South Asian Studies
Faculty of the Committee on South Asian Studies
Leonard W. J. van der Kuijp, Professor of Tibetan and Himalayan Studies (Chair)
Ali S. Asani, Professor of the Practice of Indo-Muslim Languages and Culture
John B. Carman, Parkman Professor of Divinity and Professor of Comparative Religion (Divinity School)
Pramod Chandra, George P. Bickford Professor of Indian and South Asian Art
Diana L. Eck, Professor of Comparative Religion and Indian Studies
William F. Fisher, Associate Professor of Anthropology and of Social Studies (on leave fall term)
William A. Graham, Jr., Professor of the History of Religion and Islamic Studies
Charles Hallisey, John L. Loeb Associate Professor of the Humanities
Stephanie W. Jamison, Assistant Professor of Sanskrit and Indian Studies (on leave spring term)
Jay H. Jasanoff, Diebold Professor of Indo-European Linguistics and Philology
Sheila S. Jasanoff, Professor of Science and Public Policy (Kennedy School, Public Health)
Devesh Kapur, Assistant Professor of Government (on leave spring term)
Arthur Kleinman, Professor of Medical Anthropology in the Faculties of Medicine and Arts and Sciences
C. C. Lamberg-Karlovsky, Stephen Phillips Professor of Archaeology and Ethnology
Roderick MacFarquhar, Leroy B. Williams Professor of History and Political Science
John H. Mansfield, John H. Watson Jr., Professor of Law (Law School)
Stephen A. Marglin, Walter S. Barker Professor of Economics
Richard H. Meadow, Senior Lecturer on Anthropology
Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Associate Professor of Government and of Social Studies
Roy Mottahedeh, Gurney Professor of History (on leave fall term)
Gregory Nagy, Francis Jones Professor of Classical Greek Literature and Professor of Comparative Literature
V. Kasturi Rangan, Professor of Business Administration (Business School)
Peter P. Rogers, Gordon McKay Professor of Environmental Engineering
Frank E. Vogel, Assistant Professor of Law (Law School)
Calvert Watkins, Victor S. Thomas Professor of Linguistics and the Classics
Jeffrey G. Williamson, Laird Bell Professor of Economics
Irene J. Winter, William Dorr Boardman Professor of Fine Arts (on leave 1999-00)
Michael Witzel, Wales Professor of Sanskrit
Nur Yalman, Professor of Social Anthropology and of Middle Eastern Studies
The Committee on South Asian Studies is a multidisciplinary group of scholars appointed to coordinate teaching and research on South Asia (Bhutan, Bangla Desh, India, Maldives, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and the neighboring areas) among Harvard’s departments and schools and is concerned with the planned development of South Asian Studies in the University as a whole. It sponsors lectures, seminars, conferences, films, and exhibitions on South Asia. Its various interdisciplinary seminars are open to all students and faculty members. There is no separate degree program, but degrees can be sought in the Department of Sanskrit and Indian Studies, which offers undergraduate concentrations in both Sanskrit, and Indian Studies. Advanced degrees (A.M., Ph.D.) are only offered in Sanskrit and Indian Studies combined, requiring the student to study advanced Sanskrit. Other departments and programs affiliated with the South Asia Committee may also offer degrees; applicants should contact those departments directly.
The courses listed below deal directly or indirectly with the study of South Asia. A more detailed description of these courses may be found in this catalog under the appropriate department or committee. Other relevant courses are listed in the catalogs of the schools of Business, Divinity, Education, Public Health, Law, and the Kennedy School of Government.
Anthropology [145], [152], 205a, 205b, 311, 323, 324
Comparative Literature 207
Economics [1361], 1366, [1368], 1390, 2390b, 2390d
History of Art and Architecture [18d], [181y], [183k], 183m, [284]
Hindi, see Urdu 101, 102, 103r, 104, 300
History of Science [212]
Indian Studies 91r, 98r, 99, 111, 205a, 205b, [206], [211], [215hf], [216], 302
Linguistics [122], [220a]
Literature and Arts [C-18]
Nepali 101
Pali [101a], [101b], 102a, [102b], 103r, 300
Persian 140ar, 140br
Religion 13, [14], 1025, [1026], [1551], [1555], 1585, 1600, 1605, [2660]
Sanskrit 98r, 101a, 101b, 102a, 102b, 200ar, 200br, [201ar], [202r], [206r], [207a], [207b], [208r], 214, 215, 301, 310
Social Analysis 36
Tibetan and Himalayan Studies 101a, 101b, [103], 104a, 104b, [105a], [105b], 106, 200a, [201], [202], 203a, [207a], [210], 212, 300, 302, 305
Thai [101a], [101b], 102a, 102b, 103r, 300 Urdu 101, 102, 103r, 104, 300
Visual and Environmental Studies 154ar
At Harvard Law School: Seminars: Law and Religion in India; Comparative Law: Islamic Contract Law; Comparative Law: The Islamic Legal System