South Asian Studies courses of Brandeis University offers an approach to understanding the literatures, histories, societies, cultures, religions etc.. of South Asia .

Courses

Fall 2016 Courses

SAS Core Course
SAS 100A: India and Pakistan: Understanding South Asia

Core Electives from Other Departments/ Programs

ENG 127A: The Novel in India

Additional SAS Electives (requiring a paper and prior approval from the SAS UAH)

AMST 140B: The Asian American Experience

ANTH 111A: Aging in Cross-Cultural Perspective

ANTH 158A: Urban Worlds

HIST 180A: The Global Opium Trade: 1755-Present

HSSP 102A: Global Perspectives on Health


Faculty Members :

Harleen Singh,
Chair & Undergraduate Advising Head
Associate Professor of Literature and Women's and Gender Studies
harleen@brandeis.edu
(781) 736-8485

Ulka Anjaria
Associate Professor of English
uanjaria@brandeis.edu
(781) 736-2162

Jonathan Shapiro Anjaria
Assistant Professor of Anthropology
janjaria@brandeis.edu
(781) 736-2221

David Engerman
Professor of History
engerman@brandeis.edu
(781) 736-2281

Sarah Lamb
Professor of Anthropology
lamb@brandeis.edu
(781) 736-2211

Nidhiya Menon
Associate Professor of Economics
nmenon@brandeis.edu
(781) 736-2230

Hannah Weiss Muller
Assistant Professor of History
mullerh@brandeis.edu
(781) 736-2278

Rajesh Sampath
Associate Professor of the Philosophy of Justice, Rights, and Social Change
Associate Director of the Master's Program in Sustainable International Development
rsampath@brandeis.edu
(781) 736-5338

Laurence Simon
Professor of International Development
Director of the Center for Global Development and Sustainability
simon@brandeis.edu
(781) 736-4148

Govind Sreenivasan
Associate Professor of History
sreenivasan@brandeis.edu
(781) 736-2277

Renu Tewarie
Lecturer in Hindi
renutewarie@brandeis.edu
(781) 736-5240

Address:
Brandeis University
South Asian Studies Program
Brandeis University
415 South Street, MS 092
Waltham, MA 02453