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Applications for Researcher in CHS, SSS

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Centre for Historical Studies
Jawaharlal Nehru University

Applications are invited for the post of Researcher for the project titled ‘Notes, letters, diaries, posters and pamphlets: Narrating ideas ofindigeneity in Jharkhand, India’. This project is funded by the Modern Endangered Archives Programme of the UCLA Library

Essential Qualifications:

  1. M.A. in History or in any other discipline of  the Social Sciences
  2. Ability to read and write in Hindi and English, and ability to translate from Hindi to English

Desirable Qualifications:

  1. Ph.D on any theme related to adivasi histories
  2. Has a preliminary knowledge of Jharkhand and of adivasi intellectuals in Jharkhand
  3. Familiarity with one or more adivasi languages in Jharkhand, and preferably Kurukh and Mundari
  4. Has the experience of working in the archives

Emoluments:  Rs 30,000 per month and an additional Rs 10,000 as house-rent allowance. The candidate would need to stay in Ranchi during archival research.

Nature of appointment: Temporary and for nine months only.

Mode of application: Interested candidates are requested to state in their applications why they consider themselves to be suitable for the post. A current CV is to be attached to the application. A testimonial, if provided, would be welcome. Applications are to be sent by email to the following email addresses: sangeetadasgupta@mail.jnu.ac.in and sangeetadasgupta@hotmail.com. The last date for applying is 31 March 2022.

Mode of evaluation: Candidates will be shortlisted based on their qualifications. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the selection committee will interview the candidates via online mode. Only shortlisted candidates will be communicated through e-mail to appear for the online interview.

Sangeeta Dasgupta
(Principal Investigator)
Centre for Historical Studies
Jawaharlal Nehru University
New Delhi-110067
E mail. sangeetadasgupta@mail.jnu.ac.in, sangeetadasgupta@hotmail.com

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Initially, established as a Centre for Chinese and Japanese Studies, it subsequently grew to include Korean Studies as well. At present there are eight faculty members in the Centre. Several distinguished faculty who have now retired include the late Prof. Gargi Dutt, Prof. P.A.N. Murthy, Prof. G.P. Deshpande, Dr. Nranarayan Das, Prof. R.R. Krishnan and Prof. K.V. Kesavan. Besides, Dr. Madhu Bhalla served at the Centre in Chinese Studies Programme during 1994-2006. In addition, Ms. Kamlesh Jain and Dr. M. M. Kunju served the Centre as the Documentation Officers in Chinese and Japanese Studies respectively.

The academic curriculum covers both modern and contemporary facets of East Asia as each scholar specializes in an area of his/her interest in the region. The integrated course involves two semesters of classes at the M. Phil programme and a dissertation for the M. Phil and a thesis for Ph. D programme respectively. The central objective is to impart an interdisciplinary knowledge and understanding of history, foreign policy, government and politics, society and culture and political economy of the respective areas. Students can explore new and emerging themes such as East Asian regionalism, the evolving East Asian Community, the rise of China, resurgence of Japan and the prospects for reunification of the Korean peninsula. Additionally, the Centre lays great emphasis on the building of language skills. The background of scholars includes mostly from the social science disciplines; History, Political Science, Economics, Sociology, International Relations and language.

Several students of the centre have been recipients of prestigious research fellowships awarded by Japan Foundation, Mombusho (Ministry of Education, Government of Japan), Saburo Okita Memorial Fellowship, Nippon Foundation, Korea Foundation, Nehru Memorial Fellowship, and Fellowship from the Chinese and Taiwanese Governments. Besides, students from Japan receive fellowship from the Indian Council of Cultural Relations.