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CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: CSDS invites applications for the position of Research Associate, Research Assistant and Field Investigator for the project ‘An Intermedia Digital Archive of Folk Culture in North India, C. 1930-2020’. For Details, Click
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: The Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS), Delhi invites applications for the Indian Council for Social Science Research (ICSSR) Institutional Doctoral Fellowships for the year 2024-25. For Details, Click
CALL FOR PAPERS: CSDS invites proposals for papers to be presented at a workshop on ‘Digital Subjects and Citizens: Recasting Democracies in Networked Societies’ to be held on 8-10 April, 2024. For Details, Click
The special issue of EPW, September 21, 2024 Volume LIX No. 38 has published the article based on state wise analysis of NES (National Election Study) conducted by
Lokniti-CSDS during Lok Sabha Election 2024. Click for details
Applications are invited from eligible candidates for the positions of Programme Coordinator and Research Assistant at Parekh Institute of Indian Thought, CSDS, Delhi. The last date for submitting applications is 18 August 2023. For Details, Click
CALL FOR PROPOSALS: CSDS invites proposals for a collaborative one-day masterclass on ‘Researching the Digital: Digital Methods for Qualitative Research’ to be held on 19 March 2024. For Details, Click
(Call for Papers): Sarai-CSDS workshop on ‘Twenty-First Century Media? Affective Bodies, Crowds and Collectives’ on 21-23 March 2024 at CSDS, Delhi. Please submit a 500-word abstract by 10 December 2023. For details, click
Prathama Banerjee, Ananya Vajpeyi and Hilal Ahmed will speak in a conference on ‘The Future of Indian Political Theory: Thinking Across Traditions’, organised by JNU Academic on 4th and 5th January, 2023 at SSS I Committee Room, JNU, New Delhi. (Live Stream on You Tube Channel).
CSDS in collaboration with University of Hyderabad presents an exhibition on 'Posters, Magazines and Pamphlets banned by the Raj-1920-50' at Open Palm Court, India Habitat Centre, 24-26 November 2023.
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: Lokniti-Programme for Comparative Democracy, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, Delhi, invites applications for ‘Workshop on Quantitative Research Methods 2023’. For Details, Click
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: Applications are invited for the Autumn School on ‘Decolonization/Decolonial: Thinking across Disciplines and Geo-Histories’ to be held between 11 and 21 September 2023 at CSDS, Delhi. For details, visit
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: The Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS), Delhi invites applications for the Indian Council for Social Science Research (ICSSR) Institutional Doctoral Fellowships for the year 2023-24. For Details, Click
Prathama Banerjee will deliver ICAS:MP lecture on ‘Southern Theory: A Research Problematic’ at CSDS on 8 October 2024, 6 pm IST. Zoom details:
Meeting ID: 667 2596 6787, Passcode: 596600
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: The Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS), Delhi invites applications for the position of Visiting Fellows under its Science, Technology and Democracy Initiative for 2023-24. For Details, Click
[REMINDER] Call for Application: The Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS), Delhi invites applications for the position of Visiting Fellows under its Science, Technology and Democracy Initiative for 2023-24. For Details, Click
Cinema as Intermedia: A People's Archive - Sourced material from several private collections by Ravi Kant at Open Palm Court Gallery, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi.
RESEARCH REPORT: The findings of the study on 'Indian Media: Trends and Patterns' is available for public access on Lokniti website. Click to access the report
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: Lokniti, a research programme of Centre for the study of Developing Societies based in Delhi invites applications for the posts of Research Assistant and Programme Coordinator. For Details, Click
CALL FOR PAPERS: CSDS invites proposals for papers to be presented at a workshop on ‘Digital Subjects and Citizens: Recasting Democracies in Networked Societies’ to be held on 8-10 April, 2024. For Details, Click
Articles by Hilal Ahmed, Aditya Nigam and Sanjay Kumar in ‘Seminar-India
@75
: The Idea of People’, special issue edited by Hilal Ahmed and Subir Sinha.
[Invitation] Workshop on ‘Social, Political and Moral Thought of Ashoka’ by Patrick Olivelle and Rajeev Bhargava on 25 October 2023. For Details, Click
Sanjay Kumar’s (with Sandeep Shastri & Suhas Palshikar) article on ‘2023 Karnataka Assembly elections: How the Congress won an absolute majority’ in The Hindu.
Dhananjay Rai (Visiting Fellow at CSDS) will speak on ‘Contested Representations: Dalits, Popular Hindi Cinema and Public Sphere’ for the Art and Society Lecture Series at Center for Art & Society, Baroda, July 29, 2023 at 5 pm.
