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POST DOC AND DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP 2010-11

Announcement

TISS-Max Planck Post Doctoral and Doctoral Fellowships 2010-2011

Applications are currently being invited for TISS-Max Planck Post Doctoral and Doctoral

Fellowships 2010-2011. Last date of submission of Application Form is January 18, 2011

The Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) is internationally recognised for its excellence in education, research and field action.

It has contributed significantly to policies and debates on socially relevant issues and problems. With its experienced and

accomplished faculty, strong links with the profit and non-profit sectors, a dynamic student community, a well-equipped library,

and IT resources, TISS provides meaningful opportunities for research. (TISS website www.tiss.edu)

The postdoctoral and doctoral fellowships are supported through a TISS-Max Planck Institute (Germany) and PUKAR

(Mumbai) collaborative project on 'Urban Aspirations in Global Cities'.

Thematic Areas of Focus

The doctoral fellowships are for a three-year period and the post doctoral fellowship is for duration of one year.

Broad areas for post doctoral and doctoral research:

? Migration, globalization and religious mobilization

? Role of media technology and media practices for religious dynamics in Mumbai

? Ethnographic analysis of religious media practices and urban life in Mumbai

Eligibility

? Applicants for post doctoral fellowship should have completed Ph.D. in Cultural Anthropology or Sociology or any other

relevant area at least two years ago from an Indian University or any foreign University.

? Applicants for doctoral fellowships should have completed M.Phil. in Cultural Anthropology or Social Sciences or Humanities

or Urban Planning or other related disciplines OR should have M.A. in any one of the above disciplines and 5 years of work

experience in the proposed area of work.

For further details on the fellowships, eligibility criteria, admission procedure and application form, please visit www.tiss.edu.

Important dates

? Last date for receiving post doctoral and doctoral applications ? 18 January, 2011

? Notification of short-listed candidates ? 24 January, 2011

? Announcement of selected candidates ? early February, 2011

? Date of start of postdoctoral and doctoral programme ? early March, 2011

Postdoctoral and doctoral fellow applicants should send their applications with all necessary accompanying documents addressed to

the: Dean, Research & Development, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Sion-Trombay Road, Deonar, Mumbai 400 088, INDIA.

Queries, if any, may be addressed to the [email protected]

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