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.
Fall 2026
South Asian Studies (SAST) Courses
History of Indian Ocean Crossings
SAST 0210, HIST 0737 | Nurfadzilah Yahaya
Digital War
SAST 2620, AMST 3303, ER&M 3530, FILM 2980 | Madiha Tahir
Hindu Worlds Through Narratives
SAST 2710/5710, RLST 3310/6610, ER&M 2661/6671, TDPS 2034 | Shiva Sai Ram Urella
National Security in India in the Twenty-first Century
SAST 3450, PLSC 3108 | Sushant Singh
The Politics of Contemporary India
SAST 3480, PLSC 3469 | Adam Auerbach
Religion, Place, and Space
SAST 3760, ANTH 2252, RLST 3300 | Harini Kumar
Feminist and Queer Histories of Modern South Asia
SAST 4200, HIST 3467, ER&M 3576, WGSS 3467 | Jiya Pandya
The Novel and the Nation: Reading India in Vikram Seth’s A Suitable Boy
SAST 4740, ENGL 4838, HIST 3441 | Rohit De and Priyasha Mukhopadhyay
Drama in Diaspora: South Asian American Theater and Performance
SAST 4750, AMST 3350, ER&M 3519, TDPS 3029 | Shilarna Stokes
Language Courses
Elementary Hindi I
HNDI 1100/5100 | Swapna Sharma
Intermediate Hindi I
HNDI 1300/5300 | Mansi Bajaj
Accelerated Hindi I
HNDI 1320/5320 | Mansi Bajaj
Advanced Hindi I
HNDI 1500/5500 | Swapna Sharma
Introductory Sanskrit I
SKRT 1100/5100, LING 1150/5150 | Aleksandar Uskokov
Intermediate Sanskrit I
SKRT 1300/5300, LING 1380/5380 | Aleksandar Uskokov
Advanced Sanskrit: Readings in Poetry and Drama
SKRT 1600/5600 | Aleksandar Uskokov
Elementary Telugu I
TLGU 1100/5100 | Shiva Sai Ram Urella
Intermediate Telugu I
TLGU 1300/5300 | Shiva Sai Ram Urella