The British Association for South Asian Studies
About us
The British Association for South Asian Studies (BASAS) is the largest UK academic association for the study of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, Maldives, and the South Asian diaspora.
BASAS supports advanced research in the humanities and social sciences of South Asia. One of the overseas organisations grant-aided by the British Academy, it is a registered charity (number 264591).
By Dr Monika Barthwal-Datta,
University of Surrey
News & Events
International Workshop – Relations between the Indus Civilisation and the Aegean in the Bronze Age
A collaboration between prehistorians in the University of Oxford and the University of Pennsylvania International Workshop RELATIONS...
Research Associate – ESRC Project: Hazardous Sanitation Labour
Lancaster Environment Centre Salary: £28,756 to £33,309 Closing Date: Monday 11 July 2022 Interview Date: To be...
BASAS Book Prize 2022: In conversation with Usha Iyer
28th June 2022 4:00 – 5:30pm (BST) A conversation with Dr Usha Iyer, author of Dancing Women: Choreographing Corporeal...
BASAS Book Prize 2023
BASAS Book Prize 2023 The British Association of South Asian Studies is pleased to announce the BASAS Book Prize...