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YOUNG SCHOLARS BULLETIN # 59
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Information for young scholars in Humanities and Social Sciences: doctoral fellowships, postdoctoral fellowships, grants, conferences
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ИНФОРМАЦИОННЫЙ БЮЛЛЕТЕНЬ ДЛЯ МОЛОДЫХ УЧЕНЫХ № 59
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Информация для молодых гуманитариев: аспирантура, постдок, гранты, конференции
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DOCTORAL AND MASTERS FELLOWSHIPS / АСПИРАНТУРА И МАГИСТРАТУРА
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PH.D. POSITION FOR A PLURIDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH PROJECT ON CONVIVENCIA
starting on 15th February, 2016.
CONVIVENCIA is a joint research and fellowship program of four Max Planck Institutes: the Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz – Max Planck Institute (Prof. Dr. Gerhard Wolf), the Max Planck Institute for European Legal History, Frankfurt/Main (Prof. Dr. Thomas Duve), the Max Planck Institute for History of Science, Berlin (Prof. Dr. Jürgen Renn) and the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Halle/Saale (Prof. Dr. Günther Schlee).
Essential Duties & Responsibilities
The regional focus is not limited to the Mediterranean area as the name of the frame project might suggest. The role of the Halle component of this project is to explore the theme of organisation of ethnic and religious difference in wider regional and historical contexts for theory building based on comparative perspectives.
Project proposals should however, explicitly connect to the Convivencia topic. Those dealing with empires or (parts of) former empires are invited. The focus should be on modes of organising difference from jural, administrative and/or everyday life perspectives. Regionally, the department has its strength in Central Asia, Africa and the Muslim World. This focus is not exclusive, but projects on these regions would fit particularly well into comparative frameworks established at the institute. The project should link diachronic perspectives with present ways of life and modes of organization.
In view of recent developments, countries like Syria or Iraq would provide interesting cases for such a research. They meet the criterion of being part of former empires, both by their Ottoman heritage and by their French and English, respectively, colonial pasts. Different models of organizing ethnic and religious plurality have been tried there, locally or by means of interference from outside. Field research can be done about these issues among refugees in Europe, in neighbouring countries and in accessible parts of Syria and/or Iraq. Applicants with good knowledge of the Arabic language and local expertise in this region would be highly welcome and, in case of equal qualifications with others, might be given some preference.
Your Profile
Good field research skills, the ability to work in a team, and a good command of written and spoken English are required. Applicants for this Ph.D. position should hold a Masters degree in anthropology, sociology or a related discipline or submit evidence indicating that a MA dissertation will be finished and submitted before the designated starting date. Non-anthropologists should preferably be able to make use of anthropological research methods.
German language expertise is not required but learning German is encouraged, especially if relevant literature is available in German.
Our Offer
The position is awarded for three years. The workplace is Halle/Saale (Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany). We expect our PhD students to complete a one year period of fieldwork as part of their studies.
The Max Planck Society strives to employ more persons with disabilities and explicitly encourages applications. Furthermore, the Max Planck Society is committed to raising the proportion of women in underrepresented fields; we thus explicitly encourage applications by women.
Contact
Please submit your application electronically by 4 January 2016 following the link for vacancies on our homepage.
Applicants should send the following documentation:
cover letter
CV including list of publications
project proposal (five pages maximum)
photocopies of university degrees
names of two referees, whom Professor Günther Schlee may contact for confidential references
Read more: https://recruitingapp-5034.de.umantis.com/Vacancies/278/Description/2?CompanyID=&lang=eng
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PHD POSITIONS FOR DOCTORAL STUDENTS - ANTHROPOLOGY AND ARCHAEOLOGY
At:
Goethe Universität Frankfurt am Main
Location:
Frankfurt am Maim, Dermany
The research training group 1576/2 ‘Value and equivalence. The genesis and transformation of values from an archaeological and anthropological perspective’ funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) offers 11 PhD positions for doctoral students starting 1st of April 2016
· 1 Archaeology and Cultural History of the Near East
· 1 Cuneiform Studies
· 1 Archaeology and History of the Roman Provinces
· 2 Classical Archaeology (one of which will be situated at the TU Darmstadt)
· 1 Archaeology of Coinage, Money and the Economy of the Ancient World
· 2 Prehistory (Europe and Africa)
· 3 Social/Cultural Anthropology (Africa, North Amerika and South East Asia)
Employments on the basis of a 65% part-time fixed-term contract of 2 years with a possible 12-month extension. E13 according to the German pay scale. Travel expenses for conference journeys, research trips and analysis of archaeological material etc. will be covered by the research training group.
