Established in 1989,
The Center for South Asian and Indian Ocean Studies at Tufts
University has served as New England's focal point for
scholars of and scholarship on the South Asian subcontinent
and the Indian Ocean rim.
With an emphasis on history, culture, literature,
religion, politics, economics and diplomacy, it is committed
to promoting interdisciplinary approaches to the study of
India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka , Nepal, Bhutan and
the Maldives, which together make up the South Asian
Association for Regional Cooperation.
The Center fosters comparisons and links across the
Indian Ocean which connect the people of South Asia with
those of Southeast Asia and the Middle East. Its
lecture/seminar series and international conferences have
included virtually every major figure in the field of South
Asian studies, including Amartya Sen, Ranajit Guha, Gayatri
Spivak, C.A.Bayly, Romila Thapur, Amitav Ghosh, David
Washbrook, Sara Suleri Goodyear, Partha Chatterjee and many
others.
Faculty research, training of doctoral students and
undergraduate instruction through relevant departments form
the three tiers of the Center's scholarly and pedagogical
structure.
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