In order to promote focused and original research, ICAS:MP consists of a Core Module and six Thematic Modules. The Core Module (CM) will function as the integrative centre of ICAS:MP, as a space for the reconstruction of historical entanglements and for the comparison of articulations of ‘the political’ across both regions and thematic fields. The Thematic Modules (TM) focus on the following key fields in which the political has taken shape in the last century:
TM1: History as a Political Category
TM2: Labour as a Political Category
TM3: Critiques and Renewals of Democracy
TM4: Normative Conflicts and Transformations
TM6: Political Economy of Growth and Distribution
TM7: Media and the Constitution of the Political (2021-2024, currently in preparation)
Parent Module/PM (retired): Poverty and Education
The Thematic Modules are coordinated by the following colleagues:
TM1: Profs. Andreas Gestrich (GHIL) and Shail Mayaram (CSDS);
TM2: Profs. Ravi Ahuja (CeMIS) and Rana Behal (Delhi University);
TM3: Profs. Srirupa Roy (CeMIS), Amita Baviskar (IEG/JNU) and Rupa Viswanath (CeMIS);
TM4: Profs. Martin Fuchs (MWK Erfurt) and Rajeev Bhargava (CSDS);
TM5: Prof. Samita Sen (Jadavpur University), Prof. Elisabeth Schömbucher-Kusterer (Würzburg);
TM6: Profs. Sabyasachi Kar (IEG), Oliver Kessler (MWK Erfurt), and Sebastian Vollmer (Goettingen)
PM: Prof. Andreas Gestrich (GHIL), Prof. Geetha Nambissan (JNU).