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Last week,
@mwfdelhi.bsky.social
organised a workshop on ‘Fake, Fraud, Counterfeit’ in collaboration with Ashoka University. It was a truly dynamic and successful event. It started off with the brilliant keynote lecture by Lawrence Cohen.
@maxweberstiftung.de
about 2 months ago
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On 11-12 September 2025 we had an engaging
#workshop
at Shiv Nadar University on ‘Rethinking
#businesshistory
of South Asia.” Participants from all over the world got together to deliberate on fresh ideas, perspectives and topics to bring within the ambit of the field.
@maxweberstiftung.de
about 2 months ago
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German Historical Institute London
about 2 months ago
We are delighted to welcome Sunil Amrith (Yale University) on 13 October 2025, when he will give our next
#ThyssenLecture.
📯 His talk is entitled 'Colonialism and the Climate Crisis: Rethinking Legacies and Trajectories'. 1/4
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Insightful
#discussion
, as the researchers from
@mwfdelhi.bsky.social
engaged with Prof. Satish Deshpande at the OPUS
#Workshop
‘Situated
#SocialScience
:
#Caste-Class
,
#Education
and Location’
@maxweberstiftung.de
2 months ago
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Max Weber Forum for South Asian Studies
ICAS:MP
3 months ago
📢New in our
@universitypress.cambridge.org
series Shifting Landscapes: Education and Urban Transformations in India by Geetha B. Nambissan (JNU Delhi), Nandini Manjrekar (TISS), Shivali Tukdeo(Mahindra University) & Indra Sengupta
@ghilondon.bsky.social
Open Access
www.cambridge.org/core/books/s...
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reposted by
Max Weber Forum for South Asian Studies
Südasien-Institut / South Asia Institute
3 months ago
EASAS is offering three awards of €300 each to the most outstanding papers by research students presenting at
#ECSAS2025
. For more information:
www.sai.uni-heidelberg.de/en/newsroom/...
#SaiHeidelberg
#SouthAsiaInstitute
#UniversitätHeidelberg
#Heidelberg
#SaiResearch
#ECSAS2025
#ECSAS
#EASAS
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On 12 Aug 2025,
@mwfdelhi.bsky.social
had
#workshop
,
#InheritanceEconomyandLaw
with IIT Kanpur’s
#Humanities
&
#SocialSciences
deptt. Lively sessions with insights from scholars. Thanks to all who made this dialogue possible!
#IITKanpur
#InheritanceEconomyLaw
#AcademicDialogue
#Collaboration
3 months ago
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Happy to announce that
@mwfdelhi.bsky.social
affiliated fellow, Dr Soheb Niazi, has secured the DN Ghosh Prize for the best paper in
#EPW
2024 for the paper, Towards a
#History
of Non-ashrāf Muslims: Notes on the Muslim Occupational Castes in Late
#ColonialIndia
Details 👇
www.epw.in/d-n-ghosh-pr...
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The D N Ghosh Prize for the Best Papers in EPW
In honour of the late Mr. Dhruba Narayan Ghosh — a superb civil servant, a distinguished corporate leader, an innovative banker, a builder of institutions, a natural leader, a scholar, a columnist and...
https://www.epw.in/d-n-ghosh-prize-best-papers-epw
3 months ago
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@mwfdelhi.bsky.social
in collaboration with the department of
#Humanities
&
#socialsciences
, IIT Kanpur, is organising a
#workshop
‘Inheritance, Economy and Law: A Sociological Inquiry’, on Tuesday, 12 August, 2025 at IIT Kanpur
3 months ago
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🪧Applications invited from post-doctoral/early career scholars at German universities and research institutions, for a three-month
#fellowship
🕔26 September 2025 (23:59 CET) Details👇
karriere.maxweberstiftung.de/jobposting/f...
@ghilondon.bsky.social
@maxweberstiftung.de
@icasmp.bsky.social
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GHIL-MWF Delhi Joint Fellowship on "The British Empire and the History of Colonialism"
https://karriere.maxweberstiftung.de/jobposting/f9cae45aad00b1dd09025f46a85d135a6dbc6ae80
4 months ago
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Max Weber Stiftung
5 months ago
📣 Auch in diesem Jahr vergeben wir die Gerald D. Feldman-#Reisebeihilfen an international orientierte Wissenschaftler*innen in der Qualifikationsphase. 📚 🌏 Bewerbungsschluss ist der 5. Oktober 2025. 🔗 Alle Infos zum Förderumfang und zur Bewerbung unter:
www.maxweberstiftung...
