Sarai, an interdisciplinary research and practice programme on the city and the media, at the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, Delhi, invites applications for short term studentships to facilitate research on Urban life in South Asia.

The Studentship will provide candidates with Rs.10,000 for the preparation of a research paper to be presented at a workshop in June2003. Selected scholars will also get an opportunity to discuss their ongoing research in an initial workshop to be held in March 2003. Sarai will take care of travel, boarding and lodging for attending workshops. The candidates may be from any discipline and should be enrolled in Master, M.Phil or Ph.D programme.

List of indicative themes: Urban Histories Architecture and Spatial Transformations, Modernist Planning, Alternative Urban Visions, Urban Memory and Narratives of Violence, Urban Ecologies, Literature and Urbanism, Cinema and the City, Visual Culture, The Future of Public Space, Media Practices and the City Labour in the City.

Please send your application along with C.V. and one page abstract indicating the scope, nature and approach of proposed research.