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Max Weber Forum for South Asian Studies @mwfdelhi.bsky.social · 16d

The following two days had a lineup of engaging papers foregrounding ‘the fraudulent’ as a key analytic to reorient our understanding of south asian modernity. @maxweberstiftung.de

Max Weber Forum for South Asian Studies @mwfdelhi.bsky.social · 16d

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

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

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

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German Historical Institute London @ghilondon.bsky.social · 27d

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'.
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Max Weber Forum for South Asian Studies @mwfdelhi.bsky.social · Sep 1

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’
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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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Südasien-Institut / South Asia Institute @unihd-sai.bsky.social · Aug 5

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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Max Weber Forum for South Asian Studies @mwfdelhi.bsky.social · Aug 13

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

Max Weber Forum for South Asian Studies @mwfdelhi.bsky.social · Aug 12

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...

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...

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Max Weber Forum for South Asian Studies @mwfdelhi.bsky.social · Aug 11

@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

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Max Weber Forum for South Asian Studies @mwfdelhi.bsky.social · Jul 21

🪧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

GHIL-MWF Delhi Joint Fellowship on "The British Empire and the History of Colonialism"

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Max Weber Stiftung @maxweberstiftung.de · Jun 27

📣 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...

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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...
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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

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German Historical Institute London @ghilondon.bsky.social · Jun 19

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. 🎧
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Max Weber Stiftung @maxweberstiftung.de · Jun 2

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

Christina Morina @christina-morina.bsky.social · May 26

What's the relevance of "The Rule of Law" in the past and present of democracy, in the US and beyond? Join the 5th panel of “Historians on Democracy” on June 3, 11 a.m. EST/17 CET. With Deborah S. Gonzalez, Benjamin C. Hett, Mohamed Camara, Samuel Miner and Ute Frevert. Registr.: shorturl.at/YnnlH

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Südasien-Institut / South Asia Institute @unihd-sai.bsky.social · May 14

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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Max Weber Stiftung @maxweberstiftung.de · May 16

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 🗃️

Flyer der Online-Reihe "Historians on Democracy"

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German Historical Institute London @ghilondon.bsky.social · May 19

"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
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Max Weber Forum for South Asian Studies @mwfdelhi.bsky.social · May 15

#Deadline today. Hurry up!!
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Max Weber Forum for South Asian Studies @mwfdelhi.bsky.social · Apr 22

🗣️@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

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...

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DIJ Tokyo @dijtokyo.org · May 14

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 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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Max Weber Forum for South Asian Studies @mwfdelhi.bsky.social · May 6

🗣️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 👇
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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 “...

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Max Weber Forum for South Asian Studies @mwfdelhi.bsky.social · Apr 30

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

Max Weber Forum for South Asian Studies @mwfdelhi.bsky.social · Apr 22

🗣️@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

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...

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