AIIS 2022-23 Language Programs

AIIS 2022-23 Language Programs

The American Institute of Indian Studies (AIIS) is now accepting applications for our 2022-23 summer, semester, and academic year language programs. AIIS offers intensive, immersion-based instruction in over 15 modern and classical South Asian languages at multiple sites in India. APPLICATION DEADLINE: DECEMBER 31, 2021

More Info & Applications

 

2021 AIIS Book Prize

 

2021 AIIS Book Prize

To promote scholarship in South Asian Studies, the American Institute of Indian Studies awards two prizes each year for the best unpublished book manuscript on an Indian subject: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 the Indian Social Sciences

A book subvention of $2500 is open to junior scholars who have received the PhD within the last eight years (2013 and after). This must be the first book by the author.

Application Deadline: September 30, 2021

South Asia Open Archives Quarterly Update

The South Asia Open ARchives (SAOA) (available at  saoa.crl.edu) continues to enhance its curated collections, expand its preservation archive, and build its network of users. Throughout the pandemic, SAOA has been a valuable resource for scholars worldwide seeking an assortment of material to support research in South Asian studies.    

• SAOA continues diversifying its curated collections, providing users with a wider range of resources.   
• SAOA’s collections, hosted on JSTOR’s open access platform, total approximately 26,000 items and 800,000 pages (an 8% and 14% quarterly increase, respectively). 
• Newly published projects include:   
• Madras Newspaper Reports (1896-1921; 1538 issues): digests (in English) of Tamil and Telugu Newspapers, from the collections of the Center for Research Libraries.   
• Dissents and Activists in Sri Lanka, 1960s-1990s (573 items): linking to ephemera (in English, Sinhala, and Tamil) hosted at Princeton University. This collection documents the activity of a generation of Sri Lankan radical activists who, in their different ways, attempted to escape the claims of rival ethno-nationalisms and build alternative political and development projects, drawing on Marxism, Christian socialism, and feminism, among other inspirations. Thanks to the American Institute of Sri Lankan Studies (AISLS), Princeton University, and University of Edinburgh for bringing together these import resources in order to promote a better understanding of recent leftist movements in Sri Lanka.   
• University of Virginia In-kind content (35 titles): monographs and serials located in collections on language and literature, as well as social, political, and economic history. Examples include:  
• Indian Journal of Economics (6 issues; 1916-1924) 
• Bengal, past & present : journal of the Calcutta Historical Society (3 issues; 1907-1910)  
• Succession to Mahommedan states : Jowrah (1865)  
• Facing the marauders : a collection of poems of resistance (1900)  
• The Tourist's guide to all the principal stations on the railways of northern India (1882) 
   
• SAOA made great strides in loading master files into our preservation archive for the long-term storage of historic content.   
• The preservation archive, hosted by Amazon Web Services (AWS), contains master files of serials and monographs digitized through SAOA.   
• The collection currently comprises 415,000 TIF files reaching nearly 4TB of storage space. Over 350,000 files have been uploaded this Quarter. 
   
• SAOA content is freely accessed throughout the world, ensuring equal access to important content.  
• From April to June 2021, there were approximately 35,000 item requests from users across 145 countries including India, U.S., U.K., China, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Canada, Germany, and Australia.   
• Among the most utilized sources are Madras Legislative Assembly Debates, Jugantar, and Aligarh Institute Gazette.  
   
• SAOA’s outreach efforts have strengthened SAOA’s network and user community.  
• University of Virginia renewed its membership and Rutgers University became a new SAOA member. SAOA now has its highest amount of paying members, underscoring SAOA’s importance in the South Asian studies field.  
• Neel Agrawal, South Asia Digital Librarian at CRL, gave a presentation on SAOA for International Archives Week, hosted by the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA) and the Government of India Ministry of Culture. This event provided the opportunity for hundreds of researchers to learn about SAOA’s collections, locating material, and the governance structure.  
• The updated  Publicity Scrapbook (attached)  contains SAOA-related social media posts, blogs, news items and press releases, research guides, and web pages. 
• For example, please refer to the blog post from the University of Illinois Center for Global Studies, as well as the news item published by Princeton University.
  
  
• What you can do to help:   
• Follow SAOA’s  Facebook  and  Instagram  accounts for  updates.  
• Encourage institutions to join SAOA by visiting the  How to Become a Member of SAOA  page, in order to learn about SAOA’s inclusive membership model.  
• Add SAOA  (saoa.crl.edu)  to your  Libguides, A-Z lists, and Course Pages. 
• Attach your library’s holdings to the  SAOA collection record  on OCLC (#1124685807).   
• Suggest the digitization of new content through the online suggestion form.  

As always, we would like to acknowledge the immense contributions of SAOA Member Institutions, National Resource Centers, partners, and CRL staff.  We look forward to making significant progress throughout the summer. Please feel free to contact me with your comments and suggestions. Thank you so much.  

Neel Agrawal

South Asia Digital Librarian

Center for Research Libraries

6050 S. Kenwood Ave. • Chicago, IL 60637 • USA

773.955.4545 ext. 362 (main office)

Selected New Titles in Ames Library, June 2021

 SELECTED NEW TITLES IN AMES LIBRARY

 JUNE 2021

Download book titles added during the year 2/1/21 – 6/22/21

Note:  We are getting in increasing proportion of our books on South Asia in ebook format only.  This list includes only print books.  To find our ebooks please search the Libraries catalog.  You can narrow results to recent acquisitions by scrolling to the bottom of the Filter Results column of the results page and you will find links to limit results to Recently Added.

AIIS 2021 fellowship competition for fellowships to conduct projects in India

AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF INDIAN STUDIES FELLOWSHIP COMPETITION

 

The American Institute of Indian Studies (AIIS) invites applications from scholars from all disciplines who wish to conduct their research in India. Junior fellowships are given to doctoral candidates at universities in the U.S. to conduct research for their dissertations in India for up to eleven months. Senior long-term (six to nine months) and short-term (four months or less) fellowships are available for scholars who hold the Ph.D. degree. Scholarly/Professional development fellowships are available to scholars and professionals who have not previously worked in India. Creative and Performing Arts fellowships are available to practitioners of the arts of India. Eligible applicants include 1) U.S. citizens; and 2) citizens of other countries who are students or faculty members at U.S. colleges and universities (this rule does not apply to U.S. citizens). Applications can be downloaded from the web site www.indiastudies.org. For more information please contact the American Institute of Indian Studies  (773) 702-8638. Email: aiis@uchicago.edu. Web site: www.indiastudies.org. Application deadline is November 15, 2021.

Selected New Titles in Ames Library, March 2021

SELECTED NEW TITLES IN AMES LIBRARY

 MARCH 2021

Download book titles added during the year 2/1/20 – 1/31/21

Note:  We are getting in increasing proportion of our books on South Asia in ebook format only.  This list includes only print books.  To find our ebooks please search the Libraries catalog.  You can narrow results to recent acquisitions by scrolling to the bottom of the Filter Results column of the results page and you will find links to limit results to Recently Added.