Social-science research on Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Published by @Routledge_AS, associated with @BASASofficial.
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📚 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.
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📢 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
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📚 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
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 ⬇️ 🔗
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From Clarion: "Scholars Discuss Shared Sacred Sites and Growing Pressure on Religious Coexistence in South Asia" clarionindia.net/scholars-di…
@HurstPublishers @BASASofficial @SAsiaSolidarity @HimalSouthasian @contemporarySA @SOAS_SAI @SAsiaLSE @karthikavk @thecaravanindia @thewire_in
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📚 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:
doi.org/10.1080/09584935.201…
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CSA Editor-in-Chief Dr Thomas Chambers joined this panel to showcase the work of the CSA Podcast since its launch earlier this year
🎧 Listen to the podcast on all major streaming platforms!
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Fantastic to see so many people – and hear so many fantastic papers and panels – at the 2026 BASAS Conference at @SOAS_SAI!
#BASAS2026
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🔥 From the CSA archive – and trending again
Published in 2020, 'A new party system or a new political system?' by @jaffrelotc and @GillesVerniers asks whether India's political transformation represents more than a change in party politics
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Publication alert...
Narrative mechanisms and the contrivance of violence in Tabish Khair’s The Thing About Thugs and Jihadi Jane tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
@IITIndore @jpncentre @dh_iiti @NMenon05 @contemporarySA
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If you happen to be in London on Sept. 14, you're cordially invited to the book launch of "Shared Sacred Sites in South Asia", a real tour de force!
@HurstPublishers @BASASofficial @SAsiaSolidarity @SAsia_exeter @SAsiaLSE @AsianStudies_Ox @contemporarySA
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🌊 What can the sea tell us about power, marginality and life in the Sundarbans?
Sneha Roy explores the relationship between the sea, subalternity and everyday life in the Sundarbans in this recently published article in CSA.
📖 Read more:
doi.org/10.1080/09584935.202…
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Congratulations @MahthaRamesh and @NMenon05 on the publication of your article in CSA!
Publication alert...
Narrative mechanisms and the contrivance of violence in Tabish Khair’s The Thing About Thugs and Jihadi Jane tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
@IITIndore @jpncentre @dh_iiti @NMenon05 @contemporarySA
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The BASAS Graduate Essay Prize 2026 is open for submissions!
*Deadline: 31 August*
Full eligibility criteria can be found on our website:
basas.org.uk/news-events/bas…
@jaffrelotc @contemporarySA @BASAS_SAS
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*Currently trending in CSA*
What happens when the destruction of a home becomes a form of punishment?
@zuberi_fahad examines 'bulldozer justice' in India, exploring how the demolition of homes can operate as a punitive practice:
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*Archive article of the week*
Jonathan Goodhand, Oliver Walton, Jayanta Rai & Sujeet Karn (2021), 'Marginal gains: borderland dynamics, political settlements, and shifting centre-periphery relations in post-war Nepal'
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The BASAS AFO has a growing new tab dedicated to press coverage of academic freedom in South Asia by the local media.
Today, we highlight the situation in Sri Lanka:
basas.org.uk/academic-freedo…
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*CSA Podcast – Special Episode*
In association with BASAS, @contemporarySA and the CSA Podcast, this episode asks what it means to (re)claim space for academic freedom in South Asia
We are very please to introduce episode 7 of the Contemporary South Asia Podcast. This is a Special Episode featuring eight invited panellists titled (Re)Claiming Space for Academic Freedom in South Asia.
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*Currently trending in CSA*
@jaffrelotc's introduction to the BASAS 2024 Conference Special Section:
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My research work is out please read frens.
Long awaited!
doi.org/10.1080/09584935.202… (open access link)
Download and share it with your circles
ଓଡ଼ିଶା ଭୁବନେଶ୍ବର ବସ୍ତି ସମସ୍ୟା ଏବଂ ଅନ୍ତର୍ନିହିତ ବିକାଶ ଭିତ୍ତିକ - ରାଜନୀତିର ଏକ ବିଶ୍ଳେଷଣ
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📚 BASAS Book Prize 2027 – deadline fast approaching!
📢 *Just four days to go until the deadline of 30 June*
Full eligibility criteria can be found below:
basas.org.uk/news-events/bas…
@shaandana @jaffrelotc
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Issue 34.2 is now available online!
This issue includes the BASAS 2024 conference special section, 'Muslim Indians as Second Class Citizens':
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Read @jaffrelotc's introduction to the special issue here:
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