MONTREAL/January 29, 2008—
The Quebec-India Visiting Scholar Awards Program is pleased to announce its first two awards. This initiative, jointly funded by the Quebec Ministry of International Relations and the participating Quebec universities, is coordinated by Concordia University. It aims to help build a community of researchers from across the province with an interest in India, and to offer an opportunity to deepen their connections with colleagues in India.
Dr. R. Raj Rao, from the University of Pune, was invited by Dr. Thomas Waugh of Concordia University. Dr. Rao combines an active creative writing career as a poet and novelist with highly respected scholarship in the field of Post-independence Indian literature and Queer Studies. He and Dr. Waugh will extend their previous work in India to establish a similar network of scholars, artists, writers, and filmmakers in Quebec to more effectively establish concrete frameworks for future collaboration.
Dr. Abdul Nafey, from Jawaharlal Nehru University, was invited by Dr. Marie McAndrew at the Canada Research Chair on Education and Ethnic Relations at Université de Montréal. Dr. Nafey is a specialist in International Studies, with a special focus on Canadian Studies and has conducted extensive research on minorities in India. He will participate in Dr. McAndrew’s colloquium Islam and Education in Pluralistic Societies: Transformations and Integration, and meet with Quebec researchers concerned with ethno-cultural diversity and education.
The Program encourages collaboration among scholars from many disciplines on topics of mutual interest. Grants are offered to Indian professors to spend one to four months in Quebec conducting research, networking, offering guest lectures and public events. A second round of funding has been opened.
For more information, contact Liselyn Adams, Associate Vice President, International, at (514) 848-2424 ext. 4820, or Liselyn.Adams@concordia.ca
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Tanya Churchmuch
Senior Media Relations Advisor
Concordia University
