Max Planck Institut für ethnologische Forschung

Writing-ups, Visiting Fellows and Guests 2022

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Dissertation Writing-up Fellows (in chronological order)

Denis Shedov (June–September 2022)

Dissertation: Legal aid in Mosques of Central Russia: between Bureaucratization and Civil Activism.

Guests (in chronological order)

Sumit Sonkar (February–July 2022)

Institution: Chinese University of Hong Kong
Dissertation: Progressive Constitutionalism in India: Examining Women’s Right to Access Hindu Temples and its Societal Harmonization
Position: Ph.D. Candidate

Quotes

There are really biographical moments in a research path. It can be an inspiring book, an enlightening conference, insightful fieldwork, and so on. For me, a fellowship at the Law and Anthropology Department has become such a biographical moment. I am absolutely sure it is one of the best places for legal anthropologists. The excellent library is available 24/7 (only this is enough to justify my previous statement), and many interesting events, discussions, and meetings take visitors to frontier science. However, the chief treasure of the Department is the unique interdisciplinary community. You feel it permanently, whether at the coffee points during small talks or in seminar rooms discussing working papers. The Law and Anthropology Department gives the important experience that you want to keep and share.
—Denis Shedov

Through the generous funding of the DAAD Short Term Research Grant, I was able to join the Department of Law, Max Planck Institute of Social Anthropology, Halle, as a guest to complete my doctoral dissertation. The time I have spent at Max Planck has allowed me to participate in the development of cutting-edge scholarship on pressing social issues, including human rights. I have also enjoyed participating in informed discussions on the unfolding of the Russia-Ukrainian War. I gained from being part of these vibrant discussions, and I am sure many of them would significantly contribute to critical legal scholarship. In addition, I have received new insights into some of my academic writing.
—Sumit Sonkar