'Questioning the Present’ Session on Prathama Banerjee’s Book: Elementary Aspects of the Political: Histories from the Global South on February 3, 2023 via Zoom. Register
Hilal Ahmed in conversation with Patrick Weil on ‘Secularism in France and India’ on 10 May 2022 at Alliance Française de Delhi - 72, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi.
Book Discussion on ‘Between Hope and Despair: 100 Ethical Reflections on Contemporary India’ by Rajeev Bhargava on 28 February 2023, 6 pm at Seminar Rooms I, II & III, Kamaladevi Complex, IIC, New Delhi.
Book launch and discussion on ‘Politics and Society Between Elections: Public Opinion in India's States’, edited by Siddharth Swaminathan and Suhas Palshikar will be held on 10 December 2021, 4 pm. For Details, Click
[Invitation] Lecture by Vanya Vaidehi Bhargav on ‘Being Hindu, Being Indian: Lala Lajpat Rai’s Ideas of Nationhood’ on 19 April 2024. For Details, Click
[Invitation] Lecture by Afsar Mohammad on ‘Rewriting Muslim Histories: 1948 Police Action and the Case of Hyderabad’ on 17 January 2024. For Details, Click
Ananya Vajpeyi will deliver a talk on ‘India At 75: What happened to Gandhi's 'Swaraj' and 'Ahimsa'?’ at St. Stephen's College on 29th of September, 2 pm 2022
Ashis Nandy will deliver the 7th Yohsin Lecture on ‘Clash of Vision in the Third World’, organized by the Habib University, Karachi on December 28th, 7.30 p.m. IST. It will be Live on ; Youtube:
Dhananjay Rai (Visiting Fellow at CSDS) will deliver a lecture on ‘Anatomy of Knowledge Studies’ at the department of Political Science, University of Delhi on 19 October 2022.
Watch Hilal Ahmed’s Film 'Qutub: Ek Adhura Afsana', which is about the famous UNESCO World Heritage Site in Delhi. It explores various histories, myths, legends and everyday meanings associated with this remarkable historic building.
Rajeev Bhargava (with Charles M. Taylor) will present/participate in a workshop on ‘Re-Building community-Do liberal societies need a new moral contract?’ on 26 and 27 June 2023. Link for Zoom access:
Praveen Rai’s article on ‘Indian National Congress: Demagogy, Dynasty, Disunity and Decline’ (with Soumyadeep Chowdhury) published OnlineFirst in the Journal of Asian and African Studies. Click to Access
Ananya Vajpeyi will speak in a Colloquy on '(Re)presenting Dr. B.R.Ambedkar: Contemporary Context and Concerns', organized by Department of Philosophy, University of Delhi, Room No. 22, Faculty of Arts on 12th April 2024.
[INVITATION] Lecture by Sara Mondini on ‘The Mosques of Kerala: Artistic Vocabularies in the Identity-Building of Muslim Communities’ on 18 October 2024. For Details, Click
Dhananjay Rai (Visiting Fellow at CSDS) will deliver a lecture on 'Gandhi's Poorna Swaraj: A Relevance of Constructive Programme' at the Department of History, Sri Venkateswara College, University of Delhi, on October 26, 2023, 2 p.m.
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: The Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS), Delhi invites applications for the Indian Council for Social Science Research (ICSSR) Institutional Doctoral Fellowships for the year 2022-23. For Details, Click .
Ravikant will moderate a panel discussion on 'Digital Futures: Scripts, Fonts, Texts, Archives' at Amphitheatre, India Habitat Centre on 25 November 2023 at 3 pm.
Dhananjay Rai (Visiting Fellow,CSDS) will speak on "Poorna Swaraj: Expanding the Idea of Political" at the Department of Sociology, Central University of Haryana, on May 2 at 2:15 pm.
Watch Lokniti-CSDS-NDTV public opinion survey on Karnataka Elections 2023 that gauges the public mood and voters' opinions on various issues that really matters today and tomorrow (1st and 2ndMay 2023) at 9 PM on .
ANNOUNCEMENT: Rohit Negi will deliver a lecture on ‘Just keep breathing: Rupture and reconfiguration in Delhi’s air pollution space’ on 22 December 2020 via Zoom. It will be chaired by Awadhendra Sharan. For Details, Click
Prathama Banerjee will deliver a lecture on 'The “Economy Question” in Contemporary Politics: Historical Reflections from India' at 10 Stephens Hall, UC Berkeley, USA on 7 November 2023. For details, click
Prabhat Kumar will deliver a lecture on ‘(Im)possibilities of Indian History of the World’ at Kirori Mal College Academic Auditorium on 23 February 2023, 12 pm onwards.