ICAS:MP is a Centre of Advanced Studies funded by the BMBF as one of their Maria Sibylla Merian Centres. We offer short-term fellowships in New Delhi to distinguished scholars in the Humanities and Social Sciences. https://micasmp.hypotheses.org/https://bsky.app/profile/icasmp.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/icasmp.bsky.social/post/3mkz4q3lqcc2qWe are pleased to share a review of the ICAS:MP volume Shifting Landscapes: Education and Urban Transformations in India (@universitypress.cambridge.org), published in Economic & Political Weekly. Read the review by Geeta Thatra: https://www.epw.in/journal/2026/14/book-reviews/education-and-inequality-indias-changing-urban.html @ghilondon.bsky.social04 May 2026 07:13 +0000at://did:plc:6t5l353o7uzszrjtpwllvypr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkz4q3lqcc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/icasmp.bsky.social/post/3mhzmqi4nk22cICAS:MP hosted the public lecture “Beyond Shipwreck: Salvage and Global History in the Long Nineteenth Century” by Roland Wenzlhuemer (@globaldiscnct.bsky.social). Chaired by Radhika Singha, the lecture explored maritime salvage and its significance for global history. 📸 Highlights below.27 Mar 2026 07:44 +0000at://did:plc:6t5l353o7uzszrjtpwllvypr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhzmqi4nk22chttps://bsky.app/profile/icasmp.bsky.social/post/3mgrjrsbjs22a🖐️ICAS:MP invites you to the public lecture on “Touching Care: Gandhi and the Art of Healing the Leprous Body” with Sumathi Ramaswamy, and Projit Mukharji as discussant. 🗓️19 March 2026 |6 PM 📍IIC Delhi Register: ujjwal.arora@mwsindia.org11 Mar 2026 09:05 +0000at://did:plc:6t5l353o7uzszrjtpwllvypr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgrjrsbjs22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/icasmp.bsky.social/post/3mg2r6smgis2k🌊ICAS:MP Public Lecture Join us on 10.03.2026 at 6 PM at the IIC Annexe, Delhi for a public lecture by Roland Wenzlhuemer @globaldiscnct.bsky.social on “Beyond Shipwreck: Salvage and Global History in the Long Nineteenth Century”. Discussant: Radhika Singha (retd. JNU/@s-nu.bsky.social). 1/202 Mar 2026 07:46 +0000at://did:plc:6t5l353o7uzszrjtpwllvypr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg2r6smgis2khttps://bsky.app/profile/icasmp.bsky.social/post/3mflma4hsis2eICAS:MP, in collaboration with the @germanyinindia.bsky.social & the High Commission of Malta in New Delhi, hosted a screening of Baħar Biss (Just Sea) by Franziska von Stenglin on 12 February. The screening was followed by a conversation with the filmmaker and Delhi-based artist, Pallavi Paul. 1/224 Feb 2026 07:07 +0000at://did:plc:6t5l353o7uzszrjtpwllvypr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mflma4hsis2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/icasmp.bsky.social/post/3mfjazlz3g223🎉New Open Access Book We are pleased to announce the publication of Crafting India’s Skill Ecology: Reproductions, Recalibrations, and Reimaginations, edited by Saikat Maitra & Sebastian Schwecke @mwfdelhi.bsky.social, under @routledgebooks.bsky.social. 🔓 https://www.routledge.com/Crafting-Indias-Skill-Ecology-Reproductions-Recalibrations-and-Reimaginations/Maitra-Schwecke/p/book/978103299564923 Feb 2026 08:42 +0000at://did:plc:6t5l353o7uzszrjtpwllvypr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfjazlz3g223https://bsky.app/profile/icasmp.bsky.social/post/3mexd5x6vu223📢We are excited to announce the launch of Sober State: Origins of Alcohol Prohibition in India by @darinee.bsky.social, published under the ICAS:MP – @universitypress.cambridge.org. 