#Reisebeihilfen
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Private papers of Muhammad Mujeeb (1902-1985) are now public. We begin with a Bio-Biographical Introduction. Photographs and private correspondences in Urdu, German and English will follow
tazkirajamia.hypotheses.org/m-mujeeb-pri..
.
@icasmp.bsky.social
@ghilondon.bsky.social
@ddhankhar.bsky.social
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M. Mujeeb Private Papers
The Archive M. Mujeeb’s private papers are still with his family. We would like to express our heartfelt thanks for the permission to publish this very large and varied selection. Private Papers Muham...
https://tazkirajamia.hypotheses.org/m-mujeeb-pri..
5 months ago
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🪧#Applications for a 3-month travel grant, invited from highly qualified
#humanities
and
#socialscience
academics of any nationality. Age no bar 🕔5 October 2025 (23:59 CET) Details 👇https://karriere.maxweberstiftung.de/jobposting/2f54feb34721776c74edaf99767a5311b425643b0
@icasmp.bsky.social
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Gerald D. Feldman Travel Grants
https://karriere.maxweberstiftung.de/jobposting/2f54feb34721776c74edaf99767a5311b425643b0
5 months ago
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Max Weber Forum for South Asian Studies
German Historical Institute London
5 months ago
How do colonial-era racial theories continue to influence modern science in India? In our latest GHIL
#podcast
interview we're exploring this question by examining new research which traces the transnational connections between Germany and colonial India in the field of racial science. 🎧 1/5
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Max Weber Stiftung
5 months ago
Morgen 17 Uhr geht's weiter mit
#HistoriansonDemocracy
📅 Jetzt anmelden für die spannende Diskussionsrunde über Rechtsstaatlichkeit unter Moderation unserer Präsidentin Ute Frevert! 👉https://uni-bielefeld.zoom.us/meeting/register/QOnTazZgTC-A6-V5AAI31w#/registration
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reposted by
Max Weber Forum for South Asian Studies
Südasien-Institut / South Asia Institute
6 months ago
The SAI is launching a (up to) three-month fellowship program in cooperation with the Max Weber Forum for South Asian Studies Delhi (MWF). The program is aimed at young researchers from India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka or Bangladesh who wish to establish a research collaboration with the SAI.
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reposted by
Max Weber Forum for South Asian Studies
Max Weber Stiftung
6 months ago
Am nächsten Dienstag geht es bei den Historians on Democracy
@democracyhistory.bsky.social
um transatlantische Bündnisse. 🗺️ 🔗Jetzt anmelden und mitdiskutieren:
uni-bielefeld.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
📅 20 Mai | 17 Uhr | via Zoom & Youtube
#HistoriansonDemocracy
#Democracy
#skystorians
🗃️
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reposted by
Max Weber Forum for South Asian Studies
German Historical Institute London
6 months ago
"New on the GHIL
#Podcast!
🎧 Coinciding with tonight's
#ThyssenLecture,
our latest episode is a recording of the fourth lecture in our series in collaboration with the Fritz Thyssen Foundation on 'Science, Knowledge, and the Legacy of Empire', given by Dhruv Raina 1/6
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#Deadline
today. Hurry up!!
bsky.app/profile/mwfd...
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6 months ago
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reposted by
Max Weber Forum for South Asian Studies
DIJ Tokyo
6 months ago
Thinking Between Languages conference
@maxweberstiftung.de
ends with panel discussion Simultaneous Interpretations: the Max Weber institutes as translators of languages, (academic) cultures, methodologies
@ghilondon.bsky.social
@ghiwashington.bsky.social
@dhiroma.bsky.social
@mwfdelhi.bsky.social
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Max Weber Forum for South Asian Studies
Max Weber Stiftung
6 months ago
📣📰 Die neue Ausgabe unseres Magazins #WeltweitVorOrt ist da! Im neuen Heft blicken wir auf aktuelle Diskurse zur Künstlichen Intelligenz in den Geisteswissenschaften. 🔗 Hier geht's zum ePaper:
www.maxweberstiftung...
