PhD Position AnnouncementDear Colleagues, We are pleased to announce a 3-year PhD position linked to the project "Localizing Diaspora Nationalism in the Era of the Radical 'Global Right'," which examines Hindu nationalism within the context of South Africa. This exciting opportunity is a collaboration between Prof. Somdeep Sen (Department of Social Sciences and Business, Roskilde University) and Prof. Alf Gunvald Nilsen (Department of Sociology, University of Pretoria). The selected PhD candidate will be based at Roskilde University and will be jointly supervised by both professors. Additionally, the candidate will maintain an affiliation with the Centre for Asian Studies in Africa at the University of Pretoria and is expected to conduct extensive ethnographic fieldwork in South Africa. We would greatly appreciate it if you could share this opportunity with anyone who might be interested. More details about the position and the project can be found at the link below: Application and Further Details:
https://candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationInit.aspx?cid=1310&ProjectId=147616&DepartmentId=18972&MediaId=5&SkipAdvertisement=False Best regards, Prof. Alf Gunvald Nilsen
Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Pretoria
Director, Centre for Asian Studies in Africa, University of Pretoria Recent Publications – Articles:
• "Theorizing Law, Social Movements and State Formation in India"
Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East, 42/1: 20–35
https://read.dukeupress.edu/cssaame/article-abstract/42/1/20/304743/Theorizing-Law-Social-Movements-and-State • "Give James Ferguson a Fish"
Development and Change, 52/1: 3-25
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/dech.12618 Recent Publications – Books:
• Indian Democracy: Origins, Trajectories, Contestations (Pluto Press, 2019)
https://www.plutobooks.com/9780745338927/indian-democracy/ • Adivasis and the State: Subalternity and Citizenship in India's Bhil Heartland (Cambridge University Press, 2018)
https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/adivasis-and-the-state/BE39C350686378694D2E65D3ECAADCCD This message and its attachments are subject to a disclaimer. For full details, please refer to the following link:
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