The American Institute of Indian Studies is Pleased to Announce the Latest Recipients of AIIS Fellowships
Newest AIIS Fellows (projected to carry out their projects in 2022-2023)
Anurag Advani, a graduate student in the Department of South and SE Asian Studies at the University of California, Berkeley, was awarded a junior fellowship to carry out his project, “Madness in Mughal India: The Formation of an Early Modern Medical Culture, 1512-1747.” Mr. Advani is the recipient of the Metcalf Fellowship in Indian History.
Shaashi Ahlawat, a graduate student in the Department of South Asia Studies at the University of Pennsylvania, was awarded a junior fellowship to carry out her project, “Reimagining Medieval Magadha and its Cultural Encounters: Religious and Socio-political Landscape of Nalanda during Twelfth-Thirteenth Century CE.” Ms Ahlawat is the recipient of the Daniel H.H. Ingalls Memorial Fellowship.
Andrew Ashley, a graduate student in the Department of Anthropology at New York University, was awarded a junior fellowship to carry out his project, “Crafting Rice: Diabetes Care and the Production of Low-GI Seeds.” Mr. Ashley’s fellowship is funded by a grant from the U.S. State Department Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) through CAORC.
Sarah Besky, an associate professor in the School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University, was awarded a senior fellowship to carry out her project, “Land, Labor, and the Work of Settlement in Kalimpong, West Bengal.” Professor Besky’s fellowship is funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Arnav Bhattacharya, a graduate student in the Department of the History and Sociology of Science at the University of Pennsylvania, was awarded a junior fellowship to carry out his project, “Making Sex Scientific: The History of Sexual Science in India (1883-1958).” Mr. Bhattacharya is the recipient of the Thomas W. Simons Fellowship.
Debjani Bhattacharyya, an associate professor in the Department of History at Drexel University, was awarded a senior fellowship to carry out her project, “Climate Futures Past: Law and Weather Knowledge in the Indian Ocean World.”
Radha Blinderman, a graduate student in the Department of South Asian Studies at Harvard University, was awarded a junior fellowship to carry out her project, “Why KṚṢṆA and Sakti Have Their Own Grammars: Rivalry and Innovation in Sectarian Grammars of Sanskrit.” Ms Blinderman is the recipient of the Ludo and Rosane Rocher Research Fellowship in Sanskrit Studies.
Jenisha Borah, a graduate student in the Department of Cinema and Media Studies at the University of Chicago, was awarded a junior fellowship to carry out her project, “Intimate Cartographies: Maratha Mandir and Cinema Experience in Mumbai.” Ms Borah is the recipient of the Rajendra Vora Fellowship for the Study of Society and Culture in Maharashtra
Anne Briggs, a graduate student in the School of Music at the University of Minnesota, was awarded a junior fellowship to carry out her project, “The 21st Century Goan Fado Revival and Transnational Belonging.” Ms Briggs’ fellowship is funded by a grant from the U.S. State Department Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) through CAORC.
Gudrun Buhnemann, a professor in the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of Wisconsin, was awarded a senior fellowship to carry out her project, “Visions of Patañjali as an Authority on Yoga, Grammar and Āyurveda.”
Timothy Cahill, an associate professor in the Department of Religious Studies at Loyola University, New Orleans, was awarded a senior fellowship to carry out his project, “Jagannātha Paṇḍitarāja’s Bhāminī-vilāsa: Critical Edition with Translation.” Professor Cahill’s fellowship is funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Benjamin Cohen, a professor in the Department of History at the University of Utah, was awarded a senior fellowship to carry out his project, “Beyond Forests: Teak and the Making of Modern India c. 1700-2000.” Professor Cohen’s fellowship is funded by a grant from the U.S. State Department Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) through CAORC.
Reecha Das, a graduate student in the Department of Anthropology at Rutgers University, was awarded a junior fellowship to carry out her project, “Disarranged Marriages: Love, Law and Violence in Uttar Pradesh.” Ms Das’ fellowship is funded by a grant from the U.S. State Department Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) through CAORC.
Aniket De, a graduate student in the Department of History at Harvard University, was awarded a junior fellowship to carry out his project, “Kalaketu’s Kingdom: Mangalakabyas and the Political Imagination in Modern Bengal.” Mr. De is the recipient of the Kumkum Chatterjee Memorial Fellowship in Indian History.
Joslyn DeVinney, a graduate student in the Department of History at Columbia University, was awarded a junior fellowship to carry out her project, “Mysore Science: A Connected History of Eighteenth Century Natural Knowledge.” Ms DeVinney is the recipient of the Thomas R. Trautmann Fellowship. Ms DeVinney’s fellowship is funded by a grant from the U.S. State Department Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) through CAORC.
Marios Falaris, a graduate student in the Department of Anthropology at Johns Hopkins University, was awarded a junior fellowship to carry out his project, “Navigating Intimacy Among Migrant Men.” Mr. Falaris’ fellowship is funded by a grant from the U.S. State Department Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) through CAORC.
