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Research
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The Centre's main mission is to provide a congenial
atmosphere for academics in the humanities and social sciences to take research
time out of the regular duties of teaching and administration and pursue
projects that will enhance the state of knowledge in India and the world in
valuable and novel ways.
SARN
web research network:
The Social Science Research Council (SSRC), New York is
pleased to announce the creation of the South Asia Resource Network for Social
Sciences and Humanities (SARN) at http://sarn.ssrc.org
SARN is a research network linking scholars, researchers, teachers, students and
practitioners whose primary area of interest is South Asia and South Asian
Studies. SARN provides information on research centers, archives and libraries
located throughout the region, and includes updated listings on fellowship
opportunities, journals, on-line publications, workshops and conferences
pertinent to South Asia. We also provide cover and content pages for selected
journals published in South Asia.
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South
Asia Regional Fellowship Programme:
The primary intent of the fellowships is to enable
successful applicants to take leave from teaching and other responsibilities to
write up completed research. Applications proposing new research or seeking
support for ongoing fieldwork will not be rejected but have much lower priority.
Funding is offered for short-term fellowships (3-4 months) on topics related to
this theme from scholars in any discipline of the social sciences, humanities,
or a related field.
The competition is open only to full time faculty members holding earned Ph.D.s
and presently teaching in an accredited college or university in Pakistan,
India, Bangladesh, Nepal or Sri Lanka. Junior fellows will receive up to $2,200,
senior fellows up to $3,000 as fellowship awards. As many as twenty fellowships
may be awarded each year. This program is supported by a grant from the Ford
Foundation. For further details please contact
ssrccal@cssscal.org
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Current research topics:
Some current topics of research include contemporary women
artists, nineteenth century poets, banking finance and macroeconomics, history
of the book in India, representation of women in urban government, memory and
locality, history of emotions, demography and economy of tribals in Jharkhand,
ideas of the city, economic history, modern historiography, Sufi literature,
music and culture in nation-building.
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Past
research:
The Centre has a long history of promoting research in
eastern India. Some of the Centre's scholars played a crucial role in the
formation and development of Subaltern Studies. The Centre was also one of the
first places to begin gender-based social and economic analysis. There has also
been a great deal of new research in the fields of cultural studies,
contemporary urban ethnography and popular culture.
In the 1980s the focus was on issues of trade, industry and labour under
changing economic policies. Major contributions were also made in the field of
social, intellectual and cultural history, including landmark studies on
nationalist thought, and the social and cultural history of Bengal. The 1970s
saw the Centre turning its attention to the economy and politics of
north-eastern India, peasant and popular nationalisms in Bengal, the agrarian
and industrial economy of colonial India, and reassessments of the nineteenth
century Bengal Renaissance. Alongside these, there was also a strong analytical
interest in contemporary economic and political issues and institutions.
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