Dhar India Studies Program: Indiana University Bloomington

AIIS Research Fellowship Program For more than 50 years, the American Institute of Indian Studies has provided funding to pre- and post-doctoral scholars and artists in pursuit of knowledge about India.

Why India?

India is an important, dynamic part of today's world.

The India Studies major equips students to understand and become engaged with a complex and exciting part of the world.

When combined with a major in International Studies, Media, Anthropology, History, Religious Studies, Comparative Literature, Political Science or Folklore, to name a few, the India Studies major gives students a competetive edge in the increasingly global market.

Faculty/Student Spotlight

Purmina Bose

English Department Professor and Founding Member of the Dhar India Studies Program Faculty Purnima Bose recently published a monograph, Intervention Narratives: Afghanistan, the United States, and the Global War on Terror in 2020 (Rutgers University Press). This book analyzes films, memoirs, and novels that have circulated in the United States about its clandestine and overt military operations in Afghanistan from 1979 to the present. Intervention Narratives: Afghanistan, the United States, and the Global War on Terror explores the significance of the historical erasures and the production of sentiment that allows these narratives to function as propaganda.

To learn more about Professor Bose and her work visit Indiana Univeristy English Department Faculty: Purnima Bose