Great opportunity! Vinay
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Sharad Chari <[email protected]> Date: Mon, Sep 8, 2014 at 3:00 AM Subject: Centre for Indian Studies in Africa (CISA), Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2015-16 To: Sharad Chari <[email protected]> Dear All, Apologies if you have already seen this, but if you know someone appropriate who might want to apply to spend 2 years in a very vibrant intellectual environment, in Johannesburg at a very engaging time, please do have them get in touch with me. They do not have to work on India-Africa research themselves, though knowledge of some aspect of recent African anthropology and history, or political economy, would be a plus. What is necessary is that the postdoc can help supervise a very small group of MA and PhD students working on research projects on various aspects of Indian capital or labour anywhere on the continent or in the Indian Ocean world. There will also be opportunities to shape workshops and to engage a very interesting set of speakers next year, also as we are hosting the Institute for Geographies of Justice in 2015. Please spread the word (and excuse the next two emails as well, on MA and PhD fellowships, and on the IGJ.) All good things, Sharad SHARAD CHARI Associate Professor University of the Witwatersrand Centre for Indian Studies in Africa and Department of Anthropology 36 Jorissen Street | Private Bag 3 | Wits 2050 | Johannesburg | RSA +27.11.717.4128 | [email protected] | www.cisa-wits.org.za ------------------------------ Centre for Indian Studies in Africa (CISA), Faculty of the Humanities, the University of the Witwatersrand Postdoctoral Fellowship The Centre for Indian Studies in Africa (established in 2010) announces a two-year Postdoctoral Fellowship starting January 2015 and funded by the Government of India’s Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs and located in CISA and affiliated to the most dynamic School of Social Sciences on the African continent. The award will be R 250,000 per year, including medical aid and with an additional R 50,000 per year for research expenses. Candidates need to have a PhD by the time the fellowship commences, in any relevant discipline. In addition to being active in research and participating in the scholarly life of the centre, the candidate is required to do some supervision of MA and PhD dissertation research for a small group of students engaged in research on the theme of ‘the migration of labour and capital from India to Africa and emerging notions of global responsibility.’ The Postdoctoral Fellow's research might be on a range of topics concerning movements of labour and capital, work regimes, recompositions of caste and community, the political economy and politics of land and resources, trajectories of Indian business, or finance capital in various parts of Africa, but with a contemporary focus that connects Indian capital and labour to African research sites. Candidates with research experience on capital and labour and with familiarity with African research contexts who can supervise work in these fields are encouraged to apply. There will also be an opportunity to participate in conference and seminar planning at CISA, as well as in the vibrant intellectual life at the Faculty of the Humanities at the University of the Witwatersrand. Applicants should send their CVs; a covering letter stating how their training intersects with the interests of CISA and with the Indian Government project; and three references. Complete applications to the fellowship should be emailed to [email protected] on or before *October 15* or posted to the Centre for Indian Studies in Africa, University of Witwatersrand, 36 Jorissen Street, Braamfontein, Private Bag 3 Wits 2050 Johannesburg South Africa. This communication is intended for the addressee only. It is confidential. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately and destroy the original message. You may not copy or disseminate this communication without the permission of the University. Only authorised signatories are competent to enter into agreements on behalf of the University and recipients are thus advised that the content of this message may not be legally binding on the University and may contain the personal views and opinions of the author, which are not necessarily the views and opinions of The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. All agreements between the University and outsiders are subject to South African Law unless the University agrees in writing to the contrary. -- Vinay Gidwani Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies Department of Geography, Environment & Society and The Institute for Global Studies University of Minnesota Adjunct Associate Professor of Geography The Graduate Center, City University of New York **** Book Series Editor, *Antipode: A Radical Journal of Geography*
