Reposted by Max Weber Forum for South Asian StudiesGerman Historical Institute London @ghilondon.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Applications are open for our Joint Fellowship in cooperation with @mwfdelhi.bsky.social on “The British Empire and the History of Colonialism”! 📢 1/6 114
Max Weber Forum for South Asian Studies @mwfdelhi.bsky.social · 24/08/2026The SAI Heidelberg University and MWF Delhi is seeking applications for their Joint Scholarship Programme. Application Deadline: 1 December 2026. Click for details and application: karriere.maxweberstiftung.de/jobposting/a... @unihd-sai.bsky.social @maxweberstiftung.de @uniheidelberg.bsky.socialkarriere.maxweberstiftung.de 022
Reposted by Max Weber Forum for South Asian StudiesICAS:MP @icasmp.bsky.social · 23/02/2026🎉New Open Access Book We are pleased to announce the publication of Crafting India’s Skill Ecology: Reproductions, Recalibrations, and Reimaginations, edited by Saikat Maitra & Sebastian Schwecke @mwfdelhi.bsky.social, under @routledgebooks.bsky.social. 🔓 www.routledge.com/Crafting-Ind... 011
Max Weber Forum for South Asian Studies @mwfdelhi.bsky.social · 19/12/2025The SAI Heidelberg University and MWF Delhi is seeking applications for their Joint Scholarship Programme. Last date is 11 jan. Please check this link for more details: karriere.maxweberstiftung.de/jobposting/5... @unihd-sai.bsky.social @maxweberstiftung.de @uniheidelberg.bsky.socialkarriere.maxweberstiftung.deJoint Scholarship Programme of the South Asia Institute (SAI), Heidelberg University and the Max Weber Forum for South Asian Studies Delhi (MWF Delhi) for Young Scholars from South Asia 011
Reposted by Max Weber Forum for South Asian StudiesDIJ Tokyo @dijtokyo.org · 31/10/2025#CfA "Mobility Fellowships - Global Indo-Pacific" to conduct research for 1-2 months at @arinus.bsky.social @dijtokyo.org @ghilondon.bsky.social @mwfdelhi.bsky.social @dhi-paris.fr @ghiwashington.bsky.social or IAAS @humboldtuni.bsky.social Details ➡️ karriere.maxweberstiftung.de/jobposting/7... 065
Reposted by Max Weber Forum for South Asian StudiesMax Weber Stiftung @maxweberstiftung.de · 23/10/2025#CfP PhD training school "Knowing How to Labor. (Disruptive) Knowledge in Global Labor" 📌#Training school | 13/04/2026 | in #BuenosAires, Argentina | organised by @mwfdelhi.bsky.social and CALAS 📝 Deadline: 30/10/2025 🔗www.maxweberstiftung... 022
Max Weber Forum for South Asian Studies @mwfdelhi.bsky.social · 23/10/2025Our Fellow Yamini Agarwal reviews Laurence Gautier ’s book ‘Between Nation and ‘Community’: Muslim Universities and Indian Politics After Partition’, read more 👇 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...journals.sagepub.comSage Journals: Discover world-class researchSubscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher. 020
Max Weber Forum for South Asian Studies @mwfdelhi.bsky.social · 22/09/2025Last 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 100
Max Weber Forum for South Asian Studies @mwfdelhi.bsky.social · 13/09/2025On 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 020
Reposted by Max Weber Forum for South Asian StudiesGerman Historical Institute London @ghilondon.bsky.social · 11/09/2025We 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 2187
Max Weber Forum for South Asian Studies @mwfdelhi.bsky.social · 01/09/2025Insightful #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 001
Reposted by Max Weber Forum for South Asian StudiesICAS:MP @icasmp.bsky.social · 20/08/2025📢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... 032
Reposted by Max Weber Forum for South Asian StudiesSüdasien-Institut / South Asia Institute @unihd-sai.bsky.social · 05/08/2025EASAS 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 054
Max Weber Forum for South Asian Studies @mwfdelhi.bsky.social · 13/08/2025On 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 000
Max Weber Forum for South Asian Studies @mwfdelhi.bsky.social · 12/08/2025Happy 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...epw.inThe D N Ghosh Prize for the Best Papers in EPWIn 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... 020
Max Weber Forum for South Asian Studies @mwfdelhi.bsky.social · 11/08/2025@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 001
Max Weber Forum for South Asian Studies @mwfdelhi.bsky.social · 21/07/2025🪧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.socialkarriere.maxweberstiftung.deGHIL-MWF Delhi Joint Fellowship on "The British Empire and the History of Colonialism" 057
Reposted by Max Weber Forum for South Asian StudiesMax Weber Stiftung @maxweberstiftung.de · 27/06/2025📣 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... 0106
Max Weber Forum for South Asian Studies @mwfdelhi.bsky.social · 27/06/2025Private 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.socialtazkirajamia.hypotheses.orgM. Mujeeb Private PapersThe 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... 043
Max Weber Forum for South Asian Studies @mwfdelhi.bsky.social · 25/06/2025🪧#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.socialkarriere.maxweberstiftung.deGerald D. Feldman Travel Grants 021
Reposted by Max Weber Forum for South Asian StudiesGerman Historical Institute London @ghilondon.bsky.social · 19/06/2025How 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 1216
