August 4, 2016
AIIS Director-General Purnima Mehta Receives Award from MAC-CAE
Professor Arlene Maclin, the Executive Director of the Mid-Atlantic Consortium-Center for Academic Excellence (MAC-CAE), presented AIIS Director-General Purnima Mehta with a special plaque for her extraordinary service to MAC-CAE during…
August 3, 2016
AIIS 2016 Book Prize Awarded to Anand Taneja
The Joseph W. Elder Prize in the Indian Social Sciences was awarded to Anand Taneja, an assistant professor in the Department of Religious Studies at Vanderbilt University, for Jinnealogy: Time,…
June 29, 2016
Bernard Bate Tamil Language Student Scholarship
AIIS and the friends and colleagues of the late Bernard Bate announce the establishment of the Bernard Bate Tamil Language Student Scholarship in partnership with the longstanding AIIS language program. Donations to…
June 17, 2016
AIIS 2016-2017 Fellowship Recipients
The American Institute of Indian Studies is pleased to announce that the following scholars and artists have been awarded fellowships to carry out their projects in India in 2016-2017: Tenzin…
March 23, 2016
AIIS Awarded Three-Year Grant from National Endowment for the Humanities
AIIS Awarded Three-Year Grant from National Endowment for the Humanities Chicago (March 23, 2016) The American Institute of Indian Studies (AIIS) is pleased to announce that it has been awarded…
March 11, 2016
AIIS Performing Arts Fellowship Had Key Impact on This Musician’s Career
Aakash Mittal, a former AIIS fellow, talks about how much his fellowship meant to his career trajectory
November 10, 2015
AIIS Director General Purnima Mehta named one of The Economist’s 50 Diversity Figures in Public Life
The American Institute of Indian Studies (AIIS) is pleased to announce that its Director-General, Purnima Mehta, has been distinguished by inclusion in The Economist's list of Top 50 Diversity Figures…
June 15, 2015
AIIS 2015-2016 Fellowship Recipients
The American Institute of Indian Studies is pleased to announce that the following scholars and artists have been awarded fellowships to carry out their projects in India in 2015-2016: Catherine…
April 8, 2015
AIIS 2015 Book Prizes Awarded to Walter Hakala and Bhrigupati Singh
The Edward Cameron Dimock, Jr. Prize in the Indian Humanities was awarded to Walter Hakala for Negotiating Terms: Urdu Dictionaries and the Definition of Modern South Asia “ The Joseph…
August 20, 2014
AIIS and other ORCs Sufi Shrines Workshop in Aurangabad
AIIS and Five Centers Join for “Sufi Shrines” Workshop On August 1-4 2014, fourteen scholars from eight countries met near Aurangabad, Maharashtra, in a workshop sponsored by six American Overseas…