ICAS:MP
ICAS:MP is a Centre of Advanced Studies funded by the BMBF as one of their Maria Sibylla Merian Centres. We offer short-term fellowships in New Delhi to distinguished scholars in the Humanities and Social Sciences.
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- 📘Review of our newly published book! Read Gunjan Sharma’s review of Shifting Landscapes: Education and Urban Transformations in India in SAGE Journals. Edited by Geetha B. Nambissan, Nandini Manjrekar, Shivali Tukdeo & Indra Sengupta. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... @ghilondon.bsky.social
- Glimpses from the📕discussion 'Shifting Landscapes: Education & Urban Transformations in India’, held on 8 Dec. Ed. by Geetha B. Nambissan (JNU Delhi), Nandini Manjrekar (TISS), Shivali Tukdeo(Mahindra University) & Indra Sengupta @ghilondon.bsky.social. Thanks to Manabi Majumdar & Ghazala Jamil.
- 🚨Conference Announcement Join the @mecila.bsky.social Centre Conference 2025, 11–13 Dec at @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social. 🔗Register: mecila.net/en/mecila-berlin-conference-2025 @calascenter.bsky.social, @miasa-ug.bsky.social, MECAM, @giga-hamburg.de, Humanities Centre: Futures of Sustainability.
- Join us for the book discussion of Shifting Landscapes: Education and Urban Transformations in India on 8 December. Edited by Geetha B. Nambissan (JNU Delhi), Nandini Manjrekar (TISS), Shivali Tukdeo(Mahindra University) & Indra Sengupta @ghilondon.bsky.social.
- 📢Call for Papers We invite scholars to apply for the international workshop “Empire and (Im-)Mobility in South & South-East Asia (19th–20th Centuries)”, in New Delhi on 6–7 Feb. Deadline: 9 Nov @globaldiscnct.bsky.social @mwfdelhi.bsky.social @lmumuenchen.bsky.social 🔗 micasmp.hypotheses.org/15173
- ICAS:MP met the ‘Merian family’ in Tunis & had an enriching week of dialogue on knowledge diplomacy & South–South–North cooperation incl. attending a conference on Peace and Conflict Studies by the Postcolonial Hierarchies project. Thank you, MECAM, CALAS,@mecila.bsky.social & @miasa-ug.bsky.social.
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- Reposted by ICAS:MPThe past few days the MIASA team participated in the #Merian Family meeting hosted by #MECAM in Tunis to discuss topics around Knowledge Diplomacy & South-South-North Cooperations together with all of its Merian sister centres. @icasmp.bsky.social @mecila.bsky.social
- The International Symposium: Interrogating the Present will see leading scholars from Krea University, @icasmp.bsky.social, @soasuni.bsky.social & @iias.bsky.social engage in meaningful dialogue on collaborative research. 📍 Krea University | 11–12 Sept 2025 🌐 micasmp.hypotheses.org/14879
- 📢New in our @universitypress.cambridge.org series Shifting Landscapes: Education and Urban Transformations in India by Geetha B. Nambissan (JNU Delhi), Nandini Manjrekar (TISS), Shivali Tukdeo(Mahindra University) & Indra Sengupta @ghilondon.bsky.social Open Access www.cambridge.org/core/books/s...
- Krea University, @icasmp.bsky.social, @soasuni.bsky.social, & @iias.bsky.social are coming together for the International Symposium: Interrogating the Present (11–12 Sept). A space to strengthen interdisciplinary and transnational academic collaboration. 🌐https://micasmp.hypotheses.org/14879
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- 🚨Applications close TODAY! ICAS:MP Fellowships 2026–27 Submit your completed application before 23:59 IST, 15 July 2025. 🔗Final call: karriere.maxweberstiftung.de/jobposting/d... ⏰ No extensions. #ICASMP #LastCall #AcademicFellowships
- ⏳5 days left! Are you ready to submit your ICAS:MP Fellowship application? Review your proposal, polish your documents, and upload everything in a single PDF. 📅Deadline: 15 July 2025 🔗 karriere.maxweberstiftung.de/jobposting/d...
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- 📢Call for Applications: ICAS:MP Fellowships 2026–27 Apply now for a residential writing fellowship at ICAS:MP, New Delhi: karriere.maxweberstiftung.de/jobposting/d... @mwfdelhi.bsky.social @maxweberstiftung.de @ghilondon.bsky.social @uni-wuerzburg.de @unierfurt.bsky.social
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- Why apply for the ICAS:MP Fellowship? • Work in an interdisciplinary environment • Monthly stipend up to €3,500 • Focused writing time • Present your research to the ICAS academic circle & receive expert feedback @ghilondon.bsky.social @maxweberstiftung.de @unierfurt.bsky.social @uni-wuerzburg.de
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- 📣Rethink Southern Theory ICAS:MP’s Working Group ‘Theory from the South’ invites scholars to generate new concepts rooted in the histories, philosophies, and experiences of the Global South. 🗓️ Apply by 15 July 2025 🔗 micasmp.hypotheses.org/13323 @unierfurt.bsky.social
- 🌬️Exploring air, vulnerability & the politics of breathing? Apply to ICAS:MP’s TCG Normative Conflicts and Transformations (2026/27), focusing on “Breathing Well, Together – South Asian Perspectives.” 🗓️ Deadline: 15 July 2025 🔗 micasmp.hypotheses.org/13323 @unierfurt.bsky.social
- 📢 Save the Date! Join us on 26 June 2025 for the opening of the India Competence Centre at the University of Würzburg, an interdisciplinary hub dedicated to fostering Indo-German academic collaboration. 📍 Würzburg | 🕕 6 PM 📝 Register by 12 June: forms.office.com/e/Lqf99uNpNn
- Interested in the politics of history-making and ‘alternative’ narratives based on sources beyond official records? ICAS:MP’s TCG Constructing Alternative Pasts invites scholars exploring non-official sources. 🗓️ Apply by 15 July 2025 🔗 micasmp.hypotheses.org/13323
- 🧭 Which research themes can you apply under for the ICAS:MP 2026–27 fellowship? • Theory from the South • Constructing Alternative Pasts • The Challenge of Gender • Normative Conflicts & Transformations 🔗 Apply now: karriere.maxweberstiftung.de/jobposting/d...
