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From 13 unis to 1: why Australia needs to reverse the loss of South Asian studies

Written by Craig Jeffrey, Professor of Geography, The University of Melbourne

South Asia is crucial to the future of Australia. But Australia has just one (small) program focused on South Asian studies across its many universities.

This has not always been the case. In the mid-1970s, 13 of Australia’s universities offered undergraduate subjects on South Asia (India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka,...

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