The American Institute of Indian Studies is very grateful to the officers and trustees of the Taraknath Das Foundation for the donation of the Foundation’s endowment assets. AIIS is committed to carrying out the mission of the Foundation—which is now dissolved–to support the research of Indian graduate
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In this episode, we’ll explore the joint work of the Council of American Overseas Research Centers, or CAORC, and AIIS in supporting faculty at community colleges and minority-serving institutions. CAORC has been partnering with member centers since 2017, organizing two-week international study abroad trips focusing on enriching
Read more →The past few months have seen a dramatic increase in COVID-19 cases and deaths in India. Separated by time and space, it may be difficult for students and scholars in the US to support crisis relief efforts abroad when our own restrictions are just now being lifted.
Read more →In this episode, we spotlight the AIIS immersive language programs in India and their response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Joining us to discuss the monumental task of taking a country-wide language program online in a matter of weeks is Dr. Rebecca Manring, AIIS Language Committee Chair
Read more →The Edward Cameron Dimock, Jr. Prize in the Indian Humanities was awarded to Holly Shaffer for Grafted Arts: The Marathas and the British in Western India, 1760-1820 The Joseph W. Elder Prize in the Indian Social Sciences was awarded to Vaibhav Saria for Hijras, Lovers, Brothers: Surviving
Read more →In this episode we’ll speak with AIIS Book Prize winner Dr. Dipti Khera, Associate Professor of Art History in the Department of Art History and Institute of Fine Arts at New York University, about her new book The Place of Many Moods: Udaipur’s Painted Lands and India’s
Read more →AIIS awarded five Digital Scholarship grants, selected from a pool of 50 applications—far more than had been anticipated. The grants are intended to foster the digital production and dissemination of knowledge about India; that promote the creation and use of digital resources and media for the study
Read more →Welcome everyone to the first podcast from the American Institute of Indian Studies! In this episode we’ll learn about the museum initiatives from the AIIS Center for Art & Archaeology to share best practices in museum curation and exhibition development between the US and India. The
Read more →Aaron M. Shew is an Assistant Professor and REL Wilson Endowed Chair of Agricultural Economics at Arkansas State University. He received the Young Scholars Award from the International Rice Research Institute in 2018 and the Young Alumni Award from Middle Tennessee State University in 2019. Professor Shew
Read more →The American Institute of Indian Studies is Pleased to Announce that the Following Scholars have been Awarded Fellowships to Carry Out their Projects in India in 2021-22: Grants for Follow-Up Projects for Participants in the AIIS/CAORC faculty development seminars in India: Nabil Ouassini, assistant professor in the
Read more →AIIS has been holding its annual Dissertation to Book workshops for scholars early in their academic careers for twelve years, normally at the Madison South Asia Conference in October. The workshops, which have been supported by the Council of American Overseas Research Centers and co-sponsored by the
Read more →Seminar: Exploring Urban Sustainability through India’s CitiesIndia: June/July 2021Application Deadline: March 1, 2021More Information and Apply: www.caorc.org/faculty-development-india For the third year, AIIS is partnering with the Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC) to host the faculty development seminar, “Exploring Urban Sustainability through India’s Cities”
Read more →The AIIS Center for Art & Archaeology (CA&A) organized a five –day Virtual Workshop on Museum Curation (10–14 August 2020), called Strengthening US-India Collaboration with grant support from the Public Affairs Section of the Embassy of the United States in New Delhi. This workshop was designed and
Read more →The AIIS is pleased to announce that it received notice on August 11, 2020 that it was awarded a four-year American Overseas Research Centers (AORC) grant from the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of International and Foreign Language Education The AORC program provides grants to consortia of
Read more →For more than five decades, AIIS has been providing intensive language instruction in India. Early in 2020 the AIIS language staff in India was busily preparing to welcome more than 100 language students at its different program centers. Then the Corona Virus pandemic struck and plans needed
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