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Short Course on Researching the Contemporary

July-August, 2011
The Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS) invites applications for its two-month Course on ‘Researching the Contemporary’. This cross-disciplinary Course will critically examine the formation of the contemporary and its multiple histories, ideologies, forms and affects. The three courses offered will enable participants to familiarize themselves with concepts, theories and methods that help analyse the contemporary. These include:
 
Reassembling Contemporary Social Thought
Capital, Consumption, Markets
Disciplines, Methods And The Research ‘Object’
 
This is an intensive Course with compulsory readings and class discussions. Course materials will be made available. Participants are expected to write research papers upon completion which will be presented in a workshop subsequent to the Course. A participation certificate will be awarded upon successful completion.
 
The course will be conducted over 8 weeks between July 1 - August 31, 2010. Classes will be held at CSDS on week-day afternoons, Tuesday to Thursday, from 3-6 pm.
 
Applications are invited from M.Phil/Ph.D students as well as independent researchers. As part of your application please submit your C.V. and a 1000-word description of your research question/topic.
 
Out-station participants shall be provided with roundtrip travel expenses (3-tier AC) and a stipend of Rs.20,000/.
 
Out-station participants will have to take care of their own accommodation.
 
Deadline: April 3, 2011.
 
 
For further details check: www.csds.in
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