UPDATE: the 15th Meeting of the AK Südasien is posponed to 30-31 January 2026 in Göttingen!

The 15th Annual Meeting of the Arbeitskreis Südasien (within the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Geographie, DGfG), is scheduled for January 31 and February 1, 2025, at the Vechta Institute of Sustainability Transformation in Rural Areas (VISTRA), University of Vechta. This event offers a forum for scholars and professionals in geography and related fields to discuss ongoing projects, research findings, and methodological approaches related to South Asia. It aims to foster both intradisciplinary and interdisciplinary dialogue on the region’s dynamic and diverse developments. The meeting welcomes participation from academics, practitioners, and educators with interests in South Asia, encouraging submissions from Physical Geography, Human Geography, and related disciplines alike.

The official language of the meeting will be English. Please submit your abstracts, not exceeding 400 words, by email to Sonja zu Jeddeloh (sonja.zu-jeddeloh@uni-vechta.de) by October 21.

Extended abstracts can be published in the conference proceedings. The series of papers from previous AKSA can be found here: https://hasp.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/catalog/series/gsa .