Markets and Modernities in Asia -- dissertation workshop & fellowships

[Saul Thomas <stthomas@nerdshack.com>]

Apologies--this was sent one month ago, but was caught in a spam filter and lost in an ocean of real spam. 

Forwarded from Alana Boland. 

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Dear all,

Please find information below regarding a visiting fellows program and  
dissertation workshop at that University of Toronto. Feel free to  
circulate this message to other scholars and students.   Pdf  
descriptions are available at  
http://webapp.mcis.utoronto.ca/ai/Research.aspx

Thanks,
Alana

Alana Boland
Department of Geography and Program in Planning
University of Toronto
boland@geog.utoronto.ca
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Asian Institute invites applications and participants for  
interdisciplinary colloquium and dissertation workshop on markets and  
modernities in Asia

*** The Asian Institute of University of Toronto invites applications  
from established scholars investigating the intersection of subject  
formation and market formation in any part of Asia in the period  
1800-2007. Scholars based in Asia are especially encouraged to apply  
and spend one or two semesters on campus to participate in an  
interdisciplinary colloquium. The purpose of the fellowship is to  
bring to Toronto scholars whose work complements that of faculty and  
graduate students. Fellows are expected to present their research in  
the Asian Institute seminar series, participate in a workshop, and  
prepare one publishable article-length manuscript for inclusion in a  
prospective volume. Fellows are expected to support themselves with  
resources from their home institutions. Because of income disparities  
between Toronto and many regions of Asia the Asian Institute may  
support the stay of fellows with a stipend of up to CDN$25,000.  
Applications consisting of a cv and 2 page outline of the fellow?s  
proposed research should be sent by email attachment to  
asian.institute@utoronto.ca  by January 05, 2007. Address inquiries to  
asian.institute@utoronto.ca. The Markets and Modernities colloquium is  
convened by Professors Tania Li and Joshua Barker in anthropology,  
Ritu Birla and Tong Lam in history, Katharine Rankin, Alana Boland and  
Ken MacDonald in geography, Ken Kawashima and Jesook Song in East  
Asian studies, and Kanishka Goonewardena in South Asian Studies.

*** A dissertation workshop on the same theme will be held on May 3-6,  
2007. The workshop will explore the relationship between two types of  
historical and contemporary transformation: the formation of modern  
subjects and the formation of "the market" as a central feature of  
modern capitalism. Both ?the market" and modern subjects are produced  
through specific political programs, regimes of knowledge, forms of  
regulation and applications of force. They are also produced through  
cultural work in the media, in literature, and in the intimate spheres  
of family and community life. Researchers who place Asia at the center  
of their field of vision as they examine these complex dynamics are  
well positioned to contribute to debates that too often take  
capitalism as it arose in Europe as ?normal capitalism,? the fixed  
point from which variations can be assessed. Thus the workshop aims to  
foster new research that is at once empirical and theoretical. The  
workshop will take place over three days on the campus of the  
University of Toronto. It will include twelve students and four  
faculty members from a variety of disciplines and interdisciplinary  
fields. The costs of the workshop, meals, and accommodations will be  
covered by the Asian Institute at the University of Toronto. Travel  
will be subsidized up to a maximum of CDN$500 per participant.  
Applicants should seek additional travel grants from their home  
institutions, and consult with the Asian Institute if travel costs  
prove problematic. APPLICATION DEADLINE is JANUARY 15, 2007:
Applications consist of two items: 1) A current curriculum vitae. 2).  
An 8 to 10 page double spaced dissertation proposal. Alternatively, if  
the work is well underway, an 8 to 10 page double spaced description  
of the specific issues being addressed, the intellectual approach, and  
the materials being studied. Workshop participants will be selected on  
the content of the submitted projects, the potential for useful  
exchanges among them, and the benefits of including a wide range of  
disciplinary and interdisciplinary approaches and intellectual  
traditions. Applications should be sent by email attachment to  
asian.institute@utoronto.ca. Applicants will be informed whether or  
not they have been selected for the workshop by January 31st. For  
further information about the workshop or eligibility, please contact  
the workshop assistant at asian.institute@utoronto.ca.
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