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BASAS Council – Elections 2026
The BASAS Council is responsible for the management, governance, and administration of the Association. It is formally known as...
BASAS Study Group – Diagnosing Democracy: Methods, Verdicts, and Histories from South Asia
University of Bradford 22 June 2026 At this moment when democratic institutions across South Asia face pressures, and authoritarian...
BASAS Annual Conference – 11-13 September 2026
*The BASAS Annual Conference 2026 will take place at the SOAS South Asia Institute from 11-13 September* The SOAS...
(Re)Claiming Space for Academic Freedom in South Asia
16 June 2026 Oxford Brookes University 9:00 – 11:30am...
BASAS South Asia Senior Scholars (SASS) Network Meeting in Durham
BASAS held the third meeting of the Senior Scholars Network in Durham on 12 March 2026. In addition to...
BASAS Book Prize 2026 – Winner Announced
The judging panel are pleased to announce that the winner of the BASAS Book Prize 2026 is Sudev Sheth’s...
BASAS Roundtable 2026 – Recording Available
Interdisciplinary Roundtable on Resistance and GenZ Uprisings in South Asia In a near full room, the event took place...
BASAS Annual Lecture 2026 – Recording Available
On 11th March Durham University Institute of Advanced Study projects Pedagogies of Dispossession and Re-conceptualising Resistance...
BASAS Academic Freedom Observatory (AFO) Launch
BASAS is launching a new Academic Freedom Observatory (AFO) where you’ll find testimonies, news from South Asia and about...
BASAS Book Prize 2026 – Shortlist Announced
BASAS is delighted to announce the shortlist for the 2026 BASAS Book Prize. From a very strong field, the...
Doing Fieldwork: An Online BASAS Workshop with Dr Kasia Paprocki & Dr Sahana Ghosh (Recording Available)
BASAS organised an online workshop for Graduate students and Early Career Researchers on how to do fieldwork. The session...
BASAS Graduate Essay Prize 2025 – Winners Announced
The judging panel for the BASAS Graduate Essay Prize 2025 are delighted to announce the following as joint winners:...
BASAS Master’s Dissertation Prize 2025 – Winner Announced
We are delighted to announce the results of the BASAS Master’s Dissertation Prize 2025. This prestigious award announced at...
BASAS Book Prize 2025 – Winner Announced
We are delighted to announce that the winner of the BASAS Book Prize 2025 is Michael O’Sullivan, No Birds of...
South Asia Senior Scholars Network
BASAS is delighted to announce that The South Asia Senior Scholars Network has been initiated in the framework of...
BASAS Book Prize 2025 – Shortlist Announced
BASAS is delighted to announce the shortlist for the 2025 BASAS Book Prize. From a very strong field, the...
BASAS Master’s Dissertation Prize 2024 – Winners Announced
Usama Salamat Damni Kain We are delighted to announce the results of the BASAS Master’s Dissertation Prize 2024. This...
BASAS Graduate Essay Prize 2024 – Winner Announced
Tanuj Luthra, “Conviviality in the Clinic: Chhota daktars and the Work of Care in Delhi” There was very stiff...
BASAS Book Prize 2024 – Winner Announced
The BASAS Book Prize panel for 2022 publications had an excellent field of books to evaluate. Ultimately the Book...
Gender in South Asia And Beyond: Essays in Honour of Patricia Jeffery
A volume celebrating the work of Professor Patricia Jeffery (Chair of BASAS, 2014 – 2020) has just been published...
BASAS Book Prize 2024 – Shortlist Announced
After a tough first round during which more than twenty books were considered, the BASAS Book Prize panel has...
GEC Workshop – Searching for a Job Post-PhD (Recording Available)
BASAS organised a workshop for Graduate and Early Career Researchers who are working on their job applications. The panel...
BASAS Book Prize 2023 – Winner Announced
Kasia Paprocki’s Threatening Dystopias offers a deeply researched, historically informed, and compelling analysis of climate...
BASAS Book Prize 2022: In conversation with Usha Iyer (Recording Available)
On 28th June 2022 (4:00 – 5:30pm (BST)), BASAS held the following event: A conversation with Dr Usha Iyer,...