Reposted by Max Weber Forum for South Asian StudiesMax Weber Stiftung @maxweberstiftung.de · 02/06/2025Morgen 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 111
Reposted by Max Weber Forum for South Asian StudiesSüdasien-Institut / South Asia Institute @unihd-sai.bsky.social · 14/05/2025The 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. 111
Reposted by Max Weber Forum for South Asian StudiesMax Weber Stiftung @maxweberstiftung.de · 16/05/2025Am 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 🗃️ 161
Reposted by Max Weber Forum for South Asian StudiesGerman Historical Institute London @ghilondon.bsky.social · 19/05/2025"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 1/6 112
Max Weber Forum for South Asian Studies @mwfdelhi.bsky.social · 15/05/2025#Deadline today. Hurry up!! bsky.app/profile/mwfd... 000
Reposted by Max Weber Forum for South Asian StudiesDIJ Tokyo @dijtokyo.org · 14/05/2025Thinking 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 076
Reposted by Max Weber Forum for South Asian StudiesMax Weber Stiftung @maxweberstiftung.de · 14/05/2025📣📰 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 01211
Max Weber Forum for South Asian Studies @mwfdelhi.bsky.social · 06/05/2025🗣️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/15127mwfdelhi.hypotheses.orgA Transatlantic Conversation SeriesPart 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 “... 010
Max Weber Forum for South Asian Studies @mwfdelhi.bsky.social · 30/04/2025Lars 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 000
Max Weber Forum for South Asian Studies @mwfdelhi.bsky.social · 22/04/2025🗣️@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.socialmwfdelhi.hypotheses.orgCall for Applications: Early-career Writing Scholarships for Doctoral and Postdoctoral ScholarsThe 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... 023
Max Weber Forum for South Asian Studies @mwfdelhi.bsky.social · 09/04/2025Our 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 events@mwsindia.org by Friday, 25 April 2025 010
Reposted by Max Weber Forum for South Asian StudiesMax Weber Stiftung @maxweberstiftung.de · 02/04/2025🎙️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 176
Max Weber Forum for South Asian Studies @mwfdelhi.bsky.social · 28/03/2025@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. 010
Reposted by Max Weber Forum for South Asian StudiesCollege for Social Sciences and Humanities | UA Ruhr @college-uaruhr.bsky.social · 10/03/2025#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 11713
Max Weber Forum for South Asian Studies @mwfdelhi.bsky.social · 11/03/2025The 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 events@mwsindia.org by 19 March 2025 041
Max Weber Forum for South Asian Studies @mwfdelhi.bsky.social · 10/03/2025Last Friday Hem Borker spoke on 'The #Paradox of #Education in Muslim Minority Institutions' as part of the MWF Seminar Series. 020
Reposted by Max Weber Forum for South Asian StudiesGerman Historical Institute London @ghilondon.bsky.social · 25/02/2025Call 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 23626
Reposted by Max Weber Forum for South Asian StudiesSüdasien-Institut / South Asia Institute @unihd-sai.bsky.social · 03/03/2025PhD 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 021
Max Weber Forum for South Asian Studies @mwfdelhi.bsky.social · 28/02/2025Today at the #OpusWorkshop, Jonathan Parry led a deep dive into #Axes of #Inequality in Indian Society, their #Intersections and #Contradictions. 020
Max Weber Forum for South Asian Studies @mwfdelhi.bsky.social · 24/02/2025The #IndianOcean #Symposium and #BookLaunch by Ravi Ahuja concluded the week-long #WinterSchool: In-Between #Intermediaries and #IntermediatePlaces in #GlobalLabour Past & Present. 030
Max Weber Forum for South Asian Studies @mwfdelhi.bsky.social · 24/02/2025The 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 001
Max Weber Forum for South Asian Studies @mwfdelhi.bsky.social · 24/02/2025Mahmood Kooria introduced the #IndianOceanPlatform during the #IndianOcean #Symposium. 010
Max Weber Forum for South Asian Studies @mwfdelhi.bsky.social · 24/02/2025Last 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. 020
Max Weber Forum for South Asian Studies @mwfdelhi.bsky.social · 20/02/2025Day 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 010
Max Weber Forum for South Asian Studies @mwfdelhi.bsky.social · 19/02/2025Day 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. 010
Max Weber Forum for South Asian Studies @mwfdelhi.bsky.social · 18/02/2025Impressions 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. 001
Reposted by Max Weber Forum for South Asian StudiesGerman Embassy India @germanyinindia.bsky.social · 17/02/2025Join 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. 011
Max Weber Forum for South Asian Studies @mwfdelhi.bsky.social · 17/02/2025The first day of #WinterSchool including a panel chaired by Michaela Dimmers and a teaching block by Paola Revilla Orías on #Inspiring #Texts 010
Max Weber Forum for South Asian Studies @mwfdelhi.bsky.social · 17/02/2025Opening remarks by @mwfdelhi.bsky.social #Director Sebastian Schwecke today at the #WinterSchool: In-between #Intermediaries and #IntermediatePlaces, followed by a #keynote by Crispin Bates 001