South Asia Node

The South Asia node convenor is Professor Sisira Jayasuriya of LaTrobe University. The Node operates the South Asia Research Facility which is funded by AusAid.

• Node Annual Report 2006
• Node Annual Report 2007
• Node Annual Report 2008
• Database of scholars affiliated with the South Asia node (Excel file)

Projects funded in 2006

• Landscapes of Meaning conference (Dr Heather Goodall – UTS)
• ASSA/UNESCO Australia Workshop on Migration Challenges in the Asia-Pacific in the 21st century (Profs Amarjit Kaur, UNE; Tessa Morris-Suzuki, ANU; Ian Metcalfe, UNE)

Projects funded in 2007

• First Australian National Sanskrit conference(Drs McComas Taylor, ANU; Anita Ray, LTU; Jennifer Cover, Sydney)
• Democracy, Development and Civil Society in India Conference (Drs Pradeep Taneja and Salim Lakha, MU)
• A special nodal conference on Historiography and the Question of Non-Western Pasts (Dr Sanjay Seth, LTU)

Projects funded in 2008

• Ocean of Story: Intercoloniality and Networks of Cultural Exchange around the Indian Ocean (Devleena Ghosh, Murdoch University)
• Youth Identity and Migration: Culture, Values and Social Correctness (Fethi Mansouri, Deakin University)
• The Cultural Politics of Disadvantaged Castes in India (Assa Doron, ANU)
• Australia-India Update 2008 (Auriol Weigold, Canberra University, and Robin Jeffrey, ANU)
• Many Modernities: India and Australia (Trevor Hogan, La Trobe)