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DAK 34 fall 2019

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Past print newsletters:

DAK 33 spring 2019

DAK 32 fall 2018

DAK 31 winter 2018

DAK 30 spring 2017

DAK 29 fall 2016

DAK 28, Spring 2016

DAK 27, Summer 2015

Dak 26, Fall 2014

Dak 25, Spring 2014

DAK 24, Summer 2013

DAK 23, Winter 2012/2013

DAK 22, Spring 2012

Dak 21, Spring 2011

Dak 20, Fall 2010

DAK 19, Spring 2010

DAK 18, Fall 2009

DAK 17, Winter 2008/2009

DAK 16, Spring 2008

Sitar, Dhrupad, and breathing into the space of South Asian classical music

Sitar, Dhrupad, and breathing into the space of South Asian classical music

In this episode, we highlight new forms of innovative research being done on South Asian classical music through the AIIS performing and creative arts fellowship. Sitarist and ethnomusicologist Brian Q. Silver interviews sitarist and AIIS fellow Paul Livingstone. Through their knowledgeable experiences as international performers and dedicated musicians,

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AIIS is awarded a U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation Grant for the Project, India: Documentation of 16th-17th-Century Mughal Monuments on the Grand Trunk Road

The Cultural Heritage Center (CHC) at the U.S. State Department announced that AIIS has been awarded a U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation grant for the project “India: Documentation of 16th-17th-Century Mughal Monuments on the Grand Trunk Road.” AIIS will receive $153,000 for the project, which will

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Water is Life

Water is Life

by Nick Timmerman In this essay, Professor Timmerman shares his experience on the Overseas Faculty Development Seminar in India in January of 2023, and how the program affected his perspective on water usage and sustainability. Water is life. A phrase used frequently in recent years as environmental

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Water and Women in Urban India

Water and Women in Urban India

By Janet Armitage Janet Armitage, Associate Professor of Sociology at St. Mary’s University in San Antonio, Texas, was a 2019 participant in the CAORC-AIIS Faculty Development Seminar to India. The seminar’s theme was urban sustainability and, in this essay, Armitage discusses her Indian experiences with women and

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Learning to Teach India through Travel

Learning to Teach India through Travel

By Karen Guerrero Karen Guerrero, Assistant Professor at the Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College of Arizona State University, was a 2019 participant in the CAORC-AIIS Faculty Development Seminar to India. In this essay, she spells out why experiential, immersive learning opportunities are so essential for good teaching.

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Explaining Northern India’s Oppressive Smog

Explaining Northern India’s Oppressive Smog

By Mukila Maitha Mukila Maitha, Associate Professor of Geography at Harper College in Palatine, Illinois, was a 2020 participant in the CAORC-AIIS Faculty Development Seminar to India. In this essay, he examines the factors behind Delhi’s suffocating smog and what is being done to lessen its impact.

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