Lodging
The Madison Concourse Hotel & Governor’s Club
In the heart of downtown Madison, Wisconsin and just steps from the state capitol building, the Madison Concourse Hotel has been hosting the Annual Conference on South Asia for over 15 years!
We are proud to offer our conference attendees preferred room rates in partnership with the Concourse to provide a seamless experience between attending our 150+ panels and exploring all that our city has to offer.
1 West Dayton Street, Madison, WI 53703
Phone: +1 (608) 257-6000 or +1 (800) 356-8293 [toll-free]
We strongly suggest reserving your preferred accommodations as quickly as possible.
Attendees may also seek room shares with other conference participants via the Roommate Board. Fill out the form below to have your ‘ad’ posted for others to contact you (or peruse the already-posted listings to contact others).
The conference staff has arranged room blocks, some with special group rates, at the following hotels. To obtain these special rates, be sure to identify yourself as part of the Annual Conference on South Asia.
Note: The conference staff CANNOT guarantee room availability and rates. Please contact the hotels with any questions regarding the room blocks and reservations. Please do not contact the Annual Conference on South Asia about hotel reservations. The rooms are limited and are available on a first come first serve basis.
The Madison Concourse Hotel and Governor’s Club
1 West Dayton Street
Phone: (608) 257-6000
Concourse Premium Level-$194/night
Governor’s Club Level- $269/night
Reservation Cut off- September 25, 2026
Book online with The Madison Concourse
DoubleTree Hotel Downtown Madison
525 West Johnson Street
Phone: (800) 446-6677
Distance from Conference venue: 0.5 miles
Standard Room (1 King Bed or 2 Queen Beds) $149/night
Reservation cut off: October 6, 2026
Book online with The Doubletree
The following list of hotels are located in Madison, but please note that room blocks have NOT been arranged at these hotels.
Embassy Suites by Hilton Madison Downtown
231 S. Pinckney Street
Phone: (608) 740-6870
Distance from Conference venue: 0.4 miles
Hilton Madison Monona Terrace
9 East Wilson Street
Phone: (800) 445-8667 / (608) 255-5100
Distance from Conference venue: 0.5 miles
Hyatt Place Madison Downtown
333 W. Washington Ave.
Phone: (800) 592-9809
Distance from Conference venue: 0.4 miles
Hampton Inn & Suites Madison Downtown
440 W. Johnson St.
Phone: (608) 255-0360
Distance from Conference venue: 0.4 miles
Best Western Premier Park Hotel
22 South Carroll Street
Phone: (608) 285-8000 or (800) 279-8811
Distance from Conference venue: 0.3 miles
Hilton Madison Monona Terrace
9 E. Wilson Ave.
Phone: (877) 510-7465 or (414)-935-5941
Distance from Conference venue: 0.5 miles
AmericInn Madison West
516 Grand Canyon Drive
Phone: (608) 662-1990 or (800) 396-5007 (toll-free)
Miles to conference venue: 6.8
Best Western West Towne Suites
650 Grand Canyon Drive
Phone: 608-833-4200
Miles to conference venue: 6.9
Sheraton Madison Hotel
706 John Nolen Drive
Phone: (608) 251-2300 or (866) 716-8103 (toll-free)
Miles to conference venue: 3.0
Mansion Hill Inn
(Bed & Breakfast)
424 North Pinckney Street
Phone: (608) 255-3999 or (800) 798-9070 (toll-free)
Miles to conference venue: 0.2
Best Western InnTowner and The Highland Club
2424 University Avenue
Phone: (608) 233-8778 or (800) 258-8321 (toll-free)
Complimentary shuttle service within 2 mi. of the hotel including the conference venue
Miles to conference venue: 2.3
Crowne Plaza Hotel
4402 East Washington Avenue
Phone: (608) 244-4703 or (877) 227-6963 (toll-free)
Miles to conference venue: 5.4
Hostelling International – Madison Hostel
141 South Butler Street
Phone: (608) 441-0144
Miles to conference venue: 0.6
Have a room reserved through on of our official Hotel Room Block partners or somewhere else in Madison and looking to share the cost? Needing to find someone to stay with during the conference? Submit a Roommate Board Request below and we’ll post your information here so other conference attendees can contact you!
Looking to carpool? Please email us at conference@southasia.wisc.edu and we will put up the requests here.
From Lansing, Michigan- Contact pachec60@msu.edu for carpooling possibilities from Lansing to Madison.