#WeltweitVorOrt
@dhiparis.wisskomm.social.ap.brid.gy
@dijtokyo.org
@ghiwashington.bsky.social
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🗣️Debarati Bagchi, Senior Fellow and Deputy Director
@mwfdelhi.bsky.social
is speaking at the transatlantic conversation series “Historians on Democracy” 📆Tuesday, May 6, 2025 🕔8.30 pm – 9.30 pm IST/11-12 a.m. EST/17-18 o’clock CET For details and to register click 👇
mwfdelhi.hypotheses.org/15127
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A Transatlantic Conversation Series
Part 3: Democratic Institutions We are pleased to announce that our Senior Fellow and Deputy Director Debarati Bagchi is one of the speakers at the 3rd panel in the transatlantic conversation series “...
https://mwfdelhi.hypotheses.org/15127
6 months ago
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Lars Aaberg from Jindal Global University (India) delivering a
#talk
on “The Incorporation of
#LGBTQs
in Bengaluru: Toward a new
#sexual
politics of risk”, as part of the
#MWF
Seminar Series at the India Habitat Centre, New Delhi
6 months ago
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🗣️@mwfdelhi.bsky.social invites
#applications
from Germany-based doctoral students and postdoctoral scholars in the
#humanitiesandsocialsciences
for a 12 month
#scholarship
Hurry up. Deadline is 15 May 2025. For details, go to
mwfdelhi.hypotheses.org/14954
@maxweberstiftung.de
@mpiwg.bsky.social
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Call for Applications: Early-career Writing Scholarships for Doctoral and Postdoctoral Scholars
The MWF Delhi invites applications from Germany-based doctoral students and postdoctoral scholars for a writing scholarships in the humanities and social sciences, to pursue scholarly projects that dr...
https://mwfdelhi.hypotheses.org/14954
7 months ago
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Our next
#talk
under
@mwfdelhi.bsky.social
#seminarseries
is on the Incorporation of
#LGBTQs
in Bengaluru by Lars Aaberg 📆Wednesday, 30 April, 2025 🕔16:30-18:00 hrs 🏟️Maple Hall, India Habit at Centre, New Delhi Register by sending an email to
[email protected]
by Friday, 25 April 2025
7 months ago
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Max Weber Forum for South Asian Studies
Max Weber Stiftung
7 months ago
🎙️Unsere Podcastserie "The Ends of War" ist da! In drei Folgen blickt Janine Funke mit Forschenden unserer Institute aus transnationaler Perspektive auf das Ende des Zweiten Weltkrieges. Jetzt reinhören! 🔊
www.maxweberstiftung...
#TheEndsOfWar
#EndOfWWII
#WWII80
#Erinnerungskultur
#Podcast
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@snehaannavarapu.bsky.social
from National University of Singapore talked about 'The Uneven City:
#Potholes
,
#Pain
and
#Politics
in Urban India' as part of the MWF Seminar Series today.
8 months ago
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reposted by
Max Weber Forum for South Asian Studies
College for Social Sciences and Humanities | UA Ruhr
8 months ago
#Call
#CfA
: The College invites advanced international researchers in
#socialsciences
/
#humanities
to apply for the Senior
#Fellowship
Programme until 25 May 2025. Join the
#UARuhr
for a six-month
#research
fellowship starting in 2026
www.college-uaruhr.de/cfa-fellowships-2026-27
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The next talk under
@mwfdelhi.bsky.social
#seminarseries
🗣️Sneha Annavarapu, National University of
#Singapore
📆Friday, 28 March 2025 🛐Maple Hall, India Habitat Centre, Delhi Registrations mandatory. To register send 📩 to
[email protected]
by 19 March 2025
8 months ago
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Last Friday Hem Borker spoke on 'The
#Paradox
of
#Education
in Muslim Minority Institutions' as part of the MWF Seminar Series.
8 months ago
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reposted by
Max Weber Forum for South Asian Studies
German Historical Institute London
9 months ago
Call for Applications! 🎓 Each year, the GHIL offers research scholarships for postgraduate students, Habilitanden, and postdocs at German universities, providing an incredible opportunity to conduct research in the UK! Applications for the period from July 2025 are open until 31 March!📥 1/2
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Max Weber Forum for South Asian Studies
Südasien-Institut / South Asia Institute
8 months ago
PhD students and Prof. Dr Maclean of the History Department, met for a workshop in New Delhi to discuss their archival finds of the last few months, at the Max Weber Forum for South Asian Studies in Delhi.
#SouthAsiaInstitute
#UniversitätHeidelberg
@mwfdelhi.bsky.social
@kamamaclean.bsky.social
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Today at the
#OpusWorkshop
, Jonathan Parry led a deep dive into
#Axes
of
#Inequality
in Indian Society, their
#Intersections
and
#Contradictions
.
