RESEARCH GROUPS
The Association supports a number of autonomous research groups. These groups – effectively think tanks – are designed to generate distinctive research initiatives. The Association encourages the formation of autonomous research groups based in the UK. These groups – effectively think tanks – are designed to generate distinctive research initiatives which can be submitted to grant-awarding bodies such as the AHRC and ESRC.
The Association does not offer financial support for the creation and operation of research groups. For these activities, researchers are encouraged to apply to the relevant British Academy scheme.
There are no application forms required for the purpose of forming a BASAS Research Group. Those interested are asked to write a description of the proposed group on one side of A4 (word document, 10 point or larger). Existing groups whose pages appear on the Association’s website can be used as a model. Proposals should be sent to the Assistant Secretary by email. There are no deadlines.
One of the most important missions of BASAS is to fund the best research relating to South Asia. The Association offers a range of grants, including Flagship Project Grants, Project Seed Funding, South Asia Conference Grants, and Language Training Grants.
Ancient and Mediaeval Gandhara
Convenors: Dr Nasim Khan and Dr Cameron Petrie
Circle of Tibetan and Himalayan Studies
Convenor: Dr Ulrich Pagel
Contemporary Economics and Business: International Business, Trade and Investment
Convenors: Professor Rajneesh Narula, Professor Kunal Sen, Mr. Arif Zaman, and Mr. Mohammad Razzaque
Diaspora and Development
Convenor: Pushpa Arabindoo
Early Modern South Asia
Convenors: Professor Christopher Minkowski and Dr Polly O'Hanlon
Geography and Environment
Convenors: Professor Graham Chapman, Professor Kunal Sen and Mr. Arif Zaman
Landscape, Population and Subsistence
Convenors: Dr Dorian Fuller and Dr Michael Petraglia
Pakistan Studies Group
Convenors: Dr. Steve Lyon and Dr. Kaveri Harriss
Ports and Indian Ocean Exchanges
Convenors: Dr Roberta Tomber and Professor PJ Cherian
PRASADA
Convenor: Dr Adam Hardy
Relics and Relic Worship in the Early Buddhism of India and Burma
Convenor: Professor Janice Stargardt
Social Science and Science of Climate Change in South Asia
Convenors: Dr Emma Mawdsley and Professor Barbara Harriss-White
South Asian Governmentalities
Convenors: Dr. Deana Heath and Dr. Stephen Legg
South Asian Language and Literature
Convenor: Dr Imre Bangha
South Asian Medicine
Convenor: Dr Dominik Wujastyk
Vidisha Research Group
Convenor: Dr Michael Willis
Writing British Asian Cities
Convenors: Dr Seán McLoughlin, Dr William Gould, Dr Ananya Kabir, and Dr Emma Tomalin