[INDOLOGY] Leverhulme Expression of Interest: Global Religion at Lancaster

Fri Oct 4 12:22:57 UTC 2024

The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) at Lancaster University is
now inviting expressions of interest from outstanding early career
researchers seeking support for their application to the Leverhulme Trust's
Early Career Fellowship scheme 2025.  Details of the funding opportunity
and eligibility criteria are given below.

The Global Religions subject area is interested in nominating outstanding
candidates working on any area of religion, and would particularly welcome
those working on topics involving *women and religion*, *decolonising
religion*, *religion and the Global South*, and *religion and storytelling*.
 In line with our longstanding institutional commitments to
interdisciplinarity, we are particularly enthusiastic about work which advance
scholarly understandings in ways that exceed a single field or discipline.

The Global Religions subject area is a comprised of

Professor Chakravarthi Ram-Prasad
<https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/ppr/people/chakravarthi-ram-prasad>

Professor Chris Partridge
<https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/ppr/people/Christopher-Partridge>

Dr Bihani Sarkar
<https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/arts-and-social-sciences/people/bihani-sarkar>

                Dr Shuruq Naguib
<https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/ppr/people/shuruq-naguib>

Dr Brian Black <https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/ppr/people/brian-black>

Dr Alyaa Ebbiary
<https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/arts-and-social-sciences/people/alyaa-ebbiary>

                Dr Gavin Hyman
<https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/ppr/people/gavin-hyman>

Dr Emmanuel Ossai
<https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/ppr/news/appointment-of-dr-emmanuel-chiwetalu-ossai>

Those seeking to apply should contact Professor Christopher Macleod, Head
of Department, with (i) a CV, (ii) the title of the intended project, (ii)
a 500-word description of the project (including aims, objectives,
methodology and outcomes), and (iv) the name of a proposed mentor.  Please
email ppr at lancaster.ac.uk with the title ‘Leverhulme Expression of
Interest: Global Religion by 1st November 2024, 5pm.

*The Funding Opportunity *

The Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowships scheme supports early career
researchers with a research record but who have not yet held a full-time
permanent academic post, to undertake a significant piece of publishable
work.

Fellowships are tenable for 3 years on a full-time basis.

   - Full details of this opportunity are available here
   <https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.leverhulme.ac.uk%2Fearly-career-fellowships&data=05%7C02%7Cchristopher.macleod%40lancaster.ac.uk%7Cb243b52ba3874d80980608dccb2db11b%7C9c9bcd11977a4e9ca9a0bc734090164a%7C0%7C0%7C638608644315486072%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=XnRaV%2FdsVmb3H7K2It4i27dW8rIrZHxZ6DbkqgEgKSE%3D&reserved=0>
   .
   - Applicants should also refer to the Leverhulme Trust’s approach to
   grant-making available here
   <https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.leverhulme.ac.uk%2Ffunding%2Four-approach-grant-making&data=05%7C02%7Cchristopher.macleod%40lancaster.ac.uk%7Cb243b52ba3874d80980608dccb2db11b%7C9c9bcd11977a4e9ca9a0bc734090164a%7C0%7C0%7C638608644315494660%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=TeB%2FXMVdgzavrWf90cUGrfVCRWxwaAl560YffDhuVM0%3D&reserved=0>
   .

*Eligibility Criteria  *

To be eligible for this call, the applicant:

·         Must have submitted their doctoral thesis for viva voce
examination by 20 February 2025, and not before 20 February 2021, unless
they have since had a career break.  (Those wishing to make a case for a
career break should present the case for interruption by a period of
maternity leave, family commitments, illness, or other exceptional
circumstances.)

·         Must either hold a degree (any degree) from a UK higher education
institution at the time of taking up the Fellowship or at the time of the
application deadline must hold an academic position in the UK (e.g.
fixed-term lectureship, fellowship) which commenced no less than 4 months
prior to the closing date.

   - Must not yet have held a full-time permanent academic post in a UK
   university or comparable UK institution.
   - Must not have previously been a PI on a 3-year project or held a
   comparable 3-year post-doctoral position to pursue their own research.
   - Must have moved institutions in the course of their academic career
   (e.g. between their undergraduate university and proposed host institution).

Thank you

Bihani Sarkar MA M.Phil D.Phil (Oxon.) FRHistS, FHEA,

Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Comparative Non-Western Thought,

Programme Director: *Global Religions*

Department of Politics, Philosophy and Religion,

Lancaster University.

For a full list of publications see: *Bihani Sarkar - Lancaster University
<https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/ppr/people/bihani-sarkar>*

*Books:*

*Heroic Shaktism: the Cult of Durga in Ancient Indian Kingship (OUP 2017):
<https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Facademic.oup.com%2Fbritish-academy-scholarship-online%2Fbook%2F35815&data=05%7C02%7Cb.sarkar1%40lancaster.ac.uk%7Cb0ccdd17569647973ea508dce469664e%7C9c9bcd11977a4e9ca9a0bc734090164a%7C0%7C0%7C638636388829326890%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=07iGu3FUhG1DfHZd77rO%2FMjZ%2FRb7S4gdHenBZ6LsrS0%3D&reserved=0>*

*Classical Sanskrit Tragedy: the Concept of Pathos and Suffering in
Medieval India
<https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bloomsbury.com%2Fuk%2Fclassical-sanskrit-tragedy-9781788311113%2F&data=05%7C02%7Cb.sarkar1%40lancaster.ac.uk%7Cb0ccdd17569647973ea508dce469664e%7C9c9bcd11977a4e9ca9a0bc734090164a%7C0%7C0%7C638636388829351215%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=B%2Bd99kmM4GzN1xRNUhWKGuEf4gJ9OFztyhgZ8QSZQcg%3D&reserved=0>
(Bloomsbury
Academic, 2021)*

*Latest Journal Article (peer-reviewed): The Politics of Memory: Tradition,
Decolonization and Challenging Hindutva, a Reflective Essay
<https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mdpi.com%2F2077-1444%2F15%2F5%2F564&data=05%7C02%7Cb.sarkar1%40lancaster.ac.uk%7Cb0ccdd17569647973ea508dce469664e%7C9c9bcd11977a4e9ca9a0bc734090164a%7C0%7C0%7C638636388829364364%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=f6L3B4MWZttA%2BLnOIS6vDcGc%2FVVerPeYvVPhqRSczLA%3D&reserved=0>
(Religions 2024,
15(5), 564)*

*Media (May 2024): BBC 4, Beyond Belief: Monsters and Gods
<https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fsounds%2Fplay%2Fm001z6j1&data=05%7C02%7Cb.sarkar1%40lancaster.ac.uk%7Cb0ccdd17569647973ea508dce469664e%7C9c9bcd11977a4e9ca9a0bc734090164a%7C0%7C0%7C638636388829376741%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=bm81x9MmqzC%2FmI%2BWb3MZwB479tLGNzU92PoLNz%2Fvps4%3D&reserved=0>*
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