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*We are delighted to announce that the BASAS Book Prize 2027 is now open for submissions!* Submission deadline: 30 June 2026 Full eligibility criteria can be found on our website: basas.org.uk/news-events/ba… @shaandana @jaffrelotc

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…

The BASAS Academic Freedom Observatory's new page is dedicated to press coverage of academic freedom in South Asia by the local media. Today, we present the situation in India. basas.org.uk/academic-freed… @jaffrelotc @contemporarySA

*Archive article of the week* Mohammad Mozahidul Islam, Niladri Chatterjee & Muhammad Asiful Basar (2023), 'The final straw? Bhola cyclone, 1970 election, disaster politics, and the making of Bangladesh' tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… @oxford_brookes

*CSA Podcast – Episode 6* This episode features a conversation with Dr Chandan Bose, exploring the intersections of migration, labour, and aspiration within the urban handicraft economy of contemporary India. Listen on all major streaming platforms! rss.com/podcasts/conte…

The BASAS Academic Freedom Observatory releases a new tab dedicated to press coverage of academic freedom in South Asia by the local media. Today, we present the situation in Nepal, Pakistan and Bangladesh. We will focus on India next. basas.org.uk/academic-freed… @contemporarySA

*Archive article of the week* Ayesha Siddiqi (2017), "'Disaster citizenship": an emerging framework for understanding the depth of digital citizenship in Pakistan' doi.org/10.1080/095849… @oxford_brookes

The BASAS Annual Conference 2026 will take place at @SOAS_SAI from 11-13 September *The submission deadline is fast approaching – don’t forget to submit your abstracts by 30 April!* basas.org.uk/news-events/ba…

BASAS Annual Conference 2026 – Updated Dates & Deadline The conference will now take place on 11–13 September 2026. The submission deadline has been extended to 30 April 2026.

*Archive article of the week* Anweshaa Ghosh & Deepta Chopra (2019), 'Paid work, unpaid care work and women’s empowerment in Nepal' doi.org/10.1080/095849… @oxford_brookes

The BASAS Annual Conference 2026 will take place at @SOAS_SAI from 11-13 September *Deadline for abstract submissions: extended to 30 April* basas.org.uk/news-events/ba…

📢 Released today by the BASAS AFO: the analysis by @jaffrelotc of the situation of academic freedom in India, supplementing the debates which took place on 3 Dec 2025 at the BASAS/KCL workshop on academic freedom in South Asia. basas.org.uk/academic-freed…

*Archive article of the week* Carolina Holgersson Ivarsson (2018), 'Lion’s blood: social media, everyday nationalism and anti-Muslim mobilisation among Sinhala-Buddhist youth' tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

*Available now: Episode 5 of the CSA Podcast* We discuss Dr Mudassar Munir's article, 'The state through intermediaries: Dhara Bandi, mediation, and the politics of survival in Punjab, Pakistan' Listen on all major streaming platforms! rss.com/podcasts/conte…

*Our GEC Researcher of the Month is Asad Tariq* Asad is a PhD candidate in Economics at the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, with a research focus on political economy, development economics, and the economics of conflict. View Asad's full profile: basas.org.uk/gec-researcher…

The BASAS Annual Lecture 2026 was followed by an interdisciplinary roundtable on resistance and GenZ uprisings in South Asia. The recording of the roundtable can be accessed here: basas.org.uk/news-events/ba… @jaffrelotc @NakaMookherjee @rochona31

*The BASAS Annual Lecture 2026 took place at @durham_uni on 11 March 2026* The recording of Prof Dina Siddiqi's (NYU) lecture can be accessed via our website: basas.org.uk/news-events/ba… @rochona31 @NakaMookherjee @jaffrelotc

The third meeting of the BASAS South Asia Senior Scholars (SASS) Network took place in Durham on 12 March 2026. The meeting offered a truly interdisciplinary platform for conversations among scholars of South Asia. @NakaMookherjee @jaffrelotc basas.org.uk/news-events/ba…