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Saxena Center for Contemporary South Asia

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The Saxena Center supports faculty, graduate and undergraduate research and teaching on the region and is home to the South Asian Studies concentration

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The Saxena Center for Contemporary
South Asia is located at:

The Watson School
Stephen Robert '62 Hall
280 Brook Street
Providence, RI 02912
T. 401.863.5059
F. 401.863.1270
southasia@brown.edu

Hours of operation:
Monday - Friday: 8:30 am - 5:00 pm

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About

The Saxena Center supports faculty, graduate and undergraduate research and teaching on the region and is home to the South Asian Studies concentration

The Saxena Center for Contemporary South Asia is based at the Thomas J. Watson Jr. School of International and Public Affairs. The Saxena Center supports faculty, graduate and undergraduate research and teaching on the region and is home to the South Asian Studies concentration. The Saxena Center functions within the larger framework of the Watson School, which is seeking to define a new approach to regional studies for the 21st century. Anchored in the social sciences, this new approach is problem driven, comparative and multidisciplinary. Our multidiciplinarity includes sustained interaction of social scientists with the humanities on the one hand and the disciplines such as medicine and public health on the other.

Mission

The Saxena Center for Contemporary South Asia promotes research, teaching and public engagement on key issues of modern South Asia in an interdisciplinary framework and in a historically and culturally grounded manner.

Programs

At this time, the Center’s programmatic and research themes focused on inequalities, development, urbanization, democracy and pluralism and diversities.

Partnerships

The Saxena Center collaborates with institutions and departments across Brown University and beyond.  Learn more at our partnerships page.

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Contact

The Saxena Center for Contemporary
South Asia is located at:

The Watson School
Stephen Robert '62 Hall
280 Brook Street
Providence, RI 02912
T. 401.863.5059
F. 401.863.1270
southasia@brown.edu

Hours of operation:
Monday - Friday: 8:30 am - 5:00 pm

Sign Up Now - Newsletter
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