Preference will be given to a PhD student based at the Graduate Institute, or in Switzerland with a valid Swiss residence/study permit. 

Period of contract:

• From May 2023 or later
• 1 year (extendable for a further 6 months
• 15-20 hours per week

Interested candidates should send their CVs with a brief covering email to tripurdaman.singh@graduateinstitute.ch 
 

Project Summary:

This project examines the process of decolonisation and transfer of power in the context of India’s Princely States. Long neglected as politically peripheral tin-pot autocracies, scholars are increasingly recovering these Princely States as important sites of imperial politics and important components of the imperial polity. ‘Raja and Praja’ builds on this turn in South Asian historiography to focus on public politics in the Princely States, and the role of political associations in the States in the negotiated dissolution of the princely order – as well as the wider process of decolonisation.

About the Role

The Research Assistant’s tasks will include:

• Undertaking archival research (mostly in Switzerland) and in digitised archives
• Undertaking desk-based secondary research
• Scanning and searching through archival catalogues and databases
• Project-related administrative tasks
• Potentially contributing to publications
• Supporting the general work of the project

Candidate Profile

• Demonstrated ability to carry out independent research
• Experience of archival research
• Some knowledge of South Asian history/historiography
• Good written and oral communication skills in English

Preference will be given to a PhD student based at the Graduate Institute, or in Switzerland with a valid Swiss residence/study permit. 

Period of contract:

April 2023 to March 2024 (extendable for a further 6 months)

15-20 hours per week

Interested candidates should send their CVs with a brief covering email to tripurdaman.singh@graduateinstitute.ch