South Asia Research Institute

ASAA 2018 Conference

The biennial Asian Studies Association of Australia (ASAA) conference is the largest gathering of experts working on Asia in the southern hemisphere. ASAA 2018 Conference The ASAA will hold its 22nd biennial conference from 3–5 July 2018 at the University of Sydney. It will be co-organised by the Sydney Southeast Asia Centre, the China Studies Centre […]

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The Modi effect steamrolls New Delhi’s municipal elections

19 May 2017 Author: Peter Mayer, University of Adelaide There is no painless way for an incumbent political party to lose an election, especially if it appears that its former supporters have abandoned it. So it is no surprise that the comprehensive defeat of the Aam Aadmii Party (AAP) in the municipal elections held in […]

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SARI travel and workshop grants now available

SARI is delighted to provide details of the various funding opportunities available for SARI members in 2017. Student support for travel to conferences, workshops, archives or for fieldwork – Grants of up to $800. SARI annual workshop/ conference – One Grant of up to $5,000. *Both of these are competitive Grants, with applications due by […]

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Event: India – A resurgent maritime nation, harnessing the blue economy – 25 May 2017

CRAWFORD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY | ARNDT-CORDEN DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS | AUSTRALIA SOUTH ASIA RESEARCH CENTRE Date: 25 May 2017 Time: 4.30PM–5.30PM Venue: Innovations Theatre, Anthony Low Building 124, Eggleston Road, ANU The Indian Ocean has recently emerged as the world’s focus in the maritime domain and is a global economic highway. India sits astride […]

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Will Trump make South Asia great again?

4 May 2017 Author: Abdul Basit, RSISUnites States National Security Adviser H. R. McMaster embarked on his maiden visit to South Asia on 16 April 2017. McMaster’s trip to the region is part of the on-going consultation process ahead of finalising the Trump administration’s South Asia policy. This comes just after Washington snubbed Russia’s invitation […]

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Hasina defrosting India–Bangladesh ties

27 April 2017 Author: Sumit Kumar, Pondicherry University Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s state visit to India from 7 to 10 April signalled a remarkable movement in the relationship between the two countries. Nearly seven years after Hasina’s last trip to India, the visit was of such importance that protocol was set aside and Indian […]

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ASAA 2018 Conference

http://sari.anu.edu.au/asaa-2018-conference/

The Modi effect steamrolls New Delhi’s municipal elections

http://sari.anu.edu.au/the-modi-effect-steamrolls-new-delhis-municipal-elections/

SARI travel and workshop grants now available

http://sari.anu.edu.au/sari-travel-and-workshop-grants-now-available/

Event: India – A resurgent maritime nation, harnessing the blue economy – 25 May 2017

http://sari.anu.edu.au/event-india-a-resurgent-maritime-nation-harnessing-the-blue-economy-25-may-2017/

Will Trump make South Asia great again?

http://sari.anu.edu.au/will-trump-make-south-asia-great-again/

Hasina defrosting India–Bangladesh ties

http://sari.anu.edu.au/hasina-defrosting-india-bangladesh-ties/

Welcome to SARI

South Asia Research Institute is based in the College of Asia and the Pacific at the Australian National University. Our aim is to support research on South Asia and promote links and collaborative projects focussing on the countries of South Asia (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka). SARI is committed to advancing an interdisciplinary approach across the social sciences, and in particular, in the fields of history, culture and society of the region.

The aim of SARI is to bring together on a common platform people with expertise in South Asia across diverse disciplinary background at the ANU. These include anthropology, linguistics, cultural studies, human geography, comparative literature, economics, political science, international relations, development studies, history, Sanskrit and Hindi.