Center for the Advanced Study of India

Don't forget to register for next week's CASI Conference: COASTAL WORLDS—March 25-27 at Penn! Co-sponsored by Penn EnviroLab, @UPennAnth, and @PennMusic. Read More & Register: casi.sas.upenn.edu/events/coastal…

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…

In "What is Happening to the Rules-based International Order?" @atulm01 examines how international geopolitical fractures and a radical change in American foreign policy have brought the idea of rules-based international order to the brink of collapse. casi.sas.upenn.edu/iit/atul-mishr…

Meet our Spring 2026 Visiting Scholar, Raju Chalwadi! @rchalwadi21

Excited to announce our upcoming conference—COASTAL WORLDS—March 25-27 at Penn! Co-sponsored by Penn EnviroLab, @UPennAnth, and @PennMusic. Read More & Register: casi.sas.upenn.edu/events/coastal…

DON'T FORGET TO REGISTER for our Spring 2026 Saluja Global Fellow Lecture with Actor, Filmmaker, Social Advocate @nanditadas on March 19! (In partnership with @penncinemamedia, @PennSP2, @SouthAsiaPenn) Read More & Register: casi.sas.upenn.edu/events/nandita…

…how she came to see caste & class as important lenses through which to view early Indian diplomacy, and why she believes it’s important to look beyond Delhi and London for archival material.

CASI Managing Editor @RohanV spoke to Natarajan about where the book fits into the wider discipline of India’s diplomatic history…

In this CASI Deep Dive IiT interview, @RohanV speaks to @KalathmikaN (@UniofExeter) on "How Caste and Class Anxieties Shaped India’s Diplomatic Past" casi.sas.upenn.edu/iit/casi-deep-…

Now available in HINDI, BANGLA, TAMIL: "CASI Reading List: MGNREGA, Employment Guarantees, and the Indian Welfare State" with @RohanV in conversation with @AiyarYamini (Brown University) HINDI: casi.sas.upenn.edu/hindi/iit/casi… BANGLA: casi.sas.upenn.edu/bangla/iit/cas… TAMIL: casi.sas.upenn.edu/tamil/iit/casi…

Attention Penn students! Applications for 2026 Summer Research Funds are now OPEN! Deadline to apply: March 30, 2026. Read more & Apply: casi.sas.upenn.edu/studentprogram…

*POSTPONED DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER* Feb 23 CASI Book Talk with Sam Dalrymple

Don't miss out: Feb 26, 12pm with our Non-Res Scholar @karencoelho12 (Retired, MIDS) on "Remaking the Urban in the Margins: Peripheral Resettlement and Differential Inclusion in India" (partnering w/ @UPennAnth, @SouthAsiaCenter, @SouthAsiaPenn) Read more: casi.sas.upenn.edu/events/karen-c…

…from a welfare state classic that predates NREGA by more than a decade to an ethnographic look at how the employment guarantee law worked at the grassroots level, as well as her own scholarly journey in studying the landmark legislation.

CASI Managing Editor @RohanV spoke to Aiyar about the books &papers that she chose…

"CASI Reading List: MGNREGA, Employment Guarantees, and the Indian Welfare State" with @RohanV in conversation with @AiyarYamini (Brown University) casi.sas.upenn.edu/iit/casi-readi…