Call for Applications 

This will be a small, intimate workshop which will bring together an interdisciplinary group of junior and senior scholars. Senior scholars will be those who have extensively studied liberalization and its attendant discourses in varied contexts at the intersections of disciplines such as anthropology, education studies, economics, geography, history, political science, and sociology. During the workshop, early career scholars will have opportunities to be mentored by senior scholars. Confirmed senior scholars include Amman Madan, Azim Premji University; Aradhana Sharma, Wesleyan University; Carol Upadhya, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bengaluru; Hem Borker, Jamia Millia Islamia; K Laxminarayana, University of Hyderabad; Manish Jain, Ambedkar University, Delhi; Padma Sarangapani, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai; Ritty Lukose, New York University; Rupal Oza, Hunter College, City University of New York; Sangeeta Kamat, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; Sanal Mohan, Kerala Council for Historical Research; and Swagato Sarkar, O.P. Jindal Global University, Sonipat. 

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We invite applications from junior scholars who study education, broadly defined, from a range of disciplinary perspectives including sociology, anthropology, history, development studies, education studies, economics, political science, and cultural studies. Prospective applicants might be:

1. Early career scholars who defended their dissertation on or after 1 January 2014. 

2. PhD students who are in advanced stages of their data analysis and dissertation writing or have completed their synopsis submission.

 

The application will consist of four parts:

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1. CV; including name of institution (if affiliated to an institution)

      and year of PhD registration or completion whichever is applicable

   2. A personal statement that describes how your experiences have

      shaped your research interest/dissertation topic (250 words).

   3. Description of a research project relevant to one of the two themes

      of the workshop. This segment can focus on any aspect of the

      research process such as research questions, design, or theoretical

      framework (up to 500 words).

   4. Struggles encountered in the process of data analysis, such as those

      arising from limitations in literature in explaining your field data or

      your struggles in analyzing unanticipated insights and contradictions

      in your data (up to 500 words).

 

We strongly encourage scholars from regional universities as well as scholars from Dalit, Adivasi, and under represented backgrounds to apply.

 

The application should suitably address the intersection between education, defined broadly, and large scale societal change in India. Selected applicants’ statements will be forwarded to senior scholars who will prepare feedback, comments, and questions in preparation for the mentoring sessions at the workshop. Further requirements for the mentoring sessions will be communicated after the selection process.

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The cost of domestic travel and accommodation during the workshop will be covered.

 

Please send your application materials to edn.society@ahduni.edu.in Applications are due August 1st, 2019. Selected applicants will be informed by September 1st, 2019.