September 17, 2025
The Next Era of AIIS: A Conversation with Dr. Emily Rook-Koepsel
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April 6, 2025
DIL Futures: Exploring the present and future of the AIIS Digital India Learning initiative
In this episode, we explore the bright and fascinating futures of the AIIS Digital India Learning initiative. Launched in 2019 as a new effort from AIIS President Sumathi Ramaswamy, the…
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.…
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…
December 13, 2023
Creating and collaborating through digital projects with the AIIS Digital Sonic and Visual Projects fellowships
In this episode, we explore what it’s like to create born digital projects in India with support from the two AIIS research centers: the Center for Art and Archeology (CA&A)…
October 11, 2023
Sitar, Dhrupad, and breathing into the space of South Asian classical music
In this episode, we highlight new forms of innovative research being done on South Asian classical music through the AIIS performing and creative arts fellowship. Sitarist and ethnomusicologist Brian Q. Silver…
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…
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…
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…