The research training group, which is based at the Goethe University Frankfurt and the TU Darmstadt, focuses on concepts of value and equivalence in relation to material culture in a broad geographical and chronological framework. Further information regarding the proposed PhD topics and the concept of the study programme of the research training group are available under www.value-and-equivalence.de
The language of the research training group is German. However, due to the internationality of the group, guest lectures and research projects often take place in German and English. Applications in English are welcome. Candidates without German language skills, will be expected to acquire a B2 competency after taking up the position. Residence in or near Frankfurt am Main is a requirement of the position.
The research training group and the universities involved have an equal opportunity policy and therefore explicitly encourage women to apply for the position. According to German law, under equal conditions disabled persons will be given preference. The Goethe-Universität was entitled to the audit familiengerechte hochschule in 2005. The Goethe University strives to create a family friendly work environment.
How to apply:
Please submit your comprehensive application and the required documents listed on the website via email to the spokesperson of the research training group by 17th January 2016.
Prof. Dr. Hans Peter Hahn
Graduiertenkolleg Wert und Äquivalent
Goethe-Universität Frankfurt
Norbert-Wollheim-Platz 1, Fach 50
60629 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
value@em.uni-frankfurt.de
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DOCTORAL STUDENTSHIP IN SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY
Deadline: 1 February 2016
Open to: researchers interested in social anthropology, covering topics of climate issues, migration, religion, gender, cultural heritage, technology, economy, health and indigenous peoples
Studentship: paid
Description
Research in Social Anthropology at School of Global Studies, Gothenburg University, covers a diversity of areas, which in different ways touch upon social and cultural processes. Climate issues, migration, religion, gender, cultural heritage, technology, economy, health and indigenous peoples are examples of some of the topics researchers and teachers are engaged in. The traditional focus of the subject is characterized by research that builds upon long-term empirical fieldwork and participatory observation.
The aim of the doctoral studentship is for the doctoral student to acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to be able to conduct research autonomously within Social Anthropology and to contribute to the development of knowledge within the discipline through the production of a scholarly thesis. Another aim is for the doctoral student to develop an ability to later apply the acquired knowledge and skills within post-degree research or other professional work.
Eligibility
An applicant meets the general entry requirements for third-cycle studies if he/she has obtained:
A degree at the second-cycle level;
At least 240 higher education credits, of which at least 60 must be at the second-cycle level;
Largely equivalent knowledge in other ways in Sweden or abroad.
Studentship
The position is limited to 4 years in duration and is carried out on a full-time basis unless there are acceptable reasons to the contrary (minimum 50%). The position may include departmental duties corresponding to up to 20% of a full-time post over the course of study. If such tasks are required, the duration of the appointment will be extended accordingly.
How to apply?
Mode of application is online.
Applicants must submit the following documents with their application:
Papers, degree projects and other relevant works, which will be assessed in terms of ability to formulate, delimit and analyse research tasks and present research results;
A project draft of maximum 2,000 words stating the applicant’s research interest(s) and planned focus area of his/her doctoral thesis;
The project draft must demonstrate familiarity with previous and current research as well as an ability to formulate scientific problems.
Read more: http://www.mladiinfo.eu/2015/12/14/doctoral-studentship-social-anthropology/#ixzz3uqHjmLO7
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DOCTORAL SCHOLARSHIPS
Contact
These are open to doctoral researchers from Germany and abroad who have at least a Masters level degree in history, theology or another discipline which works historically. They must have been pursuing their doctorate for no more than three years at the time of taking up the scholarship, though exceptions may be made in exceptional circumstances. It is not permitted to apply for a scholarship for the same dissertation topic in subsequent years. As a research institution that is not part of a university, the Institute does not hold any examinations and does not award any academic qualifications. Dissertations are completed under the supervision of the scholarship holder’s supervisor at her/his home university. However, it is possible for the doctoral research of a scholarship holder to be supervised by the directors of the Institute, should they agree to this, as they have the right to supervise doctorates for Mainz University.
