CENTRE FOR CONTEMPORARY STUDIES
Established June 2004
Chairman, Prof. Raghavendra Gadagkar
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Visiting Faculty |
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| Dr.
Uday Balakrishnan
Former Registrar, IISc, Member, Postal Service Board, Govt. of India udaybalakrishnan@gmail.com |
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| Prof.
Rajan Gurukkal Sundararajan Visiting Professor, Former Vice Chancellor, M. G. University, Kottayam, Kerala rgurukkal@gmail.com |
Prof.
Robert Matthew Geraci Dept. of Religious Studies, Manhattan College, USA robert.geraci@manhattan.edu |
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The Centre for
Contemporary Studies, a relatively new experiment at the Institute,
endeavours to bring to the campus some of the best practitioners of
different disciplines in the human sciences, such as philosophy, sociology,
economics, law, literature, poetry, art, music, cinema etc. These
scholars, drawn from all over the world, visit and lecture at the
Institute and some are in residence for periods ranging from a few
days to several months. Students, faculty and staff of the Institute
as well a number of people from other institutes in Bangalore attend
these lectures. The aim of this experiment is to forge useful
and meaningful interaction between the natural sciences and human
sciences with special focus on understanding the diverse research
methodologies of different disciplines and create opportunities to
rethink the foundations of our own disciplines - often the opportunity
to criticise the methodological foundation of another discipline leads
to a re-examination of the foundation of one’s own discipline.
In addition to such one-off lectures, the Centre offers (presently,
once in two years), a one-semester course entitled “The Production
of Knowledge – A comparison of Natural and Social Sciences”.
The Centre has now moved to the former JNCASR building near the Health
Centre. |
Forthcoming Events |
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Library and Writing Fellowship |
Centre for Contemporary Studies, Indian Institute of Science (CCS-IISc), Bangalore, in collaboration with Centre for the Study of Culture and Society (CSCS), Bangalore, is looking for suitable candidates for a Library and Writing Fellowship in 2011-2012. Candidates with PhD or equivalent research experience, with a background in the natural or social sciences, and having an interest in interdisciplinary work that is specifically reflected in their research, are invited. Researchers at the stage of writing their PhD dissertations are also welcome to apply. Knowledge of the history and philosophy of science would be an additional qualification.
Professor Raghavendra Gadagkar, Candidates are requested to include an updated CV and a published sample of writing, along with a short proposal of 3-5 pages stating what research they look forward to completing during the period of the Fellowship. |
| Please visit Library Fellows page for fellows so far. |