August 17, 2022
Reflecting on AIIS Sanskrit Through the Years
AIIS started offering Sanskrit instruction in the summer of 2001 Since then, Sanskrit has been among the most popular of programs: nearly 250 students—both graduate and undergraduate– have participated in…
August 17, 2022
60th Anniversary Series – Robert P. Goldman on AIIS, Sanskrit Pedagogy, and Emerging Trends in Sanskrit Research
In this episode of our 60th anniversary series, we have the unique honor of speaking to a scholar who has been part of the foundational landscape of Sanskrit scholarship…
July 13, 2022
60th Anniversary Series – A. N. Singh and Rakesh Ranjan on the history of the AIIS Hindi program and Hindi pedagogy
In this episode of our 60th anniversary series, Dr. A. N. Singh, AIIS Hindi program head, interviews Dr. Rakesh Ranjan, Senior Lecturer and Language Coordinator at Columbia University and former…
July 4, 2022
AIIS 2022 Book Prizes Awarded to Divya Cherian and Anna Seastrand
The Edward Cameron Dimock, Jr. Prize in the Indian Humanities was awarded to Anna Seastrand for Body, History, and Myth: South Indian Murals, 1550-1800 The Joseph W. Elder Prize in…
June 16, 2022
The American Institute of Indian Studies is Pleased to Announce its Upcoming Fellows for 2022-24
AIIS gratefully acknowledges the generosity of colleagues who contributed to our 60th Anniversary Campaign (their names are listed below the announcement of the upcoming fellows). These contributions enabled AIIS to…
June 1, 2022
60th Anniversary Series – Sandria Freitag and Thomas Metcalf on fellowships, friendships, and AIIS
This year, the American Institute of Indian Studies turns 60! To celebrate the history of AIIS, we have launched a year-long series of audio interviews exploring the history of AIIS…
April 27, 2022
AIIS is Pleased to Announce the Recipients of its New DIL Student Fellowships
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…
April 26, 2022
AIIS Awarded Three-Year Grant from National Endowment for the Humanities
Chicago (April 26, 2022) The American Institute of Indian Studies (AIIS) is pleased to announce that it was awarded a three-year grant for $315,000 from the National Endowment for the…
April 1, 2022
60th Anniversary Series – Philip Lutgendorf and Sara Simons on AIIS and Family, Memories, and Support
This year, the American Institute of Indian Studies turns 60! To celebrate the history of AIIS, we have launched a year-long series of audio interviews exploring the history of…
March 21, 2022
AIIS Organizes Performance to Highlight Endangered Musical Tradition of Western Rajasthan
The AIIS Archives and Research Center for Ethnomusicology (ARCE) organized a program Bards and Ballads: Performance of an Endangered Musical Tradition of Western Rajasthan at Arna Jharna The Thar Desert…