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South Asia

Features and Press Releases

October 2^nd 2009: SSRC Announces Winners of 2010 Book Fellowships
December 19^th 2008: Could Obama Use Some Scholarly Advice on One of His Advisors?
President-elect Obama clearly wasn't seeking the advice of South Asia experts when he chose the India-born economist Sonal Shah (now an American citizen) for his 15-member transition team, according to a group of South Asian studies scholars. In their view, because Shah is closely identified with Hindu nationalist causes in India, she may not be an appropriate choice for a position in the administration.
September 21^st 2007: Democracy and Religious Extremism
In an interview with Pakistani journalist Huma Mustafa Beg, John Esposito -- director of Georgetown's Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding and a member of the SSRC's working group on religion, secularism, and international affairs -- reflects on the necessary conditions for democracy to take root in the Middle East and fields a range of questions concerning Islam and its relations with the West.
August 20^th 2007: SSRC Launches New Inter-Asian Initiative
In today's interconnected world, the notion of the Far East seems like a relic of earlier, era, when countries were designated near, or far, or in the middle, in relation to the vantage point of the supreme power of Europe. But for Seteney Shami, a program director at the SSRC, east and west are not the only concepts that have lost their relevance. The concept of Asia itself is changing.; All news items related to South Asia

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