Return to Tapi and the Megha Cooperative
By Collin McClain, 12/26/2019. Above: Scenes from a wattle and daub house in Tapi district, Gujarat. I'd like to return now to the story of [...]
SEWA: An Overview
By Collin McClain, 12/26/2019. Over the course of 7 weeks in the Summer of 2019 I took over 20,000 photos in service to SEWA. But [...]
Kolkata’s Chinatown: Hidden in Plain Sight
By Isobel Chiang, 08/05/2019. Tiretta Bazar (pronounced colloquially as "Territy Bazar") is Kolkata's original Chinatown. As I've written before, it's a fascinating, confusing place, and [...]
Megha: An Agricultural Cooperative for Indigenous Women
“We are women, tribal women. And we are farmers. We women are the ones who work these fields. We know that there must also be women farmers in the United States and the rest of the world, and we want them to know that we are here. That is important to us.” -Lataben, Narmadaben, Ratilaben, and Sheelaben
NYU Shanghai Fellowship Opportunities
Two positions, at either the predoctoral (ABD) or postdoctoral level, for the study of intra-Asian interactions areavailable at the Center for Global Asia at NYU [...]
Apply Now for Summer Travel Grants
The India China Institute is currently accepting applications from students at The New School for the 2016 Student Travel and Research grants. Six $3,000 grants [...]
2015 Student Research Fellows Prepare to Travel to India and China
ICI is pleased to introduce the six recipients of the 2015 Starr Foundation Student Research Fellowship Grant. We selected undergraduate, graduate and PhD students from a number of academic disciplines [...]
Student Research and Travel Grants (2015) – Apply Now
Former Student Fellow Nick Krebs in China. We're happy to announce that the application period is now open for the 2014-15 Starr Foundation [...]
Update: Research on Garment Workers in Southern China and Cambodia
Creating Self Identity Through Clothing Choices: a study of female garment workers in Southern China and Cambodia Overview By MIKAELA KVAN, 5/07/2014. We all make [...]