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ICAS:MP @icasmp.bsky.social · Sep 3

The International Symposium: Interrogating the Present will see leading scholars from Krea University, @icasmp.bsky.social, @soasuni.bsky.social & @iias.bsky.social engage in meaningful dialogue on collaborative research.
📍 Krea University | 11–12 Sept 2025
🌐 micasmp.hypotheses.org/14879

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ICAS:MP @icasmp.bsky.social · Aug 20

📢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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ICAS:MP @icasmp.bsky.social · Aug 18

Krea University, @icasmp.bsky.social, @soasuni.bsky.social, & @iias.bsky.social are coming together for the International Symposium: Interrogating the Present (11–12 Sept).

A space to strengthen interdisciplinary and transnational academic collaboration.
🌐https://micasmp.hypotheses.org/14879

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German Historical Institute London @ghilondon.bsky.social · Aug 7

The book is available as Open Access on Cambridge Core. 🔓 It is part of a collaborative publishing series of @cambridge.org with @icasmp.bsky.social.
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German Historical Institute London @ghilondon.bsky.social · Aug 7

Out now! 📘

Shifting Landscapes: Education and Urban Transformations in India, edited by GHIL Senior Research Fellow and Head of our India Research Programme Indra Sengupta, Geetha B. Nambissan (Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi),
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ICAS:MP @icasmp.bsky.social · Jul 15

🚨Applications close TODAY!
ICAS:MP Fellowships 2026–27
Submit your completed application before 23:59 IST, 15 July 2025.
🔗Final call: karriere.maxweberstiftung.de/jobposting/d...
⏰ No extensions.
#ICASMP #LastCall #AcademicFellowships

ICAS:MP @icasmp.bsky.social · Jul 10

⏳5 days left!
Are you ready to submit your ICAS:MP Fellowship application?
Review your proposal, polish your documents, and upload everything in a single PDF.
📅Deadline: 15 July 2025
🔗 karriere.maxweberstiftung.de/jobposting/d...

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Max Weber Stiftung @maxweberstiftung.de · Jul 4

#CfA ICAS:MP Fellowships for the Academic Year 2026/27

📌Writing fellowships for Post-PhD scholars in New Delhi | research fields relevant for the @icasmp.bsky.social and related to #SocialSciences or #Humanities | awarded by @mwfdelhi.bsky.social

Deadline: 15 July 2025

🔗 karriere.maxwebersti...

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ICAS:MP @icasmp.bsky.social · Jun 30

📢Call for Applications: ICAS:MP Fellowships 2026–27

Apply now for a residential writing fellowship at ICAS:MP, New Delhi: karriere.maxweberstiftung.de/jobposting/d...

@mwfdelhi.bsky.social @maxweberstiftung.de @ghilondon.bsky.social @uni-wuerzburg.de @unierfurt.bsky.social

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Max Weber Forum for South Asian Studies @mwfdelhi.bsky.social · Jun 27

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
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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...

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Max Weber Forum for South Asian Studies @mwfdelhi.bsky.social · Jun 25

🪧#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
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Gerald D. Feldman Travel Grants

karriere.maxweberstiftung.de

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ICAS:MP @icasmp.bsky.social · Jun 19

Why apply for the ICAS:MP Fellowship?
• Work in an interdisciplinary environment
• Monthly stipend up to €3,500
• Focused writing time
• Present your research to the ICAS academic circle & receive expert feedback
@ghilondon.bsky.social @maxweberstiftung.de @unierfurt.bsky.social @uni-wuerzburg.de

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Max Weber Stiftung @maxweberstiftung.de · Jun 17

You are cordially invited to the 6th and final panel of the "Historians on Democracy"-series.
Today 5pm CET / 11am EST LIVE❗

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sm3N...

@democracyhistory.bsky.social @historians.org @christina-morina.bsky.social

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ICAS:MP @icasmp.bsky.social · Jun 11

📣Rethink Southern Theory

ICAS:MP’s Working Group ‘Theory from the South’ invites scholars to generate new concepts rooted in the histories, philosophies, and experiences of the Global South.

