events/ba…

📢 Released today by the BASAS AFO: the analysis by Aasim Sajjad Akhtar of the situation of academic freedom in Pakistan, based on his contribution to the 3 Dec 2025 BASAS workshop on academic freedom in South Asia at KCL. basas.org.uk/academic-freed… @BritishAcademy_ @jaffrelotc

*Episode 4 of the CSA Podcast is now available* We discuss @dhaneswar's study examining the daily social realities and emotive experiences faced by Dalit university students. Listen on all major streaming platforms! rss.com/podcasts/conte…

Last week, the BASAS Academic Freedom Observatory analysed the state of academic freedom in Sri Lanka; this week, it is Bangladesh: spread the word! @BASASofficial @BritishAcademy_ @IPSA @APSAtweets @uwsoasia @SOAS @KingsIndiaInst @ft @PolStudiesAssoc basas.org.uk/academic-freed…

📢 Released today by the BASAS AFO: the analysis by Mirza Hassan & Aishwarya Sanjukta Roy Proma of the situation of academic freedom in Bangladesh, based on their contribution to the 3 Dec 2025 BASAS workshop on academic freedom in South Asia at KCL. basas.org.uk/academic-freed…

*Don't forget – the BASAS Annual Lecture & Roundtable 2026 is taking place in Durham today!*

Happening TODAY 🔥 South Asia double-bill @DurhamUni 🎤 Prof. Dina M. Siddiqi 🗣 GenZ Uprisings Roundtable 🕞 3.30 pm onwards 🥠 Come for the lecture, stay for the samosas! #SouthAsia #Bangladesh #SriLanka #Nepal #GenZRevolutions @BASASofficial @durham_uni

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The BASAS AFO is releasing today the analysis by Gameela Samarasinghe of the situation of academic freedom in Sri Lanka, based on her contribution to the workshop on academic freedom in South Asia that BASAS organised at KCL on 3 December 2025. basas.org.uk/academic-freed…

I am delighted to share a podcast I recently recorded with Dr. Thomas Chambers, editor of Contemporary South Asia. The conversation draws on my article, 'The Making and Unmaking of the Bhalswa Landfill', & explores the socio-spatial history of the site rss.com/podcasts/conte…

Episode 3 of the CSA Podcast is available now on all major streaming platforms! This episode features an interview with @AparnaAgarwal91 on the socio-spatial making and unmaking of the Bhalswa landfill in Delhi, from colonial to post-colonial times rss.com/podcasts/conte…

⏳ 1 week to go! 11 March, Durham 🎤 Dina M. Siddiqi (NYU) 'Labour, Islam & gendered subjectivities in Bangladesh’s garment industry' 🗣 Roundtable: GenZ Uprisings in South Asia Sri Lanka • Bangladesh • Nepal 🕞 3.30–8 pm | Calman + Dawson @BASASofficial @NESouthAsia

We're excited to be hosting this double bill of events in just a few days time, in collaboration with @BASASofficial and our Institute of Advanced Study. 👉Find out more: durham.ac.uk/research/insti…

*Reminder* The BASAS Annual Lecture & Roundtable will take place at Durham University on 11 March 2026 To register for this event, please complete this form: forms.office.com/e/8xbnrx5FDK

Hurray! @BASASofficial is coming to @SOAS @SOAS_SAI!!!!

SOAS South Asia Institute is pleased to host the 2026 British Association for South Asian Studies (BASAS) Annual Conference, taking place from 9–11 September 2026. The conference will showcase pioneering scholarship on South Asia from the Subcontinent and around the world.

*BASAS is delighted to announce that the 2026 Annual Conference will take place 9-11 September at the SOAS South Asia Institute* The call for abstracts is now open! basas.org.uk/news-events/ba…

*Our GEC Researcher of the Month is Lija Mary Kambakkaran Joseph* Lija is currently one of the four Cosmos Malabaricus Fellows of Colonial and Global History at the Universiteit Leiden. View Lija's full profile in our GEC Researcher's Corner: basas.org.uk/gec-researcher…

Episode 2 of the CSA Podcast features an interview with Dr Anam Kuraishi ‘Talking post-truth: elite rhetoric on democracy in Pakistan’ Available now on all major streaming platforms! rss.com/podcasts/conte…

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As part of its Academic Freedom Observatory, BASAS is releasing a survey measuring the difficulties India specialists are facing for doing research in India basas.org.uk/academic-freed… UK-based scholars are invited to anonymously respond to this new survey: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…