India - South Asia Studies Networks
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Alumni Registry
- Batchmates
http://www.batchmates.com/
[An online registry of worldwide alumni with a special section for India alumni, which is
organized by state.]
Australia
- South Asia Net at
the University of New England
http://www.une.edu.au/~arts/SouthAsiaNet/san.htm
[Web-site sponsored jointly by the National Centre for South Asian Studies (NCSAS)
in Melbourne and the South Asian Studies Association (SASA) of Australia. Includes
electronic newsletter of NCSAS, events calendar, and links.]
Canada
- Canadian Asian Studies Association
http://www.casa.umontreal.ca/
- Directory of India
Studies in Canada
http://www.ucalgary.ca/~sici/textsite/tindstudDirectory.html
The directory is provided by the Shastri Institute. It includes a list
of links to Canadian universities and similar institutions that support study of
India and South Asia as well as a list of scholars engaged in such study.]
United Kingdom
- British Association for South Asian Studies (BASAS)
http://www.basas.org.uk/
[The largest UK organization for study of Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives,
Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. BASAS publishes a Bulletin and holds an annual
conference.]
- Indology
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/~ucgadkw/indology.html
[An electronic network that provides "Internet Resources for Indological
Scholarship" through e-mail discussion, archived texts, and links. Founded by Dominik
Wujastyk of the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, London.]
United States
- American Academy of Religion
http://www.aarweb.org
[A learned society for academic study of religion. For archived e-mail
discussion, resources for teaching, and links relevant to South Asia, see the page of
the Religion in South Asia
unit of the Academy and the RISA Links page.]
- American Institute of Indian Studies
http://www.indiastudies.org/hp.htm
[A major granting agency in the United States for support of travel and
study in India. In earlier years, funds were derived almost exclusively from Indian
Rupees set aside for repayment of international assistance programs. Now that those
funds are all but exhausted, the Smithsonian Institution and other organizations are
contributing to the annual budget of the AIIS.]
- American Oriental Society
http://www.umich.edu/~aos/
[Founded in 1842 and the oldest learned society in the US devoted to study of
the ancient cultures of the so-called Middle East and Asia.]
- Association for Asian Studies
http://www.aasianst.org/
[The major North American scholarly organization for support of Asian Studies.]
Conferences
- Conference on Religion in South India
http://www.emory.edu/COLLEGE/RELIGION/crsi/
[A small group of scholars who have been meeting for many years.]
E-Mail Discussion Lists
- SASIALIT
http://is.rice.edu/~riddle/play/sasialit/
[Subscription and related information about a discussion list devoted to South Asian
literature, theory, criticism.]
Resource Links
- Scholarly Associations on
South Asia
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/libraries/indiv/area/sarai/ScholAssoc.html
[A well-organized set of links maintained by David Magier at Columbia University in New York City.]
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