Short-Term Fellowships for the academic year July 2025–June 2026

The M.S. Merian – R. Tagore International Centre of Advanced Studies “Metamorphoses of the Political: Comparative Perspectives on the Long Twentieth Century” (ICAS:MP), a project under the aegis of the Max Weber Forum for South Asian Studies, advertises multiple Short-Term Fellowships for the academic year July 2025–June 2026.

ICAS:MP is funded by the German Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and has its main location in New Delhi, India, though the research conducted at the centre is not restricted to India and South Asia. It offers fellowships for researchers (Postdoc and Senior) who work on at least one of the following ICAS:MP research themes:

  • Working Group ‘Theory from the South’
  • Thematic Consolidation Group ‘Constructing Alternative Pasts: (New) Sources and Methods’
  • Thematic Consolidation Group ‘The Challenge of Gender’
  • Thematic Consolidation Group ‘Normative Conflicts and Transformations’: Collective Action and the Self – South Asian Perspectives

Application Details and Fellowship Terms & Conditions:

The fellowships are open to applicants of all nationalities. Applicants based at German and Indian academic institutions are especially encouraged to apply. Interested scholars from related social sciences and humanities disciplines working on thematic fields relevant to ICAS:MP are also invited to apply. The research project must be related to the research programme of a thematic module and to the broader ICAS:MP research agenda, details of which can be found here.

 

Apply here.
For more details please

Download: Call for Application : ICASMP 2025-26 [pdf, 188.21 KB]

The deadline for applications is 30 September 2024.