Call for Proposals: A conference on ‘Timely Histories’ is being organized by CSDS, Delhi and Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient (ZMO), Berlin on 12-14 October 2022 (Tentative). It is part of the 5-year ERC project ‘Timely Histories: A Social History of Time in South Asia’ (hosted at ZMO), invites contributions on the history of temporality in early modern and modern South Asia. We are interested in going beyond the conception of time as a homogeneous substratum of all being and re-conceiving it more as a dynamic object and medium of historical processes, practically entangled with varying modes of time reckoning and temporal cultures, techniques and epistemes (Click for Details).

We are inviting abstracts not longer than a page including a bio note of 2-3 lines. All conditions permitting, the conference will be held in person in New Delhi at CSDS (12−14 October 2022). We will offer support towards travel and accommodation expenses of selected participants. The deadline for receiving the abstract is 31 May 2022. Please mail your abstract to timely.histories@gmail.com with the subject line “ZMO-CSDS Time Conference abstract”. The longer final paper will be requested closer to the conference dates for circulation amongst participants and discussants.