South Asian 1A: Introduction to the Civilization of Early India

This course offers a broad historical, political, ethnographical and and cultural survey of the civilizations of the Indian subcontinent from the earliest period known to archaeology to the advent of Islam as a major cultural and political force around the 13th century CE. Lectures, readings, and class discussions will center on seminal texts that have influenced South Asian civilizations from the earliest antiquity to the late medieval period. This course is open to all interested students and is required for those majoring or minoring in South Asian Studies.

Mar 29, 2022
Luis González-Reimann 1948–2022

It was with great shock and sadness that we members of the SSEAS family learned of the sudden and unexpected loss of our former Ph.D. student and cherished colleague Dr. Luis González-Reimann, who passed away as a result of a heart attack while on a family visit to his hometown of Mexico City during the night of Saturday, March 26, 2022. It was exactly one week shy of  his 74th birthday.

Mar 2, 2022
Lecturer Pool - Bengali, Sanskrit Languages

The Department of South and Southeast Asian Studies at the University of California, Berkeley, invites application of a pool of qualified temporary non-tenure track lecturer positions to teach language courses in Bengali and Sanskrit Fall 2022 and Spring 2023, should the need arise. Courses may be introductory, intermediate or advanced. For more information about the position, including required qualifications and applications materials, go to https://aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF03364.

Mar 2, 2022
Lecturer Pool - South and Southeast Asian Studies

The Department of South and Southeast Asian Studies at the University of California, Berkeley, invites application of a pool of qualified temporary non-tenure track lecturer positions to teach to teach Reading and Composition and other courses in South and Southeast Asian Studies for Summer 2022, Fall 2022, and Spring 2023. For more information about the position, including required qualifications and applications materials, go to https://aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF0325.

Feb 2, 2022
Sanskrit Grammar Workshop 2/25/22-2/26/22

South and Southeast Asian Studies C275: Buddha, Dhamma, Sangha: History and Modernity in Theravada Southeast Asia and Sri Lanka

This graduate seminar introduces students to the study of Buddhism in Theravada Southeast Asia and Sri Lanka through a critical survey of recent scholarship in such fields as religious history, cultural history and literary history, focusing on the modern era. Once dismissed as Buddhism of the “Lesser Vehicle”, Theravada Buddhism is a dynamic field of belief and practice whose responses to modernity include moral reform, textual purification, anticolonial protest, passive disobedience, meditation movements and militant nationalism.

Jan 7, 2022
Burmese Language Instructor Kenneth Wong Breaks Down Burmese-Speaking Scenes in Movies

Nov 19, 2021
Congratulations Abhijeet Paul!

Dr. Abhijeet Paul Receives Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award to India for Researching Kolkata’s Jute Culture and Technology and Teaching in West Bengal State University, India

Nov 2, 2021
Prof. Lisandro Claudio Interviews Nobel Prize Winner, Maria Ressa

The Department is proud to share this interview with Maria Ressa, co-founder and CEO of Rappler, conducted by Professor Claudio.

South Asian C114: Tibetan Buddhism

This course is a broad introduction to the history, doctrine, and culture of the Buddhism of Tibet. We will begin with the introduction of Buddhism to Tibet in the eighth century and move on to the evolution of the major schools of Tibetan Buddhism, Tibetan Buddhist literature, ritual and monastic practice, the place of Buddhism in Tibetan political history, and the contemporary situation of Tibetan Buddhism both inside and outside of Tibet.

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