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American Institute of Indian Studies Podcast

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  • The American Institute of Indian Studies (AIIS) was founded nearly sixty years ago to further the knowledge of India in the United States by supporting American scholarship on India. The programs of AIIS foster the production of and engagement with scholarship on India, and promote and advance mutual understanding between the citizens of the United States and of India. AIIS seeks to provide access to scholarship about India to a wide and diverse audience.Through this podcast series, we hope to explore various exciting AIIS initiatives and engage with our current and former fellows, students, instructors, and researchers in this challenging time for connection.
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  • Creating and collaborating through digital projects with the AIIS Digital Sonic and Visual Projects fellowships

    Creating and collaborating through digital projects with the AIIS Digital Sonic and Visual Projects fellowships
    Dec 13 2023
    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) and the Archives and Research Centers for Ethnomusicology (ARCE). Both units share an online archive and digital exhibit space, the Virtual Museum of Images and Sounds, that you can visit and browse at vmis.in.

    The DIL Summer Student Fellowships for Digital Sonic and Visual Projects has supported two cohorts of students in 2022 and 2023 to travel to India and conduct research at the CA&A and ARCE under the fantastic guidance of Dr. Vandana Sinha and Dr. Shubha Chaudhuri.

    We will hear reflections on the process of creating the 2023 DIL summer digital exhibits from beginning to end with Arya Adityan, a graduate student in the Department of Religion at Florida State University, Ava Bush, an undergraduate student completing her B.A. in Art History at Tulane University, Balakrishnan Raghavan, a graduate student at the University of California, Santa Cruz, Jamphel Shonu, a graduate student in the Department of History at Pennsylvania State University, and Tyler Thom, a graduate student in the Department of Ethnomusicology at the University of Denver. We’ll begin with a conversation at the beginning of the summer program and then catch up with the participants after the program has ended.

    Explore the digital projects on the VMIS website:
    Arya Adityan - Oral Epics and Narratives: Villupāttu
    Ava Bush - People’s Art: Clay Modelling in Ancient India
    Balakrishnan Raghavan - Oral Epics and Narratives of India: Annanmar Katai 
    Jamphel Shonu - The Great Monastery of Nalanda
    Tyler Thom - The Song Lines of Arnold Bake

    For more information on AIIS digital program and fellowships, visit https://www.indiastudies.org/digital-scholarship.
    The DIL Digital Sonic and visual Projects fellowships are partially supported by a grant from the US Department of Education.

    Produced by AIIS
    Intro and Outro music: “Desh” by Stephen Slawek
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    1 hr and 4 mins
  • Sitar, Dhrupad, and breathing into the space of South Asian classical music

    Sitar, Dhrupad, and breathing into the space of South Asian classical music
    Oct 9 2023

    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 interviews sitarist and AIIS fellow Paul Livingstone. Through their knowledgeable experiences as international performers and dedicated musicians, Brian Q. Silver and Paul Livingstone discuss Paul's AIIS fellowship,  the flavor of Dhrupad, and the techniques and freedom of giving space to music.

    Paul Livingstone's latest podcasts, live event information, and fellowship inspired works are available online at paulzlivingstone.com and www.soulforceproject.com.

    For more information on AIIS fellowships, visit www.indiastudies.org/research-fellowship-programs/.

    Produced by AIIS and Paul Livingstone
    Intro and Outro music: “Desh” by Stephen Slawek
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    55 mins
  • 60th Anniversary Series – Building Collaborations, Relationships, and Shared Homes in US-India Scholarship

    60th Anniversary Series – Building Collaborations, Relationships, and Shared Homes in US-India Scholarship
    Nov 30 2022

    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 thanks to the support of AIIS. In this episode, we turn from history to current research that highlights collaboration and co-creation, a foundational piece of what makes AIIS the American Institute of Indian Studies.

    Join us for a discussion on forms of home inspired by the 2016 collaborative conference between Elon University and the University of Madras entitled “To Take Place: Culture, Religion and Home-Making in and Beyond South Asia.” In this conference, “speakers addressed the means and practices by which migrants, displaced persons and various other subcommunities in South Asia establish physical, conceptual and emotional spaces that put them at home or give rise to conflict with other groups.”

    With conference co-creators Amy Allocco and James Ponniah we look to how AIIS has supported various forms of institutional collaboration, how concepts of the home shift in spaces and places, and how to successfully build a base (or home) from which to build long-lasting dialog and partners in scholarship.

    The following interview is taken from a webinar that took place virtually on November 4, 2022.

    *Transcript coming soon*

    Produced by AIIS
    Music “Desh” by Stephen Slawek
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    46 mins
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