UTS Doctoral Scholarship – Indian Cosmopolitan Alternatives The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Technology Sydney announces a doctoral scholarship in the research project Indian Cosmopolitan Alternatives: Ritual Intersections and the Proscription of Religious Offense. The overall purpose of the project is to examine the supposedly cohesive implications of ritual engagement across religious communities as well as of the regulation of expressions that offend religious sentiments. The candidate will be part of an international group of eight researchers exploring these issues in various locations in contemporary India, each researcher undertaking a relevant case study based on independent fieldwork. The successful candidate will work on a discrete but related project based in India and has autonomy in choosing the case study and the field site. The research project is anchored at the Department of Social Anthropology, University of Bergen, and funded by the Research Council of Norway. However, this scholarship is based at the University of Technology Sydney and is for three years (extendable by six months if appropriate). As well as writing a PhD dissertation, the successful candidate is expected to participate in the project workshops and conferences, contribute an article to at least one of the joint project publications, and write occasional op-ed length articles for our planned project website. Applicants for the scholarship must also apply to be admitted to the PhD degree at UTS. For more information about the research project, please contact Associate Professor Devleena Ghosh at [email protected]. Value and Duration The successful candidate will be awarded $25,392 per annum over 3 years. Eligibility To be eligible for the scholarship, a student must: ▪ have completed a Bachelor Degree with First Class Honours or Second Class Honours (Division 1), or be regarded by the University as having an equivalent level of attainment; ▪ be undertaking a higher degree by research at UTS in the year of the scholarship; ▪ be enrolled as a full-time student. Selection Criteria ▪ Academic merit in previous undergraduate and/or postgraduate study ▪ Research proposal relevant to the project ▪ Demonstrated ability to work as part of a team ▪ Fluency in the language at the proposed research sites ▪ Desirable: Familiarity with current theoretical debates pertaining to religious diversity in South Asia and beyond, fieldwork experience Applications Applicants should explain, in a short covering letter, what attracts them to this project, why their discipline is appropriate, their experience in working as a team and include a 3 - 5-page research proposal relevant to the project. Please send your scholarship application to Associate Professor Devleena Ghosh at [email protected]. Applicants for the scholarship must also apply to be admitted to the PhD degree at UTS, as per the instructions at uts.edu.au/research-and-teaching/future-researchers/research-degrees-uts/applying-research-degree-and-scholarship . Open: 1 June 2014 - 1 August 2014.
Posted on: Thu, 26 Jun 2014 15:50:11 +0000
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