American Institute of Indian Studies Podcast

By: The American Institute of Indian Studies
  • Summary

  • 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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Episodes
  • AIIS and Tech: Languages, Code, Design, and Careers with former AIIS language students
    May 28 2024

    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 of all kinds. The stereotypical careers that stem from the study of Indic languages and South Asian Studies may be in the humanities, but many AIIS language students have made the jump from South Asian Studies to STEM fields. They have used their diverse language and humanities training to make themselves stand out in a crowded applicant field and have also applied their AIIS study abroad experiences directly into their daily work to allow them to bring fresh perspectives to traditional solutions in tech, whether it is coding, design, or leadership and management. Join us today to speak with three former AIIS language students as we chat about study abroad experiences, how they switched careers from South Asian Studies to tech, and tips on making the leap to a non-traditional career track.

    Joining us in this episode is Nicole Hemenway Bratz, former AIIS Sanskrit and Urdu student and current Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer at Capsle Stories: www.capslestories.com; Tyler Neill, former AIIS Prakrit student and currently a software engineer and Sanskritist living in NYC: tylerneill.info; and Rachael Hyland, former AIIS Hindi and Bangla student and current Senior Content Designer at Intuit. Rachel's blog post on Hindi and product design was a major catalyst for this conversation. You can read her thoughts on combining study abroad, language learning, and product design on the Intuit Design blog.

    The AIIS Language Program offers nine-month academic year, summer and semester courses at elementary to advanced levels in many languages, including several that are rarely taught outside of India.

    Produced by AIIS
    Intro and Outro music: “Desh” by Stephen Slawek

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    1 hr and 1 min
  • 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
    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

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