From dak at sarai.net Fri Jan 15 13:01:34 2010 From: dak at sarai.net (The Sarai Programme) Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2010 13:01:34 +0530 Subject: [Sarai Newsletter] Call for Internships for Urban Research Message-ID: <4B5019D6.9030203@sarai.net> *Call for Internships for Urban Research * The Sarai programme at the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies is looking for interns for a new initiative called *The Delhi Platform*. The Platform is a year-long series of critical events and discussions, intended as an effort towards creating new sites of critical, independent urban discourse on all themes affecting the city. We plan a platform that travels to different parts of Delhi in the coming months, leading up to the Commonwealth Games and beyond the event. The platform will be a collaboration between different institutions interested in Delhi's urbanism. The platforms will involve people from all walks of life: scholars, practitioners, activists, writers, artists, ordinary citizens. The platform will have an active online presence; all sessions will be documented and presented in the public domain. We are looking for interns with a passionate interest in issues of urban life and public debate in general. The platform events will take place on an average of once or twice a month. As part of the Platform, interns would be involved in providing logistical support at the event venues, managing the website and moderating discussions, corresponding with speakers and coordinators, dealing with the press and media, writing event notifications and press releases, and so on. If you are interested, please send your C.V. to delhiplatform at sarai.net by *10 February 2010*. Be sure to tell us when you will be in a position to join the Platform. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dak at sarai.net Fri Jan 29 15:26:43 2010 From: dak at sarai.net (The Sarai Programme) Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2010 15:26:43 +0530 Subject: [Sarai Newsletter] Call for Applications: Course on "Researching the Contemporary" at CSDS Message-ID: <4B62B0DB.4050908@sarai.net> 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. A focus on three thematic areas will enable participants to familiarize themselves with concepts and theories that help analyse the contemporary. These include: • Contemporary Social Theory • History, Memory, Identity • Capital, Consumption, Markets This course aims to have participants reflect upon and further develop their research questions and methods. 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. 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 3-5pm. Applications are invited from MA/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. Deadline: March 15, 2010. Applications may be sent to: teaching at csds.in For course details check: www.csds.in