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The digital archive, launched in fall 2016, seeks to share the stories and contributions to California of pioneering Punjabi Americans and their descendants through more than 700 video interviews, speeches, diaries, articles, and photographs.

The digital archive, launched in fall 2016, seeks to share the stories and contributions to California of pioneering Punjabi Americans and their descendants through more than 700 video interviews, speeches, diaries, articles, and photographs.

What better way to celebrate UC Davis’ expanding program in Persian studies and its generous benefactor than with a lecture on modern Iranian women writers?

Amrinder Gill Concert Kicks Off Year of Events Spotlighting South Asia

The Middle East/South Asia Studies program is excited to kick off 2017-2018 with events celebrating the diversity of South Asia. Check out the College of Letters and Science's feature on this year's upcoming events here!

A photo exhibition organized by UC Davis graduate Lisa Trivedi and sponsored by the Middle East/South Asia Studies (ME/SA) Program at UC Davis focuses on the lives of working women in India during the 1930s.

Refocusing the Lens, at the Sacramento City Hall Art Gallery Feb. 7 – March 31, is made up of images by the pioneering photographer Pranlal K. Patel.

Professor Jocelyn Sharlet received a Faculty Research Fellowship from the Davis Humanities Institute for Spring 2022 for a project on proverbs in medieval Arabic poetry by Ibn al-Rumi, Abu al-'Atahiya, and Abu Nuwas. None

Professor Jocelyn Sharlet received a Faculty Research Fellowship from the Davis Humanities Institute for Spring 2022 for a project on proverbs in medieval Arabic poetry by Ibn al-Rumi, Abu al-'Atahiya, and Abu Nuwas.

Professor Jocelyn Sharlet received a Faculty Research Fellowship from the Davis Humanities Institute for Spring 2022 for a project on proverbs in medieval Arabic poetry by Ibn al-Rumi, Abu al-'Atahiya, and Abu Nuwas.

for research on his next book project, “The Making of Puppet Nabobs: The Reinvention of Sovereignty in Early British India”.

Professor Sudipta Sen won the Fulbright-Nehru Academic Excellence Award for research on his next book project, “The Making of Puppet Nabobs: The Reinvention of Sovereignty in Early British India”.

Silicon Valley philanthropist and humanitarian Bita Daryabari has made a $1.5 million gift to UC Davis to broaden its Persian studies program.

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Silicon Valley philanthropist and humanitarian Bita Daryabari has made a $1.5 million gift to UC Davis to broaden its Persian studies program.

The gift will establish the Bita Daryabari Presidential Chair in Persian Language and Literature and help transform UC Davis into a leading force in teaching, research and outreach that advances global understanding of Persian language and culture.