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April 30, 2026

AIIS Speaker’s Bureau

American Institute of Indian Studies Speaker’s Bureau Application Information The American Institute of Indian Studies solicits applications from U.S. colleges and universities to partner in bringing a distinguished scholar on Indian studies on to their campuses to give a public…
April 24, 2026

The Drama of Democracy: Performance and Politics with Dr. Lisa Björkman

In this episode, we’ll hear from Lisa Björkman on her new book: Drama of Democracy: Political Representation in Mumbai. Dr. Bjorkman explains her approach to democracy through performance, emphasizing audience, interpretation, and "uptake" in how political displays are encountered and evaluated. The…
April 24, 2026

Dialogues in Indian Studies: Public Health

May 13 at 12:00 PM ET Registration Link: https://pitt.zoom.us/meeting/register/isB89EBfTnKAQsOSkyEfKQ The American Institute of Indian Studies is excited to announce a new series of virtual events, Dialogues in Indian Studies. Dialogues in Indian Studies is an informal conversation between scholars, activists,…
February 18, 2026

AIIS Communication Specialist Position Available

The American Institute of Indian Studies is hiring a Part-time Communications Specialist. The Communication Specialist would be expected to work closely with the Executive Director of the American Institute of Indian Studies to implement a communications strategy to engage and…
January 24, 2026

Reflections on Language Learning, Language Immersion, and Pedagogy

By Jessica Merritt Jessica Merritt has recently completed her Ph.D. in Religious Studies from Indiana University.  Her dissertation is titled: The Austerities of Loving Devotion: Ritual Theory and Practice in Puṣṭimārg Vaiṣṇavism.  Throughout her undergraduate and graduate careers, she participated…
January 24, 2026

AIIS Language Programs: More than just language learning

By Abigail Crisman AIIS Hindi Language Program The AIIS Hindi language program was an amazing experience.  It offered a supportive environment in which I could focus completely on learning written and spoken Hindi. The teachers were a wealth of knowledge…
August 28, 2025

AIIS to open new research fellowship competitions in mid-October 2025

AIIS remains committed to building and growing the field of Indian Studies in the United States. In the face of US federal funding cuts and reductions, AIIS is having to rethink what fellowship support for travel to and research in…
June 23, 2025

AIIS Remembers Joseph W. Elder

Remembering Joe Elder (1930-2025): The Teaching and Study of India and South Asia in the United States John E. Cort             Joseph W. Elder (known to all simply as Joe) died in Madison, Wisconsin, on January 26, 2025, at the…
April 6, 2025

DIL Futures: Exploring the present and future of the AIIS Digital India Learning initiative

In this episode, we explore the bright and fascinating futures of the AIIS Digital India Learning initiative. Launched in 2019 as a new effort from AIIS President Sumathi Ramaswamy, the DIL program has already awarded several rounds of grants to…
April 6, 2025

Fellow Profile: Aarti S. Madan on the Spaces, Places, and Voices between India and Argentina

Aarti S. Madan is an Associate Professor of Spanish & International Studies in the Department of Humanities and Arts at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Her research interests include questions of national identity, spatial & environmental humanities, and transnational feminisms in Latin…