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- 📢The @uni-wuerzburg.de & ICAS:MP are inaugurating the India Competence Centre on 26 June 2025! With a keynote by Prof. Ummu Salma Bava (@MercatorDE) and a panel with our Director Prof. Jörg Gengnagel. 🕕6 PM | Campus Hubland Nord, Würzburg 📩https://forms.office.com/e/Lqf99uNpNn
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- 📢 Calling all scholars! Applications are now open for multiple short-term #Fellowships in the #SocialSciences and #Humanities for the academic year July 2026 – June 2027. ✅ Check your eligibility and apply here: karriere.maxweberstiftung.de/jobposting/d... ⏳ Deadline: 15 July 2025
- 🌍Call for Applications! ICAS:MP invites scholars in the #Humanities and #SocialSciences to apply for our writing fellowships in Delhi for the year July 2026 – June 2027. 🔗https://micasmp.hypotheses.org/13323 Apply here: karriere.maxweberstiftung.de/jobposting/d... Deadline: 15.07.2025
- 🌍 Join us in exploring the shifting boundaries of the #political through innovative, transnational #research. If your work aligns with the themes below, watch out for our #CallForApplications for the 2026–27 Fellowship — coming very soon! 🔗 micasmp.hypotheses.org/current-modu...
- 📷Glimpses from our book discussion on Querying Childhood: Feminist Reframings! An insightful evening where editors, presenters & discussants engaged in a compelling dialogue on childhood & gender. @routledgehistory.bsky.social @jtschurenev.bsky.social
- ✨Highlights from our Merian Centre Roundtable on Multilingualism & Knowledge Exchange in Academia! We, @icasmp.bsky.social are still grateful to our colleagues from MIASA and MECAM for the enriching discussions on the importance of multi-linguality for transnational research.
- Reposted by ICAS:MP#Call #CfA: The College invites advanced international researchers in #socialsciences / #humanities to apply for the Senior #Fellowship Programme until 25 May 2025. Join the #UARuhr for a six-month #research fellowship starting in 2026 www.college-uaruhr.de/cfa-fellowships-2026-27
- 🔉Join us for a keynote lecture by Rosie Bsheer (@harvard.edu) on 'The Archive: From the Ordinary to the Spectacular' at the @ghilondon.bsky.social on 14 March, 5pm GMT. Part of the ICAS:MP workshop 'Archives, Authenticity, Authorship'. Register: events@ghil.ac.uk 🔗micasmp.hypotheses.org/14635
- 🎬 A memorable evening at our screening of the #Oscar -nominated All That Breathes. The screening was followed by a Q&A with director Shaunak Sen, protagonist Salik Rehman & Prof. Veena Hariharan. 🔗https://www.allthatbreathes.com/ 📷 Relive the evening here.
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- 📽️ ICAS:MP Film Screening: All That Breathes 🎬 Join us for a screening of #Oscar-nominated documentary, All That Breathes, followed by a discussion with director, Shaunak Sen, & discussant, Veena Hariharan. 🗓️24 Feb | 6 PM 📍Auditorium, India Islamic Cultural Centre Register: manocha@mwsindia.org
- Meet the 2024–25 ICAS:MP Fellows! Join us for an engaging Fellows’ Introductory Presentations, where our fellows present their research projects. 🗓 18 Feb 2025 | 2:00 – 4:00 PM IST 📍 @IIC_Delhi 💻 maxweberstiftung.zoom-x.de/j/6575437176... 🔗 Register: manocha@mwsindia.org
- 📢Join us for an insightful Merian Centre Roundtable Discussion on Multilingualism & Knowledge Exchange in Academia! 🌍📚 🗓18 Feb 2025 | 5–7 PM IST 📍IIC Delhi Featuring scholars from MIASA, MECAM & ICAS:MP, please see the attached poster. 🔗Register: manocha@mwsindia.org
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- 📢 Join us for a book discussion on Querying Childhood: Feminist Reframings. 📅19 Feb, 6 PM 📍IIC & Zoom: maxweberstiftung.zoom-x.de/j/6302312769... Edited by Mary E. John, Barbara Lotz & Elisabeth Schömbucher, this Open Access book is part of the ICAS:MP-Routledge Series. @jtschurenev.bsky.social
- At ICAS:MP, we offer: ✨ Writing Fellowships for #scholars to focus on their #research 🌍 A vibrant community connecting experts from #India, #Germany & beyond 📚 Opportunities to publish in our renowned book series with @cambridgeup.bsky.social & Routledge. Follow us for updates!
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