AIIS Bangla Language Program

Congratulations to Grant GianGrasso (Bangla 2023) who was selected as a Rhodes Scholar for 2024! Through Rhodes, Grant will pursue a doctorate in Clinical Medicine from Oxford University with the goal of becoming a physician-scientist.

"CLS helped me better understand how my language interests aren’t just tangent to my public health aspirations but rather are vital to them.” Read more about the Rhodes Scholarship and Grant's future plans here: https://clscholarship.org/news/2024/cls-alumni-selected-as-2024-rhodes-and-marshall-scholar

Department of State U.S. Study Abroad
Exchange Programs - U.S. Department of State
Rhodes Trust
University of Virginia
University of Oxford

Fall students visited Bishnupur last week

On the last day of the Academic Year program our students performed a skit and played Bangla song on flute.

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অন্ধকারে আলোর খোঁজ ১৯৯২-এ প্রকাশিত হল ক্যাথরিনের আর্কিটেকচার অব মুঘল ইন্ডিয়া। নামটা খেয়াল করা দরকার, ভারতের মোগল স্থাপত্য নয়, মোগল ভ....

Scroll painter in class. The students tried to draw pata-chitra style painting.

Students visited Bishnupur...

Visiting Krishnanagar...

Metiabruz walking tour

Visiting State Handicraft Fair...

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Visiting Botanical Garden Kolkata

Visit to South Park Street Cemetery

Durga Puja Pandal Hopping 2022

Visit to Kumortuli a week before Durga Pujo

The AIIS Book Prize - American Institute of Indian Studies In order to promote scholarship in South Asian Studies, the American Institute of Indian Studies (AIIS) awards two prizes each year for the best unpublished book manuscript on an Indian subject: “The Edward Cameron Dimock, Jr. Prize in the Indian Humanities” “The Joseph W. Elder Prize in

CLS participant Kentrell interviewed two Bengali celebrities...

CLS Bangla students strike a pose before performing traditional Bengali song "Kharobayu Boy Beg." The song was written by Rabindranath Tagore, a renowned Bengali poet and songwriter who produced 2,000 songs over the course of his life. Music and dance are foundational to Bengali culture we love seeing our CLS scholars embrace it fully.

Department of State U.S. Study Abroad

CLS 22 Guest Classes

CLS 2022 Program Excursions

Women Who Only Serve Chai: Gender Quotas, Reservations and Proxies in India This book investigates the experiences of women city councilors in India. It follows the careers of women in Jaipur, Rajasthan, who were brought into public office through a gender quota instituted over two decades ago. It reveals how, even in office, women continue to face stigma and normative rest...

Fellowships - American Institute of Indian Studies The AIIS fellowship program offers fellowships for scholars, graduate students, artists, and professionals.

AIIS Kolkata Center has relocated at Jadunath Bhavan 10, Lake Terrace, Kolkata 700029

AIIS Director General Ms Purnima Mehta's visit to Kolkata center early March.

AIIS Bangla Language Program updated their phone number.

AIIS Bangla Language Program updated their address.

AIIS Awarded Three-Year Grant from National Endowment for the Humanities - American Institute of Indian Studies Chicago (April 26, 2022) The American Institute of Indian Studies (AIIS) is pleased to announce that  it was awarded a three-year grant for $315,000 from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Fellowship Programs at Independent Research  (FPIRI) program. The award would be used to provide fell...