SASA 2020
Friday April 10 – Sunday April 12, 2020
Hosted at University of the West, Rosemead, CA
Join preeminent South Asia focused scholars and academicians, and leaders of business, government, NGOs, and philanthropies.
Delve deeply into the robust past, the expanding present, and the exceptional future of the countries and peoples of South Asia.
Final deadline for Submission of Proposals for Panels and Papers is Friday, February 14, 2020
REL Distinguished Guest Lecture Series Dr. Katarzyna Marciniak Research Centre of Buddhist StudiesUniversity of Warsaw, Poland From the Palm-Leaf Manuscript ‘Sa’ to a New Edition of the Mahāvastu The Mahāvastu, a Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit biography of the Buddha...
REL Distinguished Guest Lecture Series Dr. Lewis Lancaster Professor Emeritus, UC Berkeley & UWest The Human Condition A Buddhist Perspective This is the first of five lectures dealing with the major contemporary issues–including the aftermath of the COVID...
For questions about the schedule or other orientation information, please contact eddiee@uwest.edu Tuesday, August 16 *Mandatory for new students 10am-2pm Placement Testing, as needed. Contact admissions office if uncertain:hennah@uwest.edu 2pm - 3pm ID Card Pictures,...
UWest extends hearty congratulations to alum Yilun “Blake” Lu, who was recently admitted into the Ph.D. program in Finance with the College of Business at University of Texas, Arlington (UTA). Blake will start his study at UTA in fall 2022 as the recipient of the...
UWest will hold our 30th anniversary celebration on Thursday, April 21, 2022 starting at 4:00 PM. The university is honored to welcome our donors, supporters, and local dignitaries. We have a lively program planned with musical performances, a retrospective video,...
On Wednesday, April 13, 2022, UWest co-hosted the seminar, “Rethinking Monday in the Age of Cryptocurrencies,” featuring guest-speaker, Dr. Rod Garratt, former vice president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Dr. Garratt is currently a professor at the...