From Chicago, Illinois- travel on 10/28 or before. Contact shehroze@iba.edu.pk if you are driving to Madison and can give a ride.
From Mankato, Minnesota- travel on 10/27 or before. Contact lutfunnesa.shantana@mnsu.edu if you are driving to Madison and can give a ride.
Roommate Requests and Offers
| Name Sindhu Nepolean University Institution/Affiliation University of Colorado Boulder Email sindhu.nepolean@colorado.edu What nights are you staying in Madison? Thursday, Friday, Saturday Do you already have a hotel reservation? No Do you have any roommate preferences? (i.e. gender, number of people, etc.) Preferably with individuals who identify as female/woman Do you have room or space to offer to attendees? No |
| Name Keerthana Ravi University Institution/Affiliation University of Oxford Email keerthana.ravi@mansfield.ox.ac.uk What nights are you staying in Madison? Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday Do you already have a hotel reservation? No Do you have any roommate preferences? (i.e. gender, number of people, etc.) Preferably female. |
| Name Jobial Alex |
| University Institution/Affiliation SUNY Binghamton |
| Email jalex1@binghamton.edu |
| What nights are you staying in Madison? Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday |
| Do you already have a hotel reservation? No |
| Do you have any roommate preferences? (i.e. gender, number of people, etc.) Nil |
| Name Irene Promodh |
| University Institution/Affiliation University of Michigan |
| Email iap@umich.edu |
| What nights are you staying in Madison? Friday |
| Do you already have a hotel reservation? No |
| Do you have any roommate preferences? (i.e. gender, number of people, etc.) Female, if possible |
| Name Ananya Mahapatra |
| University Institution/Affiliation Duke University |
| Email am1005@duke.edu |
| What nights are you staying in Madison? Thursday, Friday, Saturday |
| Do you already have a hotel reservation? No (planning to book a queen bedroom at DoubleTree by Hilton Madison Downtown which will cost $516.29 for two people) |
| Do you have any roommate preferences? (i.e. gender, number of people, etc.) Female |
| Name Malavika Kannan |
| University Institution/Affiliation University of California, Davis |
| Email malakannan@ucdavis.edu |
| What nights are you staying in Madison? Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday |
| Do you already have a hotel reservation? No |
| Do you have any roommate preferences? (i.e. gender, number of people, etc.) Female |
| Name Aatika Singh |
| University Institution/Affiliation Stanford University |
| Email aatika@stanford.edu |
| What nights are you staying in Madison? Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday |
| Do you already have a hotel reservation? Yes |
| Do you have any roommate preferences? (i.e. gender, number of people, etc.) Female/queer. 1. Do you have room or space to offer to attendees? Yes (The room (Premier 2 Queens – 1 Room) is at the Madison Concourse hotel. |
| Name Daizi Hazarika |
| University Institution/Affiliation Curry College |
| Email get.daizi@gmail.com |
| What nights are you staying in Madison? Wednesday, Thursday, Friday |
| Do you already have a hotel reservation? No |
| Do you have any roommate preferences? (i.e. gender, number of people, etc.) Female Do you have room or space to offer to attendees? no |
| Name Shikha Nehra |
| University Institution/Affiliation Stanford University |
| Email shikhan@stanford.edu |
| What nights are you staying in Madison? Wednesday, Thursday |
| Do you already have a hotel reservation? No |
| Do you have any roommate preferences? (i.e. gender, number of people, etc.) Female Do you have room or space to offer to attendees? no |
| Name Aastha Gaur |
| University Institution/Affiliation National University of Singapore |
| Email aasthag@u.nus.edu |
| What nights are you staying in Madison? Wed, Thurs, Fri, Sat and Sunday |
| Do you already have a hotel reservation? No |
| Do you have any roommate preferences? (i.e. gender, number of people, etc.) Female Do you have room or space to offer to attendees? no, planning to book at the Hilton |
| Name Sadia Mahmood |
| University Institution/Affiliation Cornell University |
| Email sm3227@cornell.edu |
| What nights are you staying in Madison? Wed, Thursday |
| Do you already have a hotel reservation? yes |
| Do you have any roommate preferences? (i.e. gender, number of people, etc.) Female Do you have room or space to offer to attendees? yes |
