March 25, 2025
Sunila S. Kale Elected Next President of AIIS
Sunila S. Kale, a professor in the Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington, has been elected as the next president of the American Institute of Indian…
March 25, 2025
AIIS 2025 Book Prizes Awarded to Dana Kornberg and Satya Shikha Chakraborty
The Joseph W. Elder Prize in the Indian Social Sciences was awarded to Dana Kornberg for The Garbage Economy: Caste Capitalism and the Persistence of Informal Recycling in Delhi The Edward…
February 12, 2025
AIIS Remembers its Former President Joe Elder
AIIS mourns the passing and celebrates the career and legacy of Joseph W. Elder, who died at age ninety-four in Madison, Wisconsin on January 26, 2025. The fourth President of…
December 30, 2024
Marriott Memories: The life and impact of McKim Marriott
In this episode, we look back on the work and impact of McKim Marriott, Professor Emeritus at the University of Chicago, who passed earlier this year on July 3, 2024.…
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…