Charlotte Gorant, a graduate student in the Department of Art History and Archaeology at Columbia University, was awarded a junior fellowship to carry out her project, “Reliefs from the Bharhut Stupa: Re-evaluating Early Buddhist Narrative Art ca. 200 B.C.E.” Ms Gorant is the recipient of the Asher Family Fellowship. Ms Gorant’s fellowship is funded by a grant from the U.S. State Department Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) through CAORC.
Shireen Hamza, a graduate student in the Department of the History of Science at Harvard University, was awarded a junior fellowship to carry out her project, “Making Tibb: Medicine in the Indian Ocean World, 1250-1500.” Ms Hamza’s fellowship is funded by a grant from the U.S. State Department Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) through CAORC.
Douglas Haynes, a professor in the Department of History at Dartmouth College, was awarded a senior fellowship to carry out his project, “The IIMs’ First Generation: Business Education and Managerial Capitalism in India.” Professor Haynes’ fellowship is funded by a grant from the U.S. State Department Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) through CAORC.
Linda Hess, a (emeritus) senior lecturer in the Department of Religious Studies at Stanford University, was awarded a senior fellowship to carry out her project, “Consulting Experts on Kabir: Singers, Farmers, Scholars, and Others.” Professor Hess’ fellowship is funded by a grant from the U.S. State Department Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) through CAORC.
Matthew Hiller, a graduate student in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Michigan, was awarded a junior fellowship to carry out his project, “Medicine and Prayers: Psychiatry and Sufi Devotional Healing in Southern India.” Mr. Hiller is the recipient of the Rachel F. and Scott McDermott Fellowship. Mr. Hiller’s fellowship is funded by a grant from the U.S. State Department Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) through CAORC.
Dipanjan Mazumder, a graduate student in the Department of History at Vanderbilt University, was awarded a junior fellowship to carry out his project, “Was That Legal? Imperial Lawforms and Literary Culture in Bengal (1650-1800).” Mr. Mazumder is the recipient of the Vina Sanyal Research Award.
Siddharth Menon, a graduate student in the Department of Geography at the University of Wisconsin, was awarded a junior fellowship to carry out his project, “(De)Constructing Concrete: Capital, Nature, and Infrastructures in Urbanizing India.” Mr. Menon is the recipient of the Taraknath Das Memorial Fellowship.
Mikael Muehlbauer, a lecturer in the Department of Art History and Archaeology at Columbia University, was awarded a scholarly development fellowship to carry out his project, “Masonry Techniques Across the Indian Ocean.” Dr. Muehlbauer’s fellowship is funded by a grant from the U.S. State Department Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) through CAORC.
Yasser Nasser, a graduate student in the Department of History at the University of Chicago, was awarded a junior fellowship to carry out his project, “Creating ‘New Asia’: Sino-Indian Friendship and its Global Afterlives, 1947-1962.” Mr. Nasser’s fellowship is funded by a grant from the U.S. State Department Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) through CAORC.
Aghaghia Rahimzadeh, an independent scholar of Environmental Studies, was awarded a senior fellowship to carry out her project, “Himalayan Tourism, Adaptation, and a Rapidly Changing Climate.” Dr. Rahimzadeh’s fellowship is funded by a grant from the U.S. State Department Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) through CAORC.
Anuradha Rana, an associate professor in the School of Cinematic Arts at DePaul University, was awarded a performing and creative arts fellowship to carry out her project, “Language of Opportunity (a Documentary Film).” Professor Rana’s fellowship is funded by a grant from the U.S. State Department Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) through CAORC.
Shouraseni Roy, a professor in the Department of Geography and Sustainable Development at the University of Miami, was awarded a senior short-term fellowship to carry out her project, “Living on the Edge: Resilience in the Face of Climate Change in the Indian Sunderban Delta.” Professor Roy’s fellowship is funded by a grant from the U.S. State Department Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) through CAORC.
Katyayni Seth, a graduate student in the Department of Anthropology at Brown University, was awarded a junior fellowship to carry out her project, “Caring for Children with Seizures: An Exploration through Documents and Death in Uttar Pradesh.” Ms Seth is the recipient of the Joseph W. Elder Fellowship in the Social Sciences.
Krupa Shandilya, an associate professor in the Department of Women’s and Gender Studies at Amherst College, was awarded a senior fellowship to carry out her project, “The Muslim Question: Urdu Poetry in the Age of Hindu Nationalism.” Professor Shandilya’s fellowship is funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Nimisha Thakur, a graduate student in the Department of Anthropology at Syracuse University, was awarded a junior fellowship to carry out her project, “Fluid Lines: Gender and Indigeneity in the Brahmaputra Riverscapes of Assam.” Ms Thakur is the recipient of the Joe Elder College Year in India Junior Fellowship.