International Workshop ‘South Asia in the South China Sea’, October 10-11, 2025
Over the last few decades, scholars have explored South Asia’s longstanding and enduring connections with different parts of the world, with the Indian Ocean emerging as a particularly rich site for such studies. Placed just beyond the recognized limits of the Indian Ocean, the South China Sea and its surroundings have occupied an ambiguous space within this discussion. Though scholars have highlighted the region’s longstanding connections with South Asia, many aspects of these linkages, especially in the modern era, have yet to receive adequate attention. Through a focus on South Asia’s connections with this maritime region, China and the broader Sinophone world in the past and the present, this cluster aims to transcend area studies frameworks that have tended to separate the study of these areas. Current focus areas include migration from China to South Asia and SE Asia and vice versa; trade circuits between India and East Asia; map-making and colonialism across the land routes; cross-cultural musical collaboration and art-making between India and China. This research cluster embodies Gitam University’s collaborations with the University of Hong Kong (HKU) and the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK). The event is supported by the Max Weber Forum for South Asian Studies, New Delhi.

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