🔗https://micasmp.hypotheses.org/darinee-alagirisamy-sober-state-origins-of-alcohol-prohibition-in-india-216 Feb 2026 05:32 +0000at://did:plc:6t5l353o7uzszrjtpwllvypr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mexd5x6vu223https://bsky.app/profile/icasmp.bsky.social/post/3meihy2aqpc23📸 Fellows’ Colloquium Siddharth Pandey, the first Joint Fellow of the @globaldiscnct.bsky.social & ICAS:MP, presented his work on “Movement, Materiality and Weather-Worlds of Vitality: Towards an Affective Himalayan Humanities”. Thanks to Mihir Vatsa (IIT Delhi) for his valuable comments.10 Feb 2026 07:48 +0000at://did:plc:6t5l353o7uzszrjtpwllvypr/app.bsky.feed.post/3meihy2aqpc23https://bsky.app/profile/icasmp.bsky.social/post/3mdzgjjxqac23📘Review of our newly published book! Read Gunjan Sharma’s review of Shifting Landscapes: Education and Urban Transformations in India in SAGE Journals. Edited by Geetha B. Nambissan, Nandini Manjrekar, Shivali Tukdeo & Indra Sengupta. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/09731849251407144 @ghilondon.bsky.social04 Feb 2026 08:12 +0000at://did:plc:6t5l353o7uzszrjtpwllvypr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdzgjjxqac23https://bsky.app/profile/icasmp.bsky.social/post/3ma6bht4fpk2yGlimpses from the📕discussion 'Shifting Landscapes: Education & Urban Transformations in India’, held on 8 Dec. Ed. by Geetha B. Nambissan (JNU Delhi), Nandini Manjrekar (TISS), Shivali Tukdeo(Mahindra University) & Indra Sengupta @ghilondon.bsky.social. Thanks to Manabi Majumdar & Ghazala Jamil.17 Dec 2025 08:44 +0000at://did:plc:6t5l353o7uzszrjtpwllvypr/app.bsky.feed.post/3ma6bht4fpk2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/icasmp.bsky.social/post/3m7hepcdkkc2e🚨Conference Announcement Join the @mecila.bsky.social Centre Conference 2025, 11–13 Dec at @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social. 🔗Register: mecila.net/en/mecila-berlin-conference-2025 @calascenter.bsky.social, @miasa-ug.bsky.social, MECAM, @giga-hamburg.de, Humanities Centre: Futures of Sustainability.08 Dec 2025 06:11 +0000at://did:plc:6t5l353o7uzszrjtpwllvypr/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7hepcdkkc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/icasmp.bsky.social/post/3m6gtqwlm722jJoin us for the book discussion of Shifting Landscapes: Education and Urban Transformations in India on 8 December. Edited by Geetha B. Nambissan (JNU Delhi), Nandini Manjrekar (TISS), Shivali Tukdeo(Mahindra University) & Indra Sengupta @ghilondon.bsky.social.25 Nov 2025 07:42 +0000at://did:plc:6t5l353o7uzszrjtpwllvypr/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6gtqwlm722jhttps://bsky.app/profile/icasmp.bsky.social/post/3m4ue2rrqms2v📢Call for Papers We invite scholars to apply for the international workshop “Empire and (Im-)Mobility in South & South-East Asia (19th–20th Centuries)”, in New Delhi on 6–7 Feb. Deadline: 9 Nov @globaldiscnct.bsky.social @mwfdelhi.bsky.social @lmumuenchen.bsky.social 🔗 micasmp.hypotheses.org/15173 https://micasmp.hypotheses.org/1517305 Nov 2025 05:49 +0000at://did:plc:6t5l353o7uzszrjtpwllvypr/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4ue2rrqms2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/icasmp.bsky.social/post/3m4rzwdnojc27ICAS:MP met the ‘Merian family’ in Tunis & had an enriching week of dialogue on knowledge diplomacy & South–South–North cooperation incl. attending a conference on Peace and Conflict Studies by the Postcolonial Hierarchies project. Thank you, MECAM, CALAS,@mecila.bsky.social & @miasa-ug.bsky.social.04 Nov 2025 07:42 +0000at://did:plc:6t5l353o7uzszrjtpwllvypr/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4rzwdnojc27https://bsky.app/profile/icasmp.bsky.social/post/3lxvx6ipkmk2cThe International Symposium: Interrogating the Present will see leading scholars from Krea University, @icasmp.bsky.social, @soasuni.bsky.social & @iias.bsky.social engage in meaningful dialogue on collaborative research. 