CHARLES WALLACE INDIA TRUST VISITING FELLOWSHIP

Applications are invited for the Charles Wallace India Trust Visiting Fellowship to be held at the Centre of South Asian Studies, University of Cambridge.

The Fellowship is intended for a scholar from India conducting research on any aspect of modern South Asian history and society. It is open to scholars working in any discipline within this field of study. The Fellowship is for one term of up to three months. Candidates who have had financial support from the Charles Wallace India Trust in the past five years will not be eligible.

The aim of the Fellowship is to bring mutual benefit. The Fellow would be expected to undertake a programme of research in Cambridge and to give one or two lectures or seminars during the period of the Fellowship. The Fellow would be required to submit a report to the Committee of Management of the Centre of South Asian Studies and to the Secretary of the Charles Wallace India Trust outlining what he or she had achieved during the tenure of the Fellowship. The Trust will contribute £500 towards international travel, payable once the Fellow has arrived in the UK. It offers a stipend for the duration of the Fellowship which is paid through the Centre and is intended to cover all accommodation and living costs and local travel in and around Cambridge. The Fellow is expected to make their own travel arrangements, although the British Council in India will assist the Fellow to secure a visa. Candidates are invited to:

• submit a letter of application setting out as precisely and as clearly as possible the programme of research to be undertaken;
• give the names of scholars already in Cambridge working in a similar or adjacent subject and with whom the Fellow would hope to work;
• enclose a full CV, with a list of publications; and
• ask not more than two academic referees to write directly in support of his or her application, so as to reach the Director of the Centre of South Asian Studies not later than 30 June 2012.

Please note that, in order to comply with work permit regulations, applicants must send in a signed, original copy of this application, and that all references sent must be signed originals. We can accept electronic versions of all documents in order to meet the applications deadline, but these must be quickly followed up by the original versions.

The closing date for applications is 30 June 2012. The Fellow is expected to take up the post in the Michaelmas Term (October-December) 2013.

Applications and enquiries should be sent to:

The Administrator, Centre of South Asian Studies, Alison Richard Building, 7 West Road, Cambridge CB3 9DT
email: admin@s-asian.cam.ac.uk