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The South Asian Studies Librarian is a member of the Committee on South Asia Libraries and Documentation (CONSALD), and the South Asia Materials Project (SAMP). The University of Pennsylvania Libraries are in several regional and national consortia, including Borrow Direct and E-Z Borrow.
W. Norman Brown. William Norman Brown (June 24, 1892 – April 22, 1975) [1] was an American Indologist and Sanskritist who established the first academic department of South Asian Studies in North America and organized the American Oriental Society in 1926. He was the Professor of Sanskrit at the University of Pennsylvania for most of his ...
Rosane Rocher (née Debels, born 10 August 1937) is a leading historian of Indology and a Professor Emerita of South Asia Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. Born in Mouscron, Belgium, she earned MAs in Classics in 1959 and in Indo-Iranian studies in 1961, and a PhD in Sanskrit linguistics in 1965 at the Free University of Brussels.
Michael W. Meister is an art historian, archaeologist and architectural historian at the University of Pennsylvania.He is the W. Norman Brown Professor in the Department of History of Art and South Asia Studies, and has served as chair of the Department of South Asia Studies and as the director of the University of Pennsylvania's South Asia Center.
Davesh Soneji. Davesh Soneji is a social historian working in the field of performing arts, addressing issues of gender, class, and caste especially in the colonial context. He teaches in the Department of South Asia Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. [1] His work focuses on religion and the performing arts in South India His best known ...
Ludo Rocher was born in Hemiksem in the province of Antwerp, Belgium on 25 April 1926. He became a U.S. citizen in 1972. Rocher received his MA (summa cum laude) in Classics with a minor in Sanskrit in 1948 from the University of Ghent. Subsequently, he was awarded two doctorates by the same university [2] – a JD ( Juris Doctor) in 1950 and a ...
Website. www .sas .upenn .edu. The University of Pennsylvania School of Arts and Sciences (also known as SAS) is the academic institution encompassing the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences at the University of Pennsylvania . Formerly known as the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, SAS is an umbrella organization that is divided into ...
Digital South Asia Library. The Digital South Asia Library ( DSAL) is a global collaboration to provide universal access to materials for reference and research on South Asian topics, utilizing digital technologies, to scholars, public officials, business leaders, and other users. [1]