June 13, 2012
AIIS to Hold Three 50th Anniversary Affiliating Institutions Conferences
In celebration of its 50th anniversary, the American Institute of Indian Studies will be hosting three two-day conferences that would provide an opportunity for U.S. based scholars to interact with scholars at…
February 16, 2012
AIIS Inaugurates New Building at D-31 Defence Colony
At the end of December 2011, AIIS inaugurated its brand new building on its property at D-31 Defence Colony. The new building is conveniently located right by a new Delhi…
February 10, 2012
AIIS 2012 Junior Fellows Conference
On January 2nd and 3rd, 2012, twelve AIIS Junior Fellows (including a bumper crop of historians and anthropologists and a political scientist; see participant list below) left their research sites,…
January 20, 2012
U.S. Ambassador to India Timothy J. Roemer visits AIIS in August 2010
AIIS staff was delighted and much honored to welcome the U.S. Ambassador to India, Honorable Mr. Timothy J. Roemer, to the AIIS center in Gurgaon on August 20, 2010.
December 16, 2011
2011-2012 Fellowship Recipients
Click here to download a PDF of the 2011-2012 Fellowship Recipients.
December 16, 2011
Former AIIS Hindi Student Elected First Indian-American Alderman in Chicago
Former AIIS Hindi Student Elected First Indian-American Alderman in Chicago Ameya Pawar, who participated in the AIIS Hindi Summer Language Program in Jaipur in 2009, will become Chicago’s very first…
December 16, 2011
Former AIIS Fellow Ehud Halperin Receives Prestigious Award
Ehud Halperin, who was an AIIS junior fellow in 2009, was awarded the 2011 Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship by the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation. The Newcombe Fellowship…
December 16, 2011
AIIS Scholars Challenge
Honoring the 50th Anniversary of the American Institute of Indian Studies in 2012 A Unique Opportunity to Endow a Named Fellowship. AIIS has recently begun a significant effort to celebrate…
December 14, 2011
AIIS Mourns the Death of Stanley Kochanek
AIIS is very sad to report that our colleague and friend Stanley Kochanek died unexpectedly on May 2, due to complications from open heart surgery. Stan was the AIIS Trustee…
December 5, 2011
Faculty Development Workshop: Tools and Resources for Study of Women in South Asian Islamic Societies
The American Institute of Indian Studies, the American Institute of Pakistan Studies, the American Institute of Bangladesh Studies and the University of Chicago South Asia Language and Area Center...