Author: mwfdelhi
Call for Applications (CfA): Ashoka Sociology and Anthropology Graduate Workshop [Closing date: 5 January 2026]
The Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Ashoka University, in collaboration with the Max Weber Forum for South Asian Studies, invites applications for the Ashoka Sociology and Anthropology Graduate Workshop, to be held on 24-25...
Call for Papers (CfP): Transformations and Contestations from the Global South: Rethinking Livestock Frontiers [Closing Date: 15 February 2026]
Organizers: Dr. Soheb Niazi (Freie Universität, Berlin and MWF Delhi), Dr. Vishal Singh Deo (Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal- Karnataka) Venue: German Historial Institute London Proposal Submission Email: niazi@mwsindia.org or vishal.pratap@manipal.edu...
Call for Applications (CfA): Indian Ocean Writers’ Residency: History and Fiction, History as Fiction [Closing date: 31 January 2026]
In July 2026, Tambapanni Academic Publishers, Colombo in collaboration with the Max Weber Forum for South Asian Studies, New Delhi is hosting a writers’ residency, ‘History and Fiction, History as...
Talk ‘Children’s Rights and Moral Panics: Unpacking meanings about childhood in India’, March 27, 2026
Speaker Bio: Dr. Anandini Dar is Director, Centre for Child and Youth Transitions, and Associate Professor, at the School of Liberal Studies, BML Munjal University (BMU). Bio: Dr. Anandini Dar received her...
PhD training school and Symposium “Knowing How to Labor. (Disruptive) Knowledge in Global Labor”, April 13-16, 2026
The training school and symposium explores work processes and capital-labor relations embedded in informational regimes and highlights the dimensions of knowledge in the study of labor, focusing specifically on the...
Symposium ‘Subalterns and Histories in the Present’, February 5-6, 2026 [By invitation only]
Abstract: What is the critical import of setting to work today the study of the subaltern in our vastly transformed, rapidly shifting social worlds and their varied understandings, especially within...
International Workshop ‘Empire and (Im-)Mobility in South and South-East Asia (19th and 20th Centuries)’, February 6-7, 2026 [Registration deadline: 31 January 2026]
This workshop brings fresh and original perspectives on mobilities and immobilities created by/in the British and Dutch colonial empires in South and Southeast Asia. The workshop is convened by Harald...

