November 30, 2022
60th Anniversary Series – Building Collaborations, Relationships, and Shared Homes in US-India Scholarship
This year we have been celebrating a history of scholarship in and through AIIS – exploring the narratives within the walls of the institute and the conversations that have happened…
November 16, 2022
U.S. Department of Education Features AIIS Summer DIL Student Fellow Lydia Hill’s Virtual Exhibit
Howard University student Lydia Hill, who received an AIIS Digital India Learning Initiative summer student fellowship, created a virtual exhibit “A Peek Into Indigenous Furniture: Through the Eyes of Lydia…
October 26, 2022
60th Anniversary Series – Collaboration and the Nilgiris Field Learning Program
This year we have been celebrating a history of scholarship in and through AIIS - exploring the narratives within the walls of the institute and the conversations that have happened…
October 25, 2022
Fellow Profile: Shouraseni Sen Roy on Climate Change Methods in the Field
Shouraseni Sen Roy is a professor in the Geography and Sustainable Development department at University of Miami. Her research interests include climate change processes and impact in the Global South…
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…