The Tata Institute of Social Sciences and the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity, Göttingen, Germany are offering a limited number of Full- time Research Fellowships at both the doctoral (two nos.) and postdoctoral (one no.) levels for the 2010-11 academic year. These fellowships are to support advanced research in the field of “Urban Religion in Mumbai”. The research study should focus on ethnographic research on various religions and their practices in the Mumbai city. An important focus of the project will be the links between media-centered religious aspirations, including its transnational ramifications, and local political and economic ambitions. Ethnographic field research will pay close attention to the transnational circulation of religious media, plus uses of the internet, which now combines all forms of audio and audiovisual media. The goal is to arrive at a better understanding of how such media practices become part of the lives and aspirations in this challenging urban setting. Thematic Areas of Focus The doctoral fellowships are for a three-year period and the postdoctoral fellowship is for a duration of one year.

Contact address : TISS, Sion Trombay Road, Deonar, Mumbai 400 088

Scholarship Application Deadline: Contact Employer-Prof. Lakshmi Lingam, lakshmil-at-tiss.edu

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