Value of doctoral scholarships
1. Scholarship rates (from 01/01/2012)
The research scholarships of the IEG are jointly funded by the federal and state governments. The research scholarships are exclusively for the purpose of conducting the research project described in the application at the IEG. Thus, no other form of employment or funding can be pursued or availed of during the duration of the scholarship.
IEG doctoral scholarships have a monthly value of € 1,200.
2. Family allowance
Where the spouse of a scholarship holder resides in Germany and is not in receipt of income in excess of € 400 per month, the scholarship holder may receive an additional family allowance if this is applied for during the scholarship application and granted.
Deadline: February 1, 2016
Read more: http://www.ieg-mainz.de/en/studentships/promotion/doctoral-scholarships
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FULLY-FUNDED LIFE OF BREATH PHD OPPORTUNITY AT DURHAM UNIVERSITY
The Life of Breath research project (www.lifeofbreath.org<http://www.lifeofbreath.org>) at Durham University is offering a funded full-time anthropology PhD studentship, commencing Autumn 2016. The PhD student will study, record, analyse and reflect on the dynamics of the project’s special interest group as it evolves over time. This group will bring stakeholders with an interest in breath, breathing and breathlessness together to share information, knowledge and experience in a congenial setting. The closing date for applications is 17:00 GMT on Monday 1 February 2016.
For more information visit http://lifeofbreath.org/index.php/2015/12/16/fully-funded-life-of-breath-phd-at-durham-university/
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ST ANDREWS AHRC PHD STUDENTSHIPS
The School of Modern Languages at the University of St Andrews invites applications from PhD candidates for scholarships funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council.
St Andrews belongs to the Scottish Graduate School, a consortium of Higher Education institutions which has been awarded AHRC funding to support postgraduate studentships and training in the Arts and Humanities in Scotland:
The closing date for AHRC applications is Friday 8 January.
Read more: http://www.sgsah.ac.uk/dtp/
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POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS / ПОСТДОК
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THREE-YEAR RESIDENTIAL POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATE POSITION IN SOCIOCULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY (PRINCETON)
The Department of Anthropology invites applications for a three-year residential postdoctoral research associate position in sociocultural anthropology, to begin in July, 2016. Individuals who received the PhD in 2014 or later are eligible to apply; the PhD is required for appointment. The deadline for applications is January 15, 2016, at 11:59 pm EST.
We seek ethnographically and theoretically engaged scholars whose research, teaching and advising promise to expand the range of inquiry in our department and in the discipline by interrelating international and U.S. ethnography in novel ways. We especially welcome scholars whose ethnographic research advances understandings of transnationalism as a dimension of social life -- e.g., studies grounded in experiences of diaspora, education, governance, migration, religion, rights claiming, war, the professions, or fields of knowledge.
We are interested in scholars of unusual promise and originality who plan to pursue faculty positions after completing the third year of the appointment. The successful candidate will be appointed for three years, reviewed annually contingent upon satisfactory performance. In addition to salary and benefits, the postdoctoral research associate will be provided with an annual research fund. Postdoctoral research associates are eligible to apply for additional research funds from the University.
In addition to pursuing a personal research agenda, responsibilities will include teaching two courses each year (one each semester) and some advising of undergraduate majors' independent work. The courses will consist of our introductory course (Anthropology 201: "Foundational concepts in anthropology") and a seminar related to the researcher's research interests. The seminar may vary each year; we would not expect more than three course preparations over the six semesters of the fellowship (i.e., the annual offering of "Foundations" and two different seminars). Teaching and advising are contingent upon approval from the Dean of the Faculty. The researcher will be expected to participate in the intellectual life of the department and University during the full tenure of the appointment; the researcher will be provided with mentorship and opportunities to share work in progress.
Applicants should apply online and submit a cover letter summarizing their teaching and research interests, and research goals for the next three years. Application dossiers should also include a full cv, names and contact information for four referees, a writing sample (e.g., one or two dissertation chapters), and syllabi for two undergraduate courses in sociocultural anthropology (as outlined above). Applicants who are currently graduate students should provide evidence of their progress toward timely completion of the degree in the form of a letter from their department or committee chair, or their director of graduate studies.
