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[Ravikant]

Subject: Plz passs this information..
Date: मंगलवार 05 अगस्त 2008 20:50
From: "prabhat kumar" <prabhatkumar250 at gmail.com>
To: 

Hello. If anybody is interested in doing research on Marathi or Gujrati
language satire in Heidelberg University with good scholarship there is
still one seat vacant...Please contact Prof, Hans Harder..
H.Harder at uni-heidelberg.de..

*Scholarship Announcement *

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*Joint Project on Asian Satire in the Heidelberg „Cluster of Excellence"*

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The joint project "Gauging Cultural Asymmetries: Asian Satire and the Search
for Identity in the Era of Colonialism and Imperialism" forms part of the
Heidelberg Cluster of Excellence on „Asia and Europe: Shifting Asymmetries
in Cultural Flows". In close cooperation with six disciplines, comprising
Japanese Studies (Arokay), Chinese Studies (Mittler), Modern Indology
(Harder), History of South Asia (Dharampal-Frick), Islamic Studies (Ursinus)
and Arabic Studies (Enderwitz), a group of researchers (primarily PhD
students) will study how various Asian traditions used satire in their
engagement with Europe and Europeans. The project will begin in July 2008.
Scholarships ranging from €1000 to €1400 per month (depending on academic
and family status), will be granted for two years with an option of one
additional year.

Applicants should hold an excellent MA or (South Asian) MPhil degree, be
ready to enrol at Heidelberg University and actively participate in all
curricular activities pertaining to the project.

Applications for the project is to be sent to: Prof. Hans Harder, Deptt. of
Modern Indologie, South Asia Institute, University of Heidelberg, Germany.

  H.Harder at uni-heidelberg.de
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<http://sai.uni-heidelberg.de/>*
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For details about the Heidelberg Cluster of Excellence, please consult
www.vjc.uni-hd.de, and a short summary of the satire project can be had by
writing to the e-mail address given above. Along with the usual application
documents, please send a sample of academic work (e.g. 10 pages of an
MA/MPhil thesis) and a short exposé explaining how the dissertation topic
would be tackled (max. 1000 words, with explicit reference to primary and
secondary sources).

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