Spring 2026 SAST Courses
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
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