Ph.D Humanities and Social Sciences at IISER Mohali Offline Course

The Department of Humanities Social Sciences is acquainted with the social, economic and ethical implications of scientific research to understand the historical and philosophical dimensions of knowledge production. The degree of this programme will be provided by the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research.

Ph.D. program shall be for a minimum duration of three years, including course work and a maximum of six years. Extension beyond the above limits will be governed by the relevant clauses as stipulated in the Statute/Ordinance of the individual Institution concerned.

Curriculum-

• Language skills A
• Language skills B
• History of Science
• Philosophy of Science
• Construction of identity and knowledge
• Concepts of space and time in the humanities
• Virtual art: Studio practice and theory
• Introduction to linguistics
• Identity, power and place
• Social theory: Concepts and debates
• Advanced qualitative research design and methods
• Literary appreciation
• The idea of evolution: before and after Darwin
• The social history of science in modern India, 1750-1950
• Women’s history of science
• Introduction to archaeology with special reference to the Indian subcontinent  
• Bones, stones and chromosomes: The story of our evolution
• From Plassey to Partition: A history of modern India
• India from prehistory to early history
• Ancient Greek Theatre: Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides
• Imagining India: An intellectual history of orientalism
• Intellectual and cultural sources of modernity
• Cities: Urban theory and laboratory
• Bodily encounters: Mobility, Migrancy and Movement
• Understanding Cultures: Past and present using fieldwork, laboratory and archives.
• The archaeology of Ancient Technologies
• The economic history of modern India
• The idea of India: Intellectual imaginary of the nation
• Epistemology and logic
• Philosophy of rationality
• Political philosophy

Electives-

• Construction of identity and knowledge
• Concepts of space and time in the humanities and social sciences
• Visual art: Studio practice and theory
• Introduction to linguistics
• Identity, power and place
• Social theory: concepts and debates
• Advanced qualitative research design and methods
• Literary appreciation
• The idea of evolution: Before and after Darwin
• The social history of science in modern India, 1780-1950
• Women’s history of science
• Archaeology of the world: A cultural quest into our global past
• Bones, stones & chromosomes: The story of our evolution
• From Plassey to partition: A history of modern India
• India from prehistory to early history
• Ancient greek theatre: Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides
• Imagining India: An intellectual history of orientalism
• Intellectual and cultural sources of modernity
• Cities: Urban theory and laboratory
• Bodily encounters: Mobility, migrancy and movement
• Understanding cultures: Past and present using fieldwork, laboratory and archives
• The archaeology of ancient technologies
• The economic history of modern India
• The idea of India: Intellectual imaginary of nation
• Epistemology of science
• Metaphysics of science
• Social theory and religion
• Epistemology and logic
• Philosophy of rationality
• Themes in infrastructure studies
• Political philosophy
• Climate change and sustainable development
• Reading records
• Ethnographic research and writing
• Advanced theory and method in Paleoanthropology
• Charlie Chaplin’s aesthetic universe
• Research methods in the humanities and social sciences
• Science and society
• Field course in palaeoanthropology and allied disciplines