🗓️ Apply by 15 July 2025
🔗 micasmp.hypotheses.org/13323
@unierfurt.bsky.social

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ICAS:MP @icasmp.bsky.social · Jun 3

🌬️Exploring air, vulnerability & the politics of breathing?

Apply to ICAS:MP’s TCG Normative Conflicts and Transformations (2026/27), focusing on “Breathing Well, Together – South Asian Perspectives.”

🗓️ Deadline: 15 July 2025
🔗 micasmp.hypotheses.org/13323
@unierfurt.bsky.social

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ICAS:MP @icasmp.bsky.social · Jun 2

📢 Save the Date!
Join us on 26 June 2025 for the opening of the India Competence Centre at the University of Würzburg, an interdisciplinary hub dedicated to fostering Indo-German academic collaboration.
📍 Würzburg | 🕕 6 PM
📝 Register by 12 June: forms.office.com/e/Lqf99uNpNn

ICAS:MP @icasmp.bsky.social · May 28

Interested in the politics of history-making and ‘alternative’ narratives based on sources beyond official records?

ICAS:MP’s TCG Constructing Alternative Pasts invites scholars exploring non-official sources.
🗓️ Apply by 15 July 2025
🔗 micasmp.hypotheses.org/13323

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ICAS:MP @icasmp.bsky.social · May 26

🧭 Which research themes can you apply under for the ICAS:MP 2026–27 fellowship?
• Theory from the South
• Constructing Alternative Pasts
• The Challenge of Gender
• Normative Conflicts & Transformations

🔗 Apply now: karriere.maxweberstiftung.de/jobposting/d...

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German Historical Institute London @ghilondon.bsky.social · May 13

Join us on 27 May at 5:30pm (BST) for the second lecture in our GHIL Summer Series!📯

Bernhard Kleeberg (Universität Erfurt) will talk about 'Autosuggestion: On The Early History of Advertising Psychology'.🧠
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Max Weber Stiftung @maxweberstiftung.de · May 14

📣📰 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...

@dhiparis.wisskomm.social.ap.brid.gy @dijtokyo.org @ghiwashington.bsky.social

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ICAS:MP @icasmp.bsky.social · May 8

📢The @uni-wuerzburg.de & ICAS:MP are inaugurating the India Competence Centre on 26 June 2025!

With a keynote by Prof. Ummu Salma Bava (@MercatorDE) and a panel with our Director Prof. Jörg Gengnagel.

🕕6 PM | Campus Hubland Nord, Würzburg
📩https://forms.office.com/e/Lqf99uNpNn

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Max Weber Stiftung @maxweberstiftung.de · May 5

Tomorrow📢
Historians on Democracy Part 3: Democratic Institutions

📅 May 6, 2025
🕔 17–18 MEZ | 11–12 EST
🎙️ Martina Kessel, Adam Knowles, Debarati Bagchi, Kenneth F. Ledford and Sarah Weicksel
🎥 Stream via Zoom & YouTube

Register now: maxweberstiftung.de/historians-on-democracy

Speaker: Martina Kessel, Adam Knowles, Debarati Bagchi, Kenneth F. Ledford and Sarah Weicksel

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ICAS:MP @icasmp.bsky.social · Apr 28

📢 Calling all scholars!
Applications are now open for multiple short-term #Fellowships in the #SocialSciences and #Humanities for the academic year July 2026 – June 2027.

✅ Check your eligibility and apply here: karriere.maxweberstiftung.de/jobposting/d...

⏳ Deadline: 15 July 2025

ICAS:MP @icasmp.bsky.social · Apr 22

🌍Call for Applications!
ICAS:MP invites scholars in the #Humanities and #SocialSciences to apply for our writing fellowships in Delhi for the year July 2026 – June 2027.
🔗https://micasmp.hypotheses.org/13323
Apply here: karriere.maxweberstiftung.de/jobposting/d...
Deadline: 15.07.2025

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ICAS:MP @icasmp.bsky.social · Apr 17

🌍 Join us in exploring the shifting boundaries of the #political through innovative, transnational #research.

If your work aligns with the themes below, watch out for our #CallForApplications for the 2026–27 Fellowship — coming very soon!

🔗 micasmp.hypotheses.org/current-modu...

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