The South Asia Book Award is delighted to announce our honors list for 2025! We received more than 100 submissions this year. Congratulations to all the amazing authors and illustrators listed below! Award Winners …
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From Advocacy to Academia: A Conversation with Joy Olson
This spring, IRIS NRC welcomed Joy Olson – human rights advocate, policy expert, and our 2025 Distinguished Visiting Practitioner. In this exclusive interview, Joy shares insights from her decades of work advancing justice in the …
Turkey and Syria Earthquake Relief Efforts
Help us in supporting Turkey and Syria in their recovery from the devastating earthquake by considering supporting these different relief efforts. If you are part of the UW-Madison campus community, you can donate items of …
Learning from and with Children: Toward Social Justice and Equity in Global Contexts
The Peace Corps partnered with Beth Blue Swadener, Ph.D (UW- Madison, 1986). Professor Emerita, Justice Studies and Social Cultural Pedagogy at Arizona State University to present on Dr. Swadener’s 30+ years of experience with international …
Peace Corps: The Path from Service to Career
Join the Peace Corps Thursday, November 17, 2022 4:00-5:00pm as they discuss public health in foreign countries! Public health specialists are needed to address issues of global maternal and child health, nutrition and hygiene, infections …
Every Day We Live Is the Future: Surviving in a City of Disasters
March 2020 Book Link: Every Day We Live Is the Future: Surviving in a City of Disasters by Douglas Haynes Speaker: Douglas Haynes Resources
The Best We Could Do: An Illustrated Memoir
September 2020 Book: The Best We Could Do: An Illustrated Memoir by Thi Bui Speaker: Dr. Victor Jew Resources
Discussion of Revolution is My Name
October 2020 Book: Revolution Is My Name: An Egyptian Woman’s Diary from Eighteen Days in Tahrir by Mona Prince, Samia Mehrez Speaker: Professor Nevine El Nossery Resources: Presentation Slides
The Partition of South Asia through Literature
November 2020 Book: The Night Diary by Veera Hiranandani Speaker: Zara Chowdhary, Associate Lecturer in Hindi at UW-Madison Department of Asian Languages and Cultures Resources: Teacher’s Guide Discussion Questions and Activities Teaching Ideas and Resources Museum of Material Memory
Talking About South Asian Culture and History through Earth
November 2020 Film: Earth (1998) Speaker: Professor Ria Banerjee, Guttman Community College Resources: India Partition lesson plans and documents Videos, discussion questions, suggested readings, and additional educational resources