📍 Krea University | 11–12 Sept 2025 🌐 micasmp.hypotheses.org/1487903 Sep 2025 05:57 +0000at://did:plc:6t5l353o7uzszrjtpwllvypr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxvx6ipkmk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/icasmp.bsky.social/post/3lwsufmlnnc22📢New in our @universitypress.cambridge.org series Shifting Landscapes: Education and Urban Transformations in India by Geetha B. Nambissan (JNU Delhi), Nandini Manjrekar (TISS), Shivali Tukdeo(Mahindra University) & Indra Sengupta @ghilondon.bsky.social Open Access https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/shifting-landscapes/2DB4152AEE34973A91B2CD0F1C332E5B20 Aug 2025 07:04 +0000at://did:plc:6t5l353o7uzszrjtpwllvypr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwsufmlnnc22https://bsky.app/profile/icasmp.bsky.social/post/3lwnuxq5q3s2nKrea University, @icasmp.bsky.social, @soasuni.bsky.social, & @iias.bsky.social are coming together for the International Symposium: Interrogating the Present (11–12 Sept). A space to strengthen interdisciplinary and transnational academic collaboration. 🌐https://micasmp.hypotheses.org/1487918 Aug 2025 07:31 +0000at://did:plc:6t5l353o7uzszrjtpwllvypr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwnuxq5q3s2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/icasmp.bsky.social/post/3ltyea35jqk2p🚨Applications close TODAY! ICAS:MP Fellowships 2026–27 Submit your completed application before 23:59 IST, 15 July 2025. 🔗Final call: https://karriere.maxweberstiftung.de/jobposting/d137e456d654af5c508a6907f8fc2f3bda55362e0 ⏰ No extensions. #ICASMP #LastCall #AcademicFellowships15 Jul 2025 07:15 +0000at://did:plc:6t5l353o7uzszrjtpwllvypr/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltyea35jqk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/icasmp.bsky.social/post/3ltlsoi7gyc2o⏳5 days left! Are you ready to submit your ICAS:MP Fellowship application? Review your proposal, polish your documents, and upload everything in a single PDF. 📅Deadline: 15 July 2025 🔗 https://karriere.maxweberstiftung.de/jobposting/d137e456d654af5c508a6907f8fc2f3bda55362e010 Jul 2025 07:29 +0000at://did:plc:6t5l353o7uzszrjtpwllvypr/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltlsoi7gyc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/icasmp.bsky.social/post/3lssruyoinc22📢Call for Applications: ICAS:MP Fellowships 2026–27 Apply now for a residential writing fellowship at ICAS:MP, New Delhi: https://karriere.maxweberstiftung.de/jobposting/d137e456d654af5c508a6907f8fc2f3bda55362e0 @mwfdelhi.bsky.social @maxweberstiftung.de @ghilondon.bsky.social @uni-wuerzburg.de @unierfurt.bsky.social30 Jun 2025 08:39 +0000at://did:plc:6t5l353o7uzszrjtpwllvypr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lssruyoinc22https://bsky.app/profile/icasmp.bsky.social/post/3lrwumhptos26Why apply for the ICAS:MP Fellowship? • Work in an interdisciplinary environment • Monthly stipend up to €3,500 • Focused writing time • Present your research to the ICAS academic circle & receive expert feedback @ghilondon.bsky.social @maxweberstiftung.de @unierfurt.bsky.social @uni-wuerzburg.de19 Jun 2025 06:13 +0000at://did:plc:6t5l353o7uzszrjtpwllvypr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrwumhptos26https://bsky.app/profile/icasmp.bsky.social/post/3lrcrpiiyvk2y📣Rethink Southern Theory ICAS:MP’s Working Group ‘Theory from the South’ invites scholars to generate new concepts rooted in the histories, philosophies, and experiences of the Global South. 🗓️ Apply by 15 July 2025 🔗 micasmp.hypotheses.org/13323 @unierfurt.bsky.social11 Jun 2025 06:28 +0000at://did:plc:6t5l353o7uzszrjtpwllvypr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrcrpiiyvk2y