Welcome to the Program in South Asian Studies
The Program in South Asian Studies offers undergraduate and graduate students the opportunity to study the political, economic, social, and religious institutions of India and Pakistan. With an interdisciplinary curriculum reflecting the wide-ranging perspectives available at Princeton, the Program in South Asian Studies is committed to promoting a comprehensive understanding of the pre-modern and modern histories of these two states as well as of their contemporary institutions and relations with neighboring South Asian nations and the rest of the world. Navigate this Web site with the buttons to the left to learn more about the program and the requirements for an undergraduate Certificate of Proficiency.
NEWS
Read about Program Director Isabelle Clark-Deces' plans for SAS in PIIRS News
EVENTS and DEADLINES
FALL 2009
Islam, Modernity, and South Asia
Seminar Series 2009-2010
All events will be held in 202 Jones Hall.
Thursday, October 1
The Rise and Fall of Glitter: Old Delhi's Muslim Artisans
Mira Mohsini (School of Oriental and African Studies)
Noon
Thursday, October 15
The Gotarka PIR: Delegation and Exchange at A Muslim Shrine in Gujarat
Parvis Ghassen-Fachandi (Rutgers University)
Noon
Monday, November 9
Muslims in India Today: Towards Marginalisation?
Christophe Jaffrelot (Sciences Po, Paris)
4:30 p.m.
Thursday, November 19
Kashmir: Fading Insurgency?
Salman Haidar (Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies, New Delhi)
Noon
Thursday, December 3
The Pakistani Military's Fight againt Talibanization
Ayesha Siddiqa (columnist, Dawn, an English daily in Pakistan)
Noon
Thursday, December 10
Philisophical issues in the Clash between Secularism and Muslim Identity
Akeel Bilgrami (Columbia University)
Noon
Cosponsored by the Program in South Asian Studies, Transregional Institute, Department and Program in Near Eastern Studies, and the Center for the Study of Religion, and sponsored in part by a gift to the University Center for Human Values in honor of James Moffett '29.
Lectures
Tuesday, October 13
Democracy and Violence, Agonism and Community, Politics and Not Politics in Eastern Sri Lanka
Jonathan Spencer, University of Edinburgh
4:30 pm
216 Aaron Burr Hall
South Asia Film Society
Fall Film Festival*
All screenings held on Fridays at 7:00 p.m. in Rocky-Mathey Theater 
October 2
Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge (1995). Director: Aditya Chopra.
October 23
Parzania (2007). Director: Rahul Dholakia.
November 13
Dil Chahta Hai (2001). Director: Farhan Akhtar.
December 4
Rang De Basanti (2006). Director: Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra.
*For descriptions of the films, go to Events.
SUMMER STUDY ABROAD
2010 Global Seminar in India
"Religion and Politics in Indian Art and Architecture""
Six weeks in Goa and Madurai
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