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
BASAS Annual Lecture: Professor Samita Sen, “Maids in Movement: Unionising Domestic Workers in India” (6th June 2022)
The 2022 BASAS Annual Lecture will be held in conjunction with the Kings India Institute as it celebrates its...
Funded PhD on Sanitation Work – Lancaster University, UK
Lead supervisor Dr Sally Cawood Project Description: Around the world, sanitary workers continue to manually handle human faeces on...
Launch of Deana Heath’s Colonial Terror: Torture and State Violence in Colonial India
Our New Books in Perpetrator Studies Series continues on May 26, 2022 at 18.00 CET with a discussion of...
Inaugural BASAS Book Prize: Winner Announced
The prize panel met in November 2021 and March 2022 to choose the winner from an impressive and wide-ranging...