RESEARCH POSITION IN HISTORY/ ECONOMIC HISTORY An ongoing research project, on production relations in Indian agriculture requires a historian/economic historian. The field work for the project, now being conducted in six villages of Trichy District, Tamil Nadu, consists of a detailed farm and household economy survey of about 400 agricultural households. The project requires a historian/economic historian who could take up the study of agrarian transformation in Trichy District over the last hundred years. This study would focus on both productive forces (irrigation systems, technical transformation in agriculture etc) and on relations of production (ownership structure, changes in class composition etc). The work would involve not only the study of archives and other written sources but also field work in the district, and especially in the study area of Kulithalai and Manapparai Taluks. The job should be finished in a period of one year and should result in a written report witl^|i that period on "The agrarian transformation in Trichy District during the last one hundred years, with special reference to Kulithalai and Manapparai taluks." The candidate should be a postgraduate degreeholder in history or economic history and he/she should preferably be working for Ph. D. in History/Economic History under a qualified guide. The material collected could be used for a Ph. D. thesis. He/ she is also expected to work in close consultation with the resident project member. Dr. Venkatesh Athreya. Knowledge of Tamil is essential. The appointment carries with it a salary of Rs 600 per month plus a daily allowance of Rs 15 for each working day, and also contingencies for books and other research material. Interested candidates may write to us immediately at the address given below enclosing a copy of their curriculum vitas, and a brief statement of their research interests and theoretical perspectives: Dr Venkatesh Athreya 59, Indian Bank Colony Tiruchirapalli 620 021.