Materials should be addressed to the Search Committee, Department of Anthropology Applications must be submitted online at: jobs.princeton.edu. This position is subject to the University's background check policy. Further information about the department - including the current faculty's areas of teaching and research -- can be found at http://www.princeton.edu/anthropology/
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GRANTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS / ГРАНТЫ И СТИПЕНДИИ
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INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIP AND MOBILITY SCHEME: FUNDING CALL
The British Academy is now inviting applications to its International Partnership and Mobility (IPM) Scheme 2015-16. The application form is now available on the Academy's online e-GAP application system: https://egap.britac.ac.uk
Applications must be submitted via e-GAP. Applicants must register, if they have not already done so, and follow the links to 'funding schemes' from the personal welcome page, and then the link to this scheme.
Purpose of the Scheme
One-year awards of £10,000 and three-year awards of up to £30,000 are available to support the development of research partnerships between UK scholars and scholars in Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, the Middle East, Eurasia, South Asia, East and South-East Asia. Awards cover any branch of the humanities and social sciences, and are intended to focus on collaborative research on a specific theme of mutual interest, rather than purely on establishing networks.
The scheme is intended to initiate the development of long-term, vigorous links between the UK and overseas scholars while encouraging an intra-regional exchange of expertise and knowledge sharing. There is an emphasis on innovative, new initiatives that broaden the UK research base as well as on sustainability, with a good prospect of the work attracting further future funds from other sources and the partnership becoming self-sustaining in the longer term. Partnerships can include a range of related activities, and mobility (in the form of visits in both directions, exchanges, etc.) should form an integral part of proposals.
This year the British Academy expects to make approximately 20 three-year awards and approximately 10 one-year awards.
In this round, a number of one-year partnerships will be co-funded by the Ministry of Science and Technology of Taiwan (MOST) and the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences (SASS).
Eligibility
Applicants must be of postdoctoral or equivalent status (i.e. academic staff with at least one or two years of teaching/research experience) and should be based in a research active institution for the duration of the award.
The principal applicant must be 'ordinarily resident' in the United Kingdom. The co-applicant must be an academic based in an institution in Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, the Middle East, Eurasia, South Asia, East or South-East Asia.
Level of Award
Grants are offered up to a maximum of £10,000 per year for a period of one year or three years.
For further information regarding the award, including a full list of eligibility criteria, please consult the award's Scheme Notes, available on e-GAP.
Deadline for submission of applications: 10 February 2016 (5pm UK time)
Results expected: June 2016
Earliest Start Date for Research: 1 September 2016
Read more: http://www.britac.ac.uk/funding/guide/intl/International_Partnership_and_Mobility.cfm
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LUDWIG-MAXILIMIANS-UNIVERSITÄT MÜNCHEN, 10 RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU) München ist one of the leading research universities in Europe, with a more than 500-year-long tradition. As part of the “LMU Academic Career Program”, LMU Munich will award
10 Research Fellowships
to excellent junior academics.
The program aims to attract outstanding postdoctoral researchers from all over the world. Applications are welcome from candidates of all disciplines who have completed their doctoral studies within the last three years with outstanding results. Applicants must present an independent research project as part of their application.
The project must be supported by a professor of LMU Munich. The fellows will become members of the Young Center of the Center for Advanced Studies and be able to make use of its services.
Endowment
Research fellows will receive an attractive salary according to the German “Tarifvertrag der Länder (TV-L)” (typically TV-L grade E 14). Applicants may apply for an additional start-up funding up to the amount of € 25,000 as well as for material and travel expenses of up to € 10,000 per year. In the first two years after the completion of their research fellowship, the fellows may be granted up to € 5,000 for continuing cooperation with LMU Munich. The fellowships are tenable for two years. In exceptional cases, it is possible to apply for an additional year of funding.
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München is an equal opportunity employer committed to excellence through diversity and therefore explicitly encourages women to apply. LMU Munich intends to enhance the diversity of its faculty members. Furthermore, disabled candidates with essentially equal qualifications will be given preference.
Closing date for applications is 29 February 2016. The fellowships should commence by October 2016.
Read more: https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=52258
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JSPS INVITATION FELLOWSHIPS FOR INTERNATIONAL APPLICANTS IN JAPAN, 2016
Applications are invited for JSPS invitation fellowships available for the researchers of all countries having diplomatic relations with Japan. JSPS conducts two programs (a short- and long-term program) under the Invitation Fellowship heading. These programs are intended to help advance the overseas researchers’ research activities while promoting science and internationalization in Japan. Up to 70 long term and 210 short term fellowships will be awarded (110 for Short-term 1st Recruitment and 100 for 2nd Recruitment). A few fellowships will be also awarded for Short-term S 1st Recruitment and 2nd Recruitment. Applications for this program must be submitted to JSPS by a host researcher in Japan through the head of his/her university or institution.
