Department for South Asian Studies
Here you get an overview of the Department for South Asian Studies
News and Upcoming Events
Welcome to the website of the South Asian Studies Department at the IAAW!
The South Asia Department consists of three working areas, the Department of South Asian Societies and Cultures (Prof. em Schneider), the ongoing MIDA research project (Prof. em. Mann) and the ERC research project DHARMA (Prof. Schmiedchen).
The South Asia secretariat in room 204 will be staffed again from 23 April 2025, office hours in the summer semester 2025 are
Wed-Fri, 10 am - 1 pm
Contact Birgit Hecht:
office.suedasien (at) hu-berlin.de
Tel.: 2093-6604
Upcoming event
Staff Directory A-Z
Dr. Sadia Bajwa (Modern South Asian Studies, Student Advisory Service)
PD Dr. Tobias Delfs (visiting lecturer)
Dr. Monika Freier (Hindi language training)
Birgit Hecht (Office of Prof. Schneider and Prof. Schmiedchen)
Dr. Arshi Javaid (Einstein Junior Fellow)
Dr. Faiza Muhammad Din (Urdu language training)
Prof. Dr. Annette Schmiedchen (DHARMA)
Prof. Dr. Nadja-Christina Schneider (South Asian Societies and Cultures)
Dr. Salma Siddique (DFG individual project)
Dr. Priyam Sinha (Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow)
Dr. Mateeullah Tareen (Urdu language training/parental leave replacement)
Jannes Wendland (student assistant/CIRCLE U + COIL project DIVIMEC)
Professorships and Working Areas
Research and Networks
- Research projects former Department of South Asian Studies
- Research projects department of South Asian Societies and Cultures (formerly GAMS)
- Berlin South Asia Studies (BERSAS)
- Digital and Visual Media Cultures in South Asia and Beyond (DIVIMEC - Circle U)