Two PhD positions
The first PhD position focuses on the research project ‘Online Media and the Indian Hindu Diaspora in Europe‘. The project will carry out an ethnographic study of online practices and narratives around national belonging/Hindu nationalism among the Indian diaspora in the UK and Germany. The project will closely follow particular social media sites and user groups (Facebook/Twitter or website/online discussion groups).
The second PhD position focuses on the research project ‘Online Media and the Indian Muslim Diaspora in Europe‘. The project will carry out an ethnographic study of online practices, Muslim identities and narratives of national belonging among the Indian diaspora in the UK and Germany.
One postdoctoral position
The postdoc position focuses on the research project ‘New Media and Political Islam in India’. The study will map and analyze online media engagaemets of a major organization for political Islam in India (for e.g., Jamaat-i-Islami) using ethnographic techniques and discourse anlaysis.
Deadline for submission is 31 August 2017.