AIIS is pleased to announce the award of five student fellowships for digital sonic and visual projects, to be carried out in the summer of 2022. The recipients will carry out original projects using the resources of the two AIIS research centers in India (Archives and Research Center for Ethnomusicology (ARCE) and Center for Art and Archaeology (CA&A)) and resulting in the creation of a digital exhibition, digital curriculum, or other creative products intended for varied audiences. The goal of this opportunity is to: foster the digital production and dissemination of knowledge about India; promote the creation and use of digital resources and media for the study of India; and promote digital collaboration.
Student fellows will work under the guidance of a project supervisor and assigned faculty mentor on their projects and will exercise their creativity to shape and implement their projects while also acquiring a digital skill set and hands-on practical experience that will enhance their professional development. AIIS will also foster a community among the five fellows working on their own projects with ample opportunities for collaboration. The five DIL summer fellows are:
Ankush Arora, a graduate student in the Department of Art and Music Histories at Syracuse University, for the project “Mughal Emperor Jahangir’s Album of Exotic Animals, Birds and Flowers.”
Ronit Ghosh, a graduate student in the Departments of Music and South Asian Languages and Civilizations at the University of Chicago, for the project, “Pioneers of Jazz in India.”
Lydia Hill, a student in the School of Business at Howard University, for the project “A Peek into Indian Houses: Exploring Furniture Art of the Past.”
Saloni Mahajan, a graduate student in the Department of Performance Studies at the University of Hawaii, for the project “Adornment of Bodies in Chola Art.”
Sarah Robinson, a graduate student in the Department of Ethnomusicology at the University of California, Los Angeles, for the project “The Song Lines of Arnold Bake.”
The Digital India Learning (DIL) initiative of the American Institute of Indian Studies (AIIS) promotes the creation and use of digital resources and media for the study of India, facilitates training in digital methodologies, strengthens India-related collections and projects in U.S. libraries, and fosters the digital production and dissemination of knowledge about India. AIIS’s DIL builds upon, extends and strengthens the AIIS core mission.