| Name Annu Daftuar |
| University Institution/Affiliation Appalachian State University |
| Email daftuara@appstate.edu |
| What nights are you staying in Madison? Wednesday |
| Do you already have a hotel reservation? Yes |
| Do you have any roommate preferences? (i.e. gender, number of people, etc.) Female, 1 Do you have room or space to offer to attendees? Reservation (King Bed) for two nights, Tuesday Oct 27 and Wednesday, Oct 28. Check out is Thu, Oct 29. Please contact if interested in sharing a room with one person. |
| Name Owshnik Ghosh |
| University Institution/Affiliation University of Oklahoma |
| Email owshnik.ghosh-1@ou.edu |
| What nights are you staying in Madison? Wed, Thurs, Fri, Sat and Sunday |
| Do you already have a hotel reservation? No |
| Do you have any roommate preferences? (i.e. gender, number of people, etc.) none |
| Name Shehroze Ahmed Shaikh |
| University Institution/Affiliation IBA Karachi |
| Email shehroze@iba.edu.pk |
| What nights are you staying in Madison? Wed, Thurs, Fri, Sat and Sunday |
| Do you already have a hotel reservation? No |
| Do you have any roommate preferences? (i.e. gender, number of people, etc.) Preferably male-presenting, looking to share a double-room at either the DoubleTree or the Concourse. |
| Name Sharvi Maheshwari |
| University Institution/Affiliation University of Oxford |
| Email sharvi.maheshwari@theology.ox.ac.uk |
| What nights are you staying in Madison? Mon, Tue, Wed, Thurs, Fri, Sat and Sunday |
| Do you already have a hotel reservation? No |
| Do you have any roommate preferences? (i.e. gender, number of people, etc.) No, presenting on Tuesday, so would ideally be needing a spot from Monday night. Its okay, if not possible. |
| Name Abhishek Jain |
| University Institution/Affiliation Independent Researcher |
| Email abhishek.jain.namo@gmail.com |
| What nights are you staying in Madison? Wed, Thurs, Fri, Sat and Sunday |
| Do you already have a hotel reservation? No |
| Do you have any roommate preferences? (i.e. gender, number of people, etc.) No I am looking for someone who has a room or vice versa. If you need a hotel room, I can also purchase the room for the days of the conference. |
| Name Jyotika Virdi |
| University Institution/Affiliation University of Windsor |
| Email virdi@uwindsor.ca |
| What nights are you staying in Madison? Wed, Thurs, Fri, Saturday |
| Do you already have a hotel reservation? No |
| Do you have any roommate preferences? (i.e. gender, number of people, etc.) Female, non-smoking. |
| Name Manikandan Abimanyu |
| University Institution/Affiliation Northwestern University |
| Email manik-abi@u.northwestern.edu |
| What nights are you staying in Madison? Thurs, Friday |
| Do you already have a hotel reservation? No |
| Name Ridhima Sharma |
| University Institution/Affiliation University of Toronto |
| Email ridhima.sharma@mail.utoronto.ca |
| What nights are you staying in Madison? Wed, Thurs, Fri, Saturday |
| Do you already have a hotel reservation? No |
| Do you have any roommate preferences? (i.e. gender, number of people, etc.) No |
| Name Vysakh R Seshadri |
| University Institution/Affiliation University of Hyderabad |
| Email vysakh2002@gmail.com |
| What nights are you staying in Madison? Wed, Thurs, Fri, Saturday |
| Do you already have a hotel reservation? No |
| Do you have any roommate preferences? (i.e. gender, number of people, etc.) No |
| Name Sravanthi Dasari |
| University Institution/Affiliation University of Illinois at Chicago |
| Email sdasar8@uic.edu |
| What nights are you staying in Madison? Wed, Thurs, Friday |
| Do you already have a hotel reservation? No |
| Do you have any roommate preferences? (i.e. gender, number of people, etc.) Female identifying |
| Name Gulfishan Khan |
| University Institution/Affiliation |
| Email gulfishankhan@gmail.com |
| What nights are you staying in Madison? Wed, Thurs, Fri, Sat, Sunday |
| Do you already have a hotel reservation? No |
| Do you have any roommate preferences? (i.e. gender, number of people, etc.) Female (require seven days accommodation from night of 25 October 2026 to morning of 1 November 2026.) |
| Name Onamika Dey |
| University Institution/Affiliation Smith College |
| Email odey@smith.edu |
| What nights are you staying in Madison? Wed, Thurs, Friday |
| Do you already have a hotel reservation? No |
| Do you have any roommate preferences? (i.e. gender, number of people, etc.) Preferably Female or non-male |