Sarai, an interdisciplinary research and practice programme on the city and media, at the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, Delhi, invites applications for short term studentships to conduct research on Urban Life in South Asia.
The Studentship will provide candidates with Rs.20,000 for the preparation of a research paper to be presented at a workshop in November 2007. Selected scholars will also get an opportunity to participate in and discuss their ongoing research at two initial workshops to be held in March 2007 and August 2007.
Sarai will take care of travel, boarding and lodging for attending the workshops.
The Candidates may be from any discipline and should be enrolled in Master, M.Phil or Ph.D programme in India.
List of suggested 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.
Send your application along with one page abstract indicating scope, nature and approach of proposed research, one writing sample ( published or unpublished) and C.V. to:
Sadan Jha
Sarai, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies
29,Rajpur Road, Delhi 110054.
ph: 23830065, 23983352 and 23928391.
Deadline for Applications: 15th January 2007.