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AIIS is awarded a U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation Grant for the Project, India: Documentation of 16th-17th-Century Mughal Monuments on the Grand Trunk Road

The Cultural Heritage Center (CHC) at the U.S. State Department announced that AIIS has been awarded a U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation grant for the project “India: Documentation of 16th-17th-Century Mughal Monuments on the Grand Trunk Road.” AIIS will receive $153,000 for the project, which will

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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 Hill,” that was featured in the U.S. Department of Education’s widely distributed September 2022 IFLE Newsletter. The

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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 award three additional junior fellowships to non-U.S. citizens (for whom funding is otherwise limited) for 2022-24. These

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