BASAS

The British Association for South Asian Studies is one of the world’s leading learned societies for the study of South Asia.

[BASAS @BASASofficial]

🎉 We are delighted to announce Mihika Banerjee and Oishi Dhar as the joint winners of the BASAS Graduate Essay Prize 2026!

Congratulations to both winners on their outstanding papers! 👏

https://t.co/pSgbzYgLa9

[SOAS South Asia Institute @SOAS_SAI]

New Asian Kool — Diaspora, Millennial Sounds & the Spatial Politics of The Asian Underground, 1995–2005.

Tariq Jazeel keynote @rikjaz

@SOAS_SAI & @BASASofficial

https://t.co/Fy3FWt2kmg

[Contemporary South Asia @contemporarySA]

📚 Academic publishing at #BASAS2026!

At #BASAS2026 at @SOAS_SAI, CSA Editor-in-Chief Thomas Chambers and Associate Publisher Meg Ison (Taylor & Francis) joined a panel on what makes a strong submission, how to position research for publication and how to navigate peer review.

[Contemporary South Asia @contemporarySA]

📢 The latest issue of CSA is now available online!

📚 Volume 34.3 explores nationalism and democracy, caste and social relations, borders and statelessness, and urban and environmental change across South Asia

https://t.co/oscmNqcQ5j

[BASAS @BASASofficial]

📚 Book Launch – Fictions of Freedom: Migration, Modern Slavery and Bureaucracy in India

📅 9 Nov, 6:15pm

📍 King’s College London

🔗 https://t.co/GNHvdg8fj6

[BASAS @BASASofficial]

Our GEC Researcher of the Month is @IchamatiM

Ichamati is a PhD scholar at Newcastle University researching the political geographies of the far right, militarism, violence and nationalism, and higher education.

View Ichamati's profile:

https://t.co/whzUk0HI5L

[Dept of Political Science, University of Hyderabad @uohpolsci]

PhD Scholar @anupamask97 presented her paper at the BASAS Annual Conference 2026, SOAS, University of London (11-13 Sept), on 'Between the State and Fisherfolk: A Political Economy Perspective from Kerala'.

@HydUniv @BASASofficial @SOAS_SAI

#BASAS2026 #SOAS #UoH

[Dept of Political Science, University of Hyderabad @uohpolsci]

PhD Scholar @DeepikaMohandas presented her paper at the BASAS Annual Conference 2026, SOAS, University of London (11-13 Sept), on 'State-Society Bargaining Structures and Developmental Governance: Land Acquisition in Kerala and Tamil Nadu'.

@HydUniv @BASASofficial @SOAS_SAI

[Dept of Political Science, University of Hyderabad @uohpolsci]

PhD Scholar @MBlessyMathew presented her paper at the BASAS Annual Conference 2026, SOAS, University of London (11-13 Sept), on 'Statelessness and Citizenship, & the Making of Up-Country Tamil Identity in Post-colonial South Asia'.

@HydUniv @BASASofficial @SOAS_SAI

#BASAS2026

[Dept of Political Science, University of Hyderabad @uohpolsci]

PhD Scholar @ShreyakSugathan presented her paper at the BASAS Annual Conference 2026, SOAS, University of London (11-13 Sept), on 'Political Penalty of Care: Exploring Political Ambition and Mobility through Care Labour'.

@HydUniv @BASASofficial @SOAS_SAI

#BASAS2026 #SOAS #UoH

[Dept of Political Science, University of Hyderabad @uohpolsci]

PhD Scholar @kmohdsafvan presented his paper at BASAS 2026, SOAS, London on 'Does the devolution of power to local governments lead to new legislative career pathways for elected representatives at higher levels? Evidence from Kerala, India'.

@HydUniv @BASASofficial @SOAS_SAI

[BASAS @BASASofficial]

Delighted to announce Mrinalini Sisodia Wadhwa as the winner of the Master’s Dissertation Prize 2026 for her dissertation ‘Indology and its Fictions: Practical England, Mystical India, and the Battle for Sanskrit at Oxford’.

Congratulations, Mrinalini! 🎉
https://t.co/FTXokTqR1J

[BASAS @BASASofficial]

📚 Working on South Asian print cultures, women’s protest and literary production, or Pakistan?

This upcoming event at @SAsiaLSE explores women’s publishing histories through five decades of magazines pioneered, edited and sustained by Pakistani women

📅 24 September
⏰ 6–8pm

[LSE South Asia Centre @SAsiaLSE]

The Women's Library @LSELibrary marks 💯 years! To celebrate this milestone, join us for a special event to discuss 5 decades of women publishing in Pakistan.

📅 Thu, 24 Sep 26
📍 LSE, WC2A
🕕 6pm
For 🗣️ & 🆓 reg. details, click on ⬇️ 🔗
https://t.co/xbQwhuevsX

@LSEPress

[Jaffrelot Christophe @jaffrelotc]

From Clarion: "Scholars Discuss Shared Sacred Sites and Growing Pressure on Religious Coexistence in South Asia" https://t.co/ZuNdvOymLZ
@HurstPublishers @BASASofficial @SAsiaSolidarity @HimalSouthasian @contemporarySA @SOAS_SAI @SAsiaLSE @karthikavk @thecaravanindia @thewire_in

[Jaffrelot Christophe @jaffrelotc]

The trajectory of RSS after 100 years deserved detailed responses to the great questions A.K. Bose asked
@CERI_SciencesPo @KingsIndiaInst @CarnegieIndia @BASASofficial @SAsiaLSE @HimalSouthasian @SAsiaSolidarity @FT @guardian @TheEconomist @SOAS_SAI
https://t.co/02y2ys6EoM

[Jaffrelot Christophe @jaffrelotc]

You're most welcome to attend on line this meeting on the current students-led youth movement in India, tomorrow at 2 pm CET.
Please register by using this link:
https://t.co/mbjkLhbrhw
@SAsiaSolidarity @HimalSouthasian @SAsiaLSE @YaleSouthAsia @FT @Inalco @BASASofficial

[Contemporary South Asia @contemporarySA]

📚 Archive Article of the Week

What does reconciliation look like beyond the state?

@knr21_cam examines how capital and labour shape the politics of reconciliation in post-war Sri Lanka.

Read the article:

https://t.co/l0rTmtxKga

[Shiva Suriya @shivasuryaa]

Presented my paper "Between the Spectator and the Spectacle: Tamil Dalit Cinema and the Limits of Dalit Visibilities" today at the British Association of South Asian Studies (@BASASofficial ) Annual Conference 2026, held at SOAS University of London, (11-13 September 2026).

[BASAS @BASASofficial]

Fantastic to see so many people – and hear so many fantastic papers and panels – at the 2026 BASAS Conference at @SOAS_SAI!

#BASAS2026

[April Peake @aprilpeake]

This weekend @BloomsburyHist is exhibiting at the British Association for South Asian Studies Annual Conference at @SOAS_SAI @SOAS. We have a wide range of fascinating @BloomsburyAcad titles on display at #BASAS2026. Please stop by to see our display of books! #SouthAsianHistory