Study Subject(s): All fields of the humanities, social sciences and natural sciences are included under this program.
Course Level: Fellowships are available for carrying out research through long-term and short- term visits.
Scholarship Provider: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
Scholarship can be taken at: Japan
Eligibility:
Long-term [IF01]: As a rule, researchers who hold a full-time position in an overseas research institution and satisfy the following requirements:
-Be a citizen or a permanent resident of a country that has diplomatic relations with Japan (JSPS treats Taiwanese and Palestinian researchers in this manner). To be eligible, researchers of Japanese nationality residing overseas must have lived in the other country for at least 10 years and been actively engaged in research in that country throughout the period.
-Overseas researchers in a position equivalent to a university professor, associate professor or assistant professor in Japan as of 1 April 2016.
-Overseas researchers who do not have above-mentioned careers but received their doctorate degree prior to six years or more as of 1 April 2016 and are continuing to do research in a university or non-profit research institution.
Short-term [IF02]: As a rule, researchers who hold full-time positions in an overseas research institution and satisfy the following requirements:
-Be a citizen or a permanent resident of a country that has diplomatic relations with Japan (JSPS treats Taiwanese and Palestinian researchers in this manner). To be eligible, researchers of Japanese nationality residing overseas must have lived in the other country for at least 10 years and been actively engaged in research in that country throughout the period.
-Overseas researchers in a position equivalent to a university professor or associate professor as of 1 April 2016.
-Overseas researchers with an excellent record of research achievements.
Short-term S [IF03]:
-Be a citizen or a permanent resident of a country that has diplomatic relations with Japan (JSPS treats Taiwanese and Palestinian researchers in this manner). To be eligible, researchers of Japanese nationality residing overseas must have lived in the other country for at least 10 years and been actively engaged in research in that country throughout the period.
-Overseas researchers who are Nobel laureates or recipients of similarly high-level international prizes with exceptionally outstanding records of research achievements and who currently occupy a leading position in their subject field.
Scholarship Open for International Students: Researchers of all countries having diplomatic relations with Japan are eligible for these JSPS Invitation Fellowships.
Scholarship Description: The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) carries out programs that provide overseas researchers who have an excellent record of research achievements with an opportunity to conduct collaborative research, discussions, and opinion exchanges with researchers in Japan. These programs are intended to help advance the overseas researchers’ research activities while promoting science and internationalization in Japan.
Number of award(s): Approximately 70 fellowships are offered for Long-term, approximately 110 for Short-term 1st Recruitment and approximately 100 for 2nd Recruitment and a few fellowships will be awarded for Short-term S 1st Recruitment and 2nd Recruitment.
Duration of award(s):
Long-term [IF01]: 2 to 10 months (April 1, 2016–March 31, 2017 ).
Short-term [IF02]: 14 to 60 days 1st Recruitment: April 1, 2016–March 31, 2017 and 2nd Recruitment: October 1, 2016–March 31, 2017.
Short-term S [IF03]: 7 to 30 days 1st Recruitment: April 1, 2016–March 31, 2017 and 2nd Recruitment: October 1, 2016–March 31, 2017.
What does it cover? The fellowships will be awarded as follows:
-Long-term [IF01]: A round-trip air ticket (based on JSPS’s regulations), ¥387,600 per month maintenance allowance; overseas travel insurance and a research support allowance is available to cover cooperative research-related expenses. Application is made by the host researcher through his/her institution;
-Short-term [IF02]: A round-trip air ticket (based on JSPS’s regulations), ¥18,000 per day maintenance allowance; overseas travel insurance and a research support allowance is available to cover cooperative research-related expenses. Application is made by the host researcher through his/her institution;
-Short-term S [IF03]: A round-trip business-class air ticket (based on JSPS’s regulations, ¥42,000 per day maintenance allowance; overseas travel insurance and a research support allowance is available to cover cooperative research-related expenses. Application is made by the host researcher through his/her institution.
Selection Criteria: Selection for Long-term and Short-term fellowships will be based on the following criteria:
-That the collaboration will contribute to advancing science in Japan and the counterpart country.
-That the collaboration can be expected to advance research in the subject field.
-That the applicant (host researcher) and candidate have established contact in advance and created