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*CSA Podcast – Special Episode* In association with BASAS, @contemporarySA and the CSA Podcast, this episode asks what it means to (re)claim space for academic freedom in South Asia

*Currently trending in CSA* @jaffrelotc's introduction to the BASAS 2024 Conference Special Section: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

*Deadline fast approaching!* We are currently accepting submissions for the BASAS Master's Dissertation Prize 2026 Deadline 13 July 2026 (midnight BST) Click below to download the application form: basas.org.uk/news-events/ba… @dibsroy86 @jaffrelotc

*Our GEC Researcher of the Month is Nadine Vanniasinkam* Nadine is a PhD candidate in Anthropology at the School of Culture History & Language at the Australian National University View her full profile: basas.org.uk/gec-researcher…

📚 BASAS Book Prize 2027 – deadline fast approaching! 📢 *Just four days to go until the deadline of 30 June* Full eligibility criteria can be found below: basas.org.uk/news-events/ba… @shaandana @jaffrelotc

The first copies of a book that is a huge collective endeavour have just arrived! We show here that in many religious places Hindus, Muslims, Christians, Buddhists & still others continue to interact today. Why and how? @HurstPublishers @MikeDwyerMike @karthikavk @BASASofficial

Read @jaffrelotc's introduction to the special issue here: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Issue 34.2 is now available online! This issue includes the BASAS 2024 conference special section, 'Muslim Indians as Second Class Citizens': tandfonline.com/toc/ccsa20/34/2

The BASAS Master's Dissertation Prize 2026 is now open for submissions! Deadline: 13th July 2026 (midnight BST) Full eligibility criteria and the application form can be found below: basas.org.uk/news-events/ba… @dibsroy86 @jaffrelotc

📚 We are currently accepting nominations for the BASAS Book Prize 2027 📚 📢 *Just under two weeks to go until the submission deadline of 30th June!* Full eligibility criteria can be found on our website: basas.org.uk/news-events/ba… @shaandana @jaffrelotc

📢 *Last few days left to register!* 📢 BASAS Study Group – Diagnosing Democracy: Methods, Verdicts, and Histories from South Asia 📍 University of Bradford 📆 22 June 2026 Registration form can be found below: basas.org.uk/news-events/ba… @SudhirSelvaraj

Contemporary South Asia & BASAS are analysing the state of academic freedom in South Asia. If you happen to be in Oxford on June 16, please join us @contemporarySA @BASASofficial @CSASPOxford @KingsIndiaInst @SAsiaLSE @guardian @ftindianews @TheEconomist basas.org.uk/news-events/re…

(Re)Claiming Space for Academic Freedom in South Asia 📆 16 June 2026 📍 Oxford Brookes University ⌚️ 9:00 – 11:30am (BST) Register here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/reclaiming-s…

Thank you, @jaffrelotc, for your comprehensive introduction to this special issue. My article is in this @BASASofficial special issue as well: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

📢Registration open! Renegotiating Borders in & beyond South Asia 📍Durham University 📅18–19 June 2026 2 days of crossdisciplinary conversations on borders, mobility, coloniality, environment & migration with scholars, artists + creative practitioners. #SouthAsia #Borders

*Our GEC Researcher of the Month is Saukarya Samad* Saukarya is a PhD at the Department of History, University of Delhi. He is an alumnus of Presidency University, Kolkata. View Saukarya's full profile: basas.org.uk/gec-researcher…

BASAS Study Group – Diagnosing Democracy: Methods, Verdicts, and Histories from South Asia University of Bradford 22 June 2026 Full details are available on our website, including the registration form: basas.org.uk/news-events/ba… @SudhirSelvaraj

The BASAS Academic Freedom Observatory (AFO) has a growing page dedicated to press coverage of academic freedom in South Asia by the local media. Today, we highlight the situation in Bhutan: basas.org.uk/academic-freed… @jaffrelotc @contemporarySA

*Archive article of the week* Nils‐Axel Mörner (2004), 'The Maldives project: a future free from sea‐level flooding' tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.108…

A major collective endeavor, our book on "Shared Sacred Sites in South Asia - Negotiating Coexistence and Belonging" (Hurst) will be released on June 15, 6 pm at Nuffield College (Oxford): you're most welcome to this event @HurstPublishers @BASASofficial nuffield.ox.ac.uk/news-events/ev…