December 4, 2024
Donald Johnson, 1940-2024
Donald Clay Johnson, scholar of Indian textiles and former curator of the Ames Library of South Asia at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, passed away on Wednesday, December 4,…
December 1, 2024
Paul Courtright, 1942-2024
Paul B. Courtright was Professor Emeritus of Religion and Asian Studies at Emory University. During his long and distinguished career, he published and taught on Hindu marriage, pilgrimage traditions, and…
November 24, 2024
T.S. Rukmani, 1930-2024
Professor T.S. Rukmani passed away on November 24, 2024, in Bengaluru. She was a prolific author on Indian Philosophy and translator of many Sanskrit texts into English. Rukmani received a…
October 25, 2024
Alan Heston, 1934-2024
Alan Heston, Professor Emeritus of Economics and South Asia Studies at the University of Pennsylvania, passed away on October 25, 2024, at the age of 90. Alan earned a BA…
September 3, 2024
Four AIIS Summer Digital India Learning Fellows Complete their Final Projects
AIIS is pleased to announce the successful completion of four student Digital India Learning (DIL) fellowships for digital sonic and visual projects for the summer of 2024. The fellows carried…
July 3, 2024
New Leadership for AIIS Ethnomusicology and Publications Committees
AIIS is grateful to colleagues who generously volunteer their time and energy to serve on its different committees. Many of these colleagues have devoted years—indeed decades—of their academic careers to…
June 27, 2024
U.S. Embassy in India Officers Accompany AIIS Team for Documentation of Monuments on the Grand Trunk Road Project
An AIIS team carrying out work for the project "Documentation of 16th-17th Century Mughal Monuments on the Grand Trunk Road" was visited by U.S. Embassy in India officers Gloria Berbena,…
June 18, 2024
The American Institute of Indian Studies is Pleased to Announce its Upcoming Fellows for 2024-2026
The Following Scholars have been Awarded Fellowships to Carry Out their Projects in India in 2024-26: Anthony Acciavatti, an assistant professor in the School of Architecture at Yale University, was…
May 28, 2024
AIIS and Tech: Languages, Code, Design, and Careers with former AIIS language students
In this episode, we look to the world of tech and the bridges that AIIS students create between Indian and South Asian Studies and successful careers in technology fields…
April 16, 2024
AIIS is Pleased to Announce the Recipients of its Summer 2024 DIL Student Fellowships
AIIS is pleased to announce the award of four student fellowships for digital sonic and visual projects, to be carried out in the summer of 2024. The recipients will carry…