South Asian Studies Courses
Courses relating to South Asia on offer at Yale during the current or upcoming semester are listed below. For detailed course descriptions, visit Yale Course Search.
Spring 2026
Language Courses
Elementary Hindi II
HNDI 1200/5200 | Swapna Sharma
Intermediate Hindi II
HNDI 1400/5400 | Mansi Bajaj
Accelerated Hindi II
HNDI 1420/5420 | Mansi Bajaj
Internal Migration and Hindi in Diaspora
HNDI 1560/5560 | Swapna Sharma
Introductory Sanskrit II
SKRT 1200/5200, LING 1250/5250 | Aleksandar Uskokov
Introduction to Vedic Sanskrit
SKRT 1410/5410, LING 1580/5580, SAST 3590 | Aleksandar Uskokov and Christopher Minkowski
Graduate Directed Readings in Sanskrit
SKRT 5570 | Christopher Minkowski
Elementary Telugu II
TLGU 1200/5200 | Shiva Sai Ram Urella
Intermediate Telugu II
TLGU 1400/5400 | Shiva Sai Ram Urella
South Asian Studies (SAST) Courses
British Raj and Indian Nation
SAST 2230, HIST 2414 | Rohit De
Mughal India, 1500-1800
SAST 2579, RLST 1800, HIST 1442 | Supriya Gandhi
Indian Philosophy: Beginnings and Foundations
SAST 2580/5280, RLST 2223/5240, PHIL 2223 | Aleksandar Uskokov
Corporations & Communities
SAST 3040, ANTH 3858 | Jane Lynch
The Indian Experiment with Democracy
SAST 3240, HIST 2441, PLSC 3475 | Ornit Shani
Being and Becoming Hindu: Hinduism through Ethnography
SAST 3370, ANTH 3770, RLST 3565 | Shiva Sai Ram Urella
Mutual Dependence: Journalism and Democracy in South Asia
SAST 3470, GLBL Elective | Sushant Singh
Mystical Dimensions of Islamic Art
SAST 3670, HSAR 4391, MMES 3386, ARCH 3119 | Kishwar Rizvi
Gods and Robots
SAST 3690, RLST 3105, PHIL 3105 | Sonam Kachru
The Middle Way (Madhyamaka)
SAST 3710, RLST 3200, HUMS 4539, PHIL 3321 | Sonam Kachru
Pop South Asia
SAST 3740, HSAR 4428 | Kaitlin Emmanuel
Tibetan Buddhism
SAST 3720, EAST 4601, RLST 3430 | Tulku Ngawang Sonam
Water and Society: Culture, Life, and Values
SAST 3830, ANTH 3873, EVST 3873 | Lav Kanoi
Exploring South Indian Rhythmic Design
SAST 4730, MUSI 4106 | Fugan Dineen
The South Asian Novel Now
SAST 4760, ENGL 4839, CPLT 4839 | Priyasha Mukhopadhyay
Artists and the East India Company
SAST 5640, HSAR 6680 | Timothy Barringer
Other Courses Relating to South Asia
HIST 1701 | Nurfadzilah Yahaya
ARCH 5004, ENV 638 | Anthony Acciavatti