Dr. Darshana Sreedhar Mini and Shahana Munazir Receive AIIS Fellowships

Congratulations to Dr. Darshana Sreedhar Mini and Shahana Munazir on receiving fellowships from the American Institute of Indian Studies (AIIS)! Darshana Sreedhar Mini, assistant professor in the Department of Communication Arts, was awarded a senior fellowship to carry out the project “Rated A: Soft-Porn Cinema and Mediations of Desire in India.” Professor Mini’s fellowship is funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Shahana Munazir, graduate student in the Department of Anthropology, was awarded a junior fellowship to carry out the project “Daughters of Destiny: Politics of Gharelu Muslim Women in India.” Ms. Munazir is the recipient of the Joseph W. Elder Fellowship in the Social Sciences.