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IDRF Photo Competition 2017

Items Admin·July 7, 2017

The International Dissertation Research Fellowship (IDRF) Photo Competition is offered every year to IDRF recipients. Prizes are awarded for the best single photo, the best self-portrait, and best photo essay following a…

July 7, 2017

From Our Fellows

Tammany Hall in India, the Rise of Machine Politics: A Conversation with Tariq Thachil

by Emily Carroll and Adriana Stephan

In the first of the International Dissertation Research Fellowship 20th Anniversary interview series, Emily Carroll and Adriana Stephan speak with 2007 International Dissertation Research Fellowship recipient Tariq Thachil.

May 22, 2017

From Our Fellows

IDRF Photo Competition 2015

by IDRF Program

The International Dissertation Research Fellowship (IDRF) Photo Competition is offered every year to IDRF recipients. Prizes are awarded for the best single photo, the best self-portrait, and best photo essay following a vote by IDRF fellows and staff.

March 30, 2015

From Our Fellows

“Hindis” in Istanbul: Field Notes on the Making of an Archival Subject

Items Admin·February 27, 2014

Rishad Choudhury is a 2012 International Dissertation Research Fellowship recipient and a graduate student at Cornell University. In this Research Snapshot, he examines the political and religious worlds that emerged from traffic…

February 27, 2014

From Our Fellows

IDRF Book Exchange: Islam Translated

Items Admin·April 13, 2012

IDRF fellows discuss Ronit Ricci's book Islam Translated: Literature, Conversion, and the Arabic Cosmopolis of South and Southeast Asia, based on research conducted during her International Dissertation Research Fellowship and completed with…

April 13, 2012