About the South Asian Studies
Action Commitee
The mission of the South Asian Studies
Action Committee (SASAC) is to improve the quality and
amount of course offerings at Yale University that relate
to South Asia. Its job thus, is to enlighten more
members of the Yale community on South Asian literature,
arts, religions, peoples, culture, and history.
SASAC works with a number of faculty
members, committees, and members of the Yale administration
both in serving as a representative of sudent desire for
South Asian studies courses, and in negotiating these
course options. It also works to inform students
about upcoming intellectual events and available South
Asia related courses. In order to convey information
to the Yale administration, SASAC often surveys the Yale
student body and gauges interest and demand for South
Asia-related courses, in all fields of study, from art
and literature to history and politics. Become educated.
Join SASAC. Make your interests known, and make
your ideas reality.
- •Organization
SASAC consists of a committee, led
by the annually-elected co-chairs, one of whom also
serves as the South Asian Society's Vice-President.
The committee members work together to handle the
tasks of SASAC, which include meeting with administration
members, meeting with faculty, tallying surveys, and
more. SASAC is always looking for more committee
members with ideas and commitment to prolifetating
South Asian studies at Yale, so if interested, contact
our chairs! This year's SASAC chair is:
- ·Suyog Bhandari (SASAC Chair)
•Meeting Times
Contact the SASAC chairs and
check the SAS calendar
regularly for updates and special exceptions.
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Current efforts
SASAC, with the Yale Council for
International and Area Studies (YCIAS)'s South Asian
Studies committee is submitting a DoE (Department
of Education) grant proposal requesting support for
South Asian studies-related scholarship and courses
at Yale. Through the online survey below, your
wishes for South Asian studies and South Asia related
courses will be conveyed to SASAC, YCIAS, and ultimately,
the United States Department of Education. Please
make your voice heard!
•Please fill out our online
survey.
- South Asian studies
resources
SASAC keeps up-to-date information
on South Asian studies at Yale. In this section,
you will find an updated list of South Asian and South
Asia-related course offerings at Yale, with updated
meeting times and locations, and links to the professors'
contact information. Look here also for syllabi
and other educational materials.
•South Asian course offerings:
- ·Fall
2000
Course listing for the current semester
·Spring
2001
Course listing for the upcoming semester
•Course syllabi (Fall 2000):- ·South
Asian course syllabi
Syllabi from courses specifically
focusing on South Asia.
·South
Asian-related course syllabi
Syllabi from courses touching in some way
on South Asia.
•Faculty:- ·South
Asian faculty
Faculty members of South Asian origin or
background.
·South
Asian studies faculty
Faculty teaching any South Asian studies
or related course.
•Other materials:- ·coming soon...
Related groups
SASAC is not the only organization at
Yale that strives to increase awareness of South Asian
studies; many groups here work to the same ends. SASAC
works hand-in-hand with many of these in order to achieve
its goals.
•SASY
South Asianist Speakers at Yale (SASY)
is a two year old program created by South Asian students
at Yale that brings varied speakers to campus to speak
on topics related to South Asia; all events are open to
the public. SASY speaker talks are always posted
on the SAS calendar.
•YCIAS
The Yale Center for International and
Area Studies seeks to make understanding the world outside
the borders of the United States, and America's role in
the world, an integral part of the liberal education and
professional training to which Yale University is dedicated.
YCIAS has a South Asian Studies Committee, which often
works hand-in-hand with SASAC in order to achieve its
goals.
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