SAST 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 2025
Language Courses:
Elementary Hindi II
HNDI 120/520 | Mansi Bajaj
Intermediate Hindi II
HNDI 140/540 | Mansi Bajaj
Accelerated Hindi II
HNDI 142/542 | Mansi Bajaj
India's Historical Journey: From the Maurya Empire to the Mughal Era
HNDI 151/551 | Swapna Sharma
Modern Hindi Literature
HNDI 160/560 | Swapna Sharma
Introductory Sanskrit II
SKRT 120/520, LING 125/525 | Aleksandar Uskokov
The Bhagavad-Gita
SKRT 142/542 | Aleksandar Uskokov
Advanced Sanskrit: Readings in Wordly Arts and Sciences
SKRT 151/551 | Christopher Minkowski
South Asian Studies (SAST) Courses:
India and Pakistan since 1947
SAST 224, HIST 396 | Rohit De
Music of South Asia
SAST 259, MUSI 280 | Ameera Nimjee
Astrology in India
SAST 264, NELC 136, HSHM 231, RLST 225 | Christopher Minkowski
In Ordinary Fashion
SAST 303, ANTH 383 | Jane Lynch
Peril and Possibility in the South Asian City
SAST 308, ANTH 318, URBN 412 | Kalyanakrishnan Sivaramakrishnan
Delightful Dangers: Cultures of Consumption in South Asia (1850-1945)
SAST 328, HIST 331, URBN 334, WGSS 329 | Siddhartha Chandra Mukherjee
Mutual Dependence: Journalism and Democracy in South Asia
SAST 347 | Sushant Singh
Music and Well-Being: A Sound Lab of Sacred Music
SAST 357, MUSI 116 | Suhail Yusuf
From Yajnavalkya to Schopenhauer: The Philosophy of the Upanishads
SAST 370/570, RLST 240/540 | Aleksandar Uskokov
Water and Society: Culture, Life, and Values
SAST 383, ANTH 373 | Lav Kanoi
Exploring South Indian Rhythmic Design
SAST 473, MUSI 406 | Fugan Dineen
Law and Society in Modern South Asia
SAST 901, HIST 903 | Rohit De