Deadline- 31 January 2013
Countries/Region- All Countries
School of Oriental and African Studies(SOAS),University of London offers funding opportunity to International applicant to pursue Saraswati Dalmia MPhil/PhD Scholarship the field of Modern and Contemporary Indian art in UK.
Saraswati Dalmia (1915—2010) was a scholar and a poet and belonged to the generation of women of the 30s who contributed to the struggle for independence in India.In her evolution as a significant writer, at a time when women were not encouraged to enter the public domain, her life acts as a beacon for the struggle to survive against tremendous odds.
This scholarship has been established with a donation by her daughter Yashodhara Dalmia, an art historian and an independent curator based in New Delhi. She has written widely on art and her several publications include Amrita Sher-Gil – A Life (Penguin/Viking, 2006), which is a comprehensive account of the life of one of India’s first modern artists.
There is one Saraswati Dalmia Scholarship for a MPhil/PhD student undertaking research in modern and contemporary Indian art. The value of the scholarship is £4,095 to be used towards tuition fees. The scholarship is for one year only and is not renewable.
Eligibility & Criteria–
- Open to UK/EU and overseas applicants.
- Applicants are expected to have an outstanding academic record, usually a 2.1 or first in their undergraduate degree and must normally possess or expect to be awarded a Merit or Distinction in their Masters Degree.
- Applicants must have an offer of admission in the Department of History of Art and Archaeology by the scholarship application deadline.
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