Centre for Indian Studies in Africa
University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
Postdoctoral Research Fellowships 2015
Two postdoctoral research fellowships are available in the fields of knowledge from
the Global South and the history and anthropology of the Indian Ocean. Candidates
must have been awarded a PhD in the last five years in the field of the Social Sciences
and Humanities. The fellowship is tenable for two years maximum, with renewal after
one year based on performance and progress. The package consists of stipend @
R 187 200 per annum tax free; research costs @ R 10 000 on application per annum;
relocation costs @ up to R 10 000 once off and Medical aid.
The Centre for Indian Studies in Africa was established in 2009 and carries on
research and research supervision at the Masters and PhD level in the broad field of
the social science and humanities. Our theoretical focus seeks to move beyond
national histories and works with the idea of transnational affinities across the Indian
Ocean and the conceptual space of the global south. While thinking about space we
emphasize connections, movement and migration over national borders. With regard
to temporality, we ask the question of what it means to think before, beside and
beyond the space of colonialism and that of modernity contending with genealogies
that engage with an abbreviated time of 500 years. Finally, there is the exigent
programme of engaging with knowledge from the spaces of Islam, the Caribbean,
Latin America, Asia and Africa to redress the hegemony of a Euro American
paradigm in our universities and in our intellectual production.
Selected candidates will be required to undertake focused and high quality research;
engage in teaching one course at the undergraduate level; and assist in the
organisation of a workshop/conference on theme/s related to their research and the
intellectual programme of the Centre
Please send your CV; statement of proposed research (not more than 5 pages
maximum); and three references directly to the Centre for Indian Studies in Africa by
31 May 2015
For further information and application submission contact Prof Dilip M Menon
([email protected]) or Reshmi Singh, Administrative Assistant
([email protected])
The University is committed to employment equity and equal opportunity, but is always focused on
academic excellence. The University retains the right not to make an appointment and to verify all
information provided by candidates.