Awards, Prizes, or Honors Bestowed on AOS Members

Rahul Peter Das was awarded the “Hind Rattan Award” of the NRI Welfare Society of India in New Delhi on January 25, 2006. For further information on the nature of the award, see <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hind_Rattan>.

John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowships to Assist Research and Artistic Creation awarded to AOS members to Böwering, Huehnergard, and Veldhuis

Romila Thapar Named as First Holder of the Kluge Chair in Countries and Cultures of the South at Library of Congress

David C. Reisman's Dissertation wins Yale's William J. Horwitz Prize

Miguel Civil Awarded Honorary Degree from the University of Barcelona (Photo)

Jean Bottéro, AOS Honorary Member, Proclaimed Chevalier in the French Order of the Legion d'Honneur

Rahul Peter Das Student Awarded Deutsche Morgenländische Gesellschaft Forschungspreis 1998

David Ayalon Elected Honorary Foreign Member of the American Historical Association

Alan Kaye California State University Fullerton Distinguished Faculty Award