8 months ago
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The
#IndianOcean
#Symposium
and
#BookLaunch
by Ravi Ahuja concluded the week-long
#WinterSchool
: In-Between
#Intermediaries
and
#IntermediatePlaces
in
#GlobalLabour
Past & Present.
9 months ago
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The book 'Shipping Lords and Coolie Stokers', by Ravi Ahuja, was launched last Friday - followed by a review & discussion with Neeladri Bhattacharya, Christian G. de Vito, chaired by Sebastian Schwecke.
#BookLaunch
9 months ago
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Mahmood Kooria introduced the
#IndianOceanPlatform
during the
#IndianOcean
#Symposium
.
9 months ago
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Last Friday, at the
#IndianOcean
#Symposium
, Crispin Bates introduced the
#BelowDecks
Project, followed by a
#Roundtable
discussion with Michaela Dimmers, Mahmood Kooria, Noelle Richardson, Sebastian Schwecke and Lakshmi Subramanian.
9 months ago
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Day 4 of
#WinterSchool
: a lecture by Michaela Dimmers on
#Coerced
#Intermediation
, film screening of "Vagrants, Vagabonds, Immorals" by Nina Tedesco and Paulo Cruz Terra & a teaching block on
#Sources
and
#Methods
in
#History
9 months ago
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Day 3 of the
#WinterSchool
with a lecture by Christian G. de Vito on
#Punishment
and
#LabourRegimes
, two panels on the
#Intermediation
of
#Migration
and
#Labour
and a teaching block on the
#Anthropology
of Labour.
9 months ago
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Impressions of Day 2 of the
#WinterSchool
on
#Intermediaries
and
#IntermediatePlaces
with lectures, panels and teaching blocks conducted by Paola Revilla Orías, Hanne Østhus, Christian G. de Vito & Michaela Dimmers.
9 months ago
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Max Weber Forum for South Asian Studies
German Embassy India
9 months ago
Join the debut of the German Science Diplomacy Podcast with Science Counsellor Viktoria Apitzsch as we discuss Women in Science. This episode explores women's role in science and policy, sharing stories, opportunities in India and Germany, and why this conversation remains vital today.
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The first day of
#WinterSchool
including a panel chaired by Michaela Dimmers and a teaching block by Paola Revilla Orías on
#Inspiring
#Texts
9 months ago
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Opening remarks by
@mwfdelhi.bsky.social
#Director
Sebastian Schwecke today at the
#WinterSchool
: In-between
#Intermediaries
and
#IntermediatePlaces
, followed by a
#keynote
by Crispin Bates
9 months ago
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A few snippets from the Day 2 panels of our
#workshop
on
#GlobalTransit
@ghiwashington.bsky.social
@maxweberstiftung.de
#OIlstanbul
#OIBeirut
@mariaframke.bsky.social
9 months ago
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Max Weber Forum for South Asian Studies
Max Weber Stiftung
9 months ago
#CfA Gerda Henkel Visiting #Professorship 📍 ab 1. September 2026 oder 1. September 2027 | im Bereich Deutsche #Geschichte des 19. & 20. Jahrhunderts in globaler Perspektive | vergeben durch das @ghilondon.bsky.social Bewerbungsschluss: 31. März 2025 🔗
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A few snippets from the Day 1 panels of the
#workshop
on
#GlobalTransit
@ghiwashington.bsky.social
@mariaframke.bsky.social
@arnabduttahist.bsky.social
@rosadejong.bsky.social
9 months ago
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The
#keynote
speaker for today, Atina Grossmann, being introduced by the Director of
@ghiwashington.bsky.social
, Simone Lässig
@maxweberstiftung.de
@mariaframke.bsky.social
9 months ago
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The participants of the
#workshop
on
#Refugees
in
#GlobalTransit
warmly welcomed by Ute Frevert, the President of the Max Weber Stiftung
@maxweberstiftung.de
@ghiwashington.bsky.social
@ghilondon.bsky.social
@mariaframke.bsky.social
9 months ago
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Max Weber Stiftung
9 months ago
Ab morgen veranstalten @ghiwashington.bsky.social, @mwfdelhi.bsky.social, OI Beirut und OI Istanbul eine gemeinsame Konferenz zu globalen Fluchtrouten jüdischer Emigrant*innen. Für #WeltweitVorOrt haben wir mit Simone Lässig und Sebastian Schwecke über die Planung gesprochen👉
tinyurl.com/WvO66
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