Major South Asia Centers and Departments of South Asia Studies, with Departments of Religious Studies, in the US

 

This is a list of the schools in the US that have Title VI Centers or major South Asia Studies Centers.  I’ve also given the addresses for their departments of S.A. Studies (or the equivalent area program), as well as the departments of Religious Studies.  I’ve added the latter because of my own interest in the interaction between religious studies and South Asia studies.

 

 

UW: http://jsis.washington.edu/soasia/

 

Berkeley: 

 

            Department of Religious Studies: http://ls.berkeley.edu/ugis/religiousstudies/

            Department of S. A. Studies: http://ls.berkeley.edu/dept/sseas/

            South Asia Center: University of California, Berkeley

 

Columbia/Barnard:

           

            Department of Religious Studies: Columbia, Barnard

            Department of S. A. Studies: Barnard, Columbia

            South Asia Center: Columbia University

 

UPenn:

 

            Department of Religious Studies: http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/rs/

            Department of S. A. Studies: University of Pennsylvania

            South Asia Center: http://www.southasia.upenn.edu/html/center.html

 

Harvard:

 

            Department of Religious Studies: Committee on the Study of Religion

            Department of S. A. Studies: Department of Sanskrit and Indian Studies

            South Asia Center: None.

 

Chicago:

 

            Department of Religious Studies: Same as Divinity School below.

            Department of S. A. Studies: http://salc.uchicago.edu/

            South Asia Center: University of Chicago

 

Michigan:

 

            Department of Religious Studies: http://www.lsa.umich.edu/religion/

            Department of S. A. Studies: http://www.lsa.umich.edu/asian/

            South Asia Center: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

 

Seattle:

 

            Department of Religious Studies: http://depts.washington.edu/religion/

            Department of S. A. Studies: Same as Center

            South Asia Center: University of Washington, Seattle

 

Madison:

 

            Department of Religious Studies: http://polyglot.lss.wisc.edu/rsp/relstud.htm

            Department of S. A. Studies: Same as Center

            South Asia Center: University of Wisconsin, Madison

 

Emory:

           

Department of Religious Studies: http://www.emory.edu/COLLEGE/RELIGION/index.html

            Department of Asian Studies: http://www.emory.edu/COLLEGE/AS/

            South Asia Center: None.

 

UT:

 

            Department of Religious Studies: http://www.utexas.edu/cola/depts/rsp/

            Department of S. A. Studies: Same as Center

            South Asia Center: University of Texas, Austin

 

Cornell:

 

            Department of Religious Studies: http://www.arts.cornell.edu/relst/index.html

            Department of S. A. Studies: Same as Center.

            South Asia Center: Cornell University

 

Syracuse:

 

            Department of Religious Studies: http://www-hl.syr.edu/depts/religion/index.html

            Department of S. A. Studies: Same as Center.

            South Asia Center: Syracuse University

 

University of Virginia, Charlottesville:

 

            Department of Religious Studies: http://www.virginia.edu/~relig/

            Department of S. A. Studies: Same as Center

            South Asia Center: University of Virginia, Charlottesville

 

University of Hawai’i at Manoa:

 

            Department of Religious Studies: http://www.hawaii.edu/religion/

            Department of S. A. Studies: http://www.hawaii.edu/shaps/

            South Asia Center: University of Hawai'i

 

Triangle South Asia Consortion: Triangle South Asia Consortium

 

Harvard Divinity School: http://www.hds.harvard.edu/

 

Chicago Divinity School: http://divinity.uchicago.edu/

 

 

South Asia Program | Comparative Religion Program | The Jackson School | The University of Washington