May 31, 2018
AIIS 2018-2019 Fellowship Recipients
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 2018-2019: Roy Bar-Sadeh, a…
April 4, 2018
AIIS 2018 Book Prizes Awarded to Eric Huntington and Gabrielle Kruks-Wisner
The Edward Cameron Dimock, Jr. Prize in the Indian Humanities was awarded to Eric Huntington for Creating the Universe: Depictions of the Cosmos in Himalayan Buddhism The Joseph W. Elder…
March 13, 2018
Language Program Alumni: A Profile in Careers, Education, and Community Engagement
AIIS conducted a survey of language program alumni in 2018. We received responses from 174 former language program participants in various stages of their careers. The responses reflect a body…
September 18, 2017
Cultural Education in the Himalayas, a Ladakhi Textbook, and the AIIS Tibetan Language Program
Patrick Dowd’s passion for the languages and cultures of the Himalayas didn’t end in the summer of 2013, after completing the AIIS intensive Tibetan language program in Dharamshala. Today, Patrick…
August 17, 2017
Fast Moving History: An Interview with Prof. Shah Mahmoud Hanifi
The cultural organization Jnanapravaha Mumbai was the site of the conference “Mountstuart Elphinstone: Between Local and Global Forces” on April 20-21, 2017. The conference, which was organized by Professor Shah…
May 31, 2017
AIIS 2017-2018 Fellowship Recipients
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 2017-2018: Adam Auerbach, an…
March 29, 2017
AIIS 2017 Book Prizes Awarded to Radhika Govindrajan and to Diane Coffey and Dean Spears
The Edward Cameron Dimock, Jr. Prize in the Indian Humanities was awarded to Radhika Govindrajan for Animal Intimacies: Interspecies Relations in India's Central Himalayas The Joseph W. Elder Prize in the Indian…
January 24, 2017
Colloquium on the Intersection of South Asian and Africana Studies to be Held at Howard University in April 2017
Colloquium on the Intersection of South Asian and Africana Studies to be Held at Howard University in April 2017 Scholars at the Intersection of South Asian and Africana Studies Saturday,…
October 24, 2016
AIIS is Co-sponsoring International Conference on the Life and Legacy of Mountstuart Elphinstone in Mumbai in April 2017
The conference called Mountstuart Elphinstone: Between Local and Global Forces will be held at Elphinstone College in Mumbai in April 2017. The conference is being organized by Professor Shah Mahmoud…
September 27, 2016
AIIS Launches Kickstarter Campaign to Fund Innovative Hip Hop Jukeboxx Project in India
Chicago (September 27, 2016) The American Institute of Indian Studies (AIIS) is pleased to announce the launch of its first crowdsource funding campaign for an innovative performing arts project called…