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Advancing awareness
The Center for South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies (CSAMES) was founded to sponsor, highlight, and encourage events that further our academic community's awareness of and knowledge about the societies of South Asia and the Middle East. CSAMES is engaged in activities to foster knowledge and debate on those areas on campus as well as among community institutions such as schools, libraries, and service organizations, and we welcome suggestions for collaborative efforts in the service of these goals.
Alumni Spotlight: Umair Rasheed
Umair Rasheed graduated from our program in December 2014. He completed his undergraduate studies in Politics and Economics from the Lahore University of Management Sciences in 2009. Upon graduating, he joined the then newly-launched English language newspaper, The Express Tribune, as a sub editor on its Lahore city desk. His work as a print journalist provided him with useful lessons about the society and politics in the Punjab province of Pakistan. He left the Tribune to join the research unit of a non-government organization, Leadership for Environment...
Tagore's Legacy in the World: The First Tagore House Conference
The South Asian Studies Initiative at the University of Illinois is proud to co-host the inaugural Tagore House Conference, organized in collaboration with the Tagore House Initiative, a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving the memory of Rabindranath Tagore’s 1912–13 visit to Urbana-Champaign. Themed “Tagore’s Legacy in the World,” and inspired by Tagore’s own words—<জ্বলে উঠল আলো পুবে পশ্চিমে>—the conference brings together scholars, artists, and community members for a weekend of seminars, performances, poetry, music, and dialogue. Events will take place at the Illini...