The M.S. Merian – R. Tagore International Centre of Advanced Studies ‘Metamorphoses of the Political’ (ICAS:MP) is an Indo-German Research collaboration
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We are pleased to announce the publication of Crafting India’s Skill Ecology: Reproductions, Recalibrations, and Reimaginations, edited by Saikat Maitra (@IIM_Calcutta) & Sebastian Schwecke (MWF Delhi), under our @routledgebooks Series.
🔓Open Access
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📢 New Book Release!
We are excited to announce the launch of Sober State: Origins of Alcohol Prohibition in India by @DAlagirisamy (@NUSingapore), published under the ICAS:MP – @CambridgeUP.
Learn more: micasmp.hypotheses.org/darin…
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Review of our newly published book!
Read Gunjan Sharma’s (@weareAUD) review of Shifting Landscapes: Education and Urban Transformations in India in SAGE Journals.
Edited by Geetha B. Nambissan, Nandini Manjrekar, Shivali Tukdeo & Indra Sengupta.
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Glimpses from the📕discussion 'Shifting Landscapes: Education & Urban Transformations in India’, held on 8 Dec. Ed. by Geetha B. Nambissan @JNU_official_50, Nandini Manjrekar @TISSpeak, @shivalitukdeo @IMSE_MU & Indra Sengupta. Thanks to Manabi Majumdar @CSSSCal & @hashiyaarai.
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🚨ConferenceAnnouncement
Join the @MecilaCentre Berlin Conference 2025, 11–13 Dec at @FU_Berlin.
🌍“Exploring the Conviviality–Inequality Nexus: Findings & Prospects” @CalasCenter, @MIASA_UG, MECAM, @GIGA_Institute, DFG Centre for Advanced Studies “Futures of Sustainability.”
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Join us for the book discussion of Shifting Landscapes: Education and Urban Transformations in India. Edited by Geetha B. Nambissan @JNU_official_50, Nandini Manjrekar @TISSpeak, @shivalitukdeo @IMSE_MU & Indra Sengupta.
Conversation with Manabi Majumdar @CSSSCal & @hashiyaarai.
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📢Call for Papers
We invite scholars to apply for the international workshop “Empire and (Im-)Mobility in South & South-East Asia (19th–20th Centuries)”, taking place in New Delhi on 6–7 Feb.
Deadline: 9 Nov
🔗 micasmp.hypotheses.org/15173
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ICAS:MP met the ‘Merian family’ in Tunis & had an enriching week of dialogue on knowledge diplomacy & South–South–North cooperation incl. attending a conference on Peace and Conflict Studies by the Postcolonial Hierarchies project. Thank you, MECAM, CALAS,@MecilaCentre & MIASA.
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The International Symposium: Interrogating the Present will see leading scholars from @kreauniversity, @icas_mp, @SOAS & @AsianStudies engage in meaningful dialogue on collaborative research.
📍 Krea University, Sri City | 11–12 Sept 2025
🌐 micasmp.hypotheses.org/14879
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📢New in the ICAS:MP – Cambridge University Press Series
Shifting Landscapes: Education and Urban Transformations in India by Geetha B. Nambissan @JNU_official_50, Nandini Manjrekar @TISSpeak, @shivalitukdeo @IMSE_MU & Indra Sengupta.
Available Open Access cambridge.org/core/books/shi…
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📢 ICAS:MP is now on @bluesky!
Join us for:
✨ Updates on our writing fellowships
📚 New Publications with @CambridgeUP & @routledgebooks series
🌍 Insights from our global community of scholars
🎙️ Highlights from our events and much more..
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🚨Applications close TODAY!
ICAS:MP Fellowships 2026–27
Submit your completed application before 23:59 IST, 15 July 2025.
🔗Final call: karriere.maxweberstiftung.de…
⏰ No extensions. Do not delay.
#ICASMP #LastCall #AcademicFellowships
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🚨Applications close TODAY! ICAS:MP Fellowships 2026–27 Submit your completed application before 23:59 IST, 15 July 2025.
🔗Final call: karriere.maxweberstiftung.de…
⏰ No extensions.
#ICASMP #LastCall #AcademicFellowships
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⏳10 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
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📢Call for Applications: ICAS:MP Fellowships 2026–27
Apply now for a residential writing fellowship at ICAS:MP, New Delhi, an interdisciplinary space for critical, globally engaged research.
🔗Apply here: karriere.maxweberstiftung.de…
#ICASMP #FellowshipOpportunity
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Why apply for the ICAS:MP Fellowship?
• Work in an interdisciplinary international environment
• Monthly stipend up to €3,500
• Focused writing time in New Delhi
• Colloquium with members
• Present your research to the ICAS academic circle & receive expert feedback
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🌍What to expect on 26 June at the India Competence Centre Opening:
• Keynote lecture by Prof. Dr. @SalmaBava , JNU
• Panel discussion
• Cultural Performance by NIA e.V.
• Networking & reception
📝Registration is filling fast: forms.office.com/e/Lqf99uNpN…
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📣 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
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📢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.
📍@Uni_WUE | 🕕 6 PM
📝 Register by 12 June: forms.office.com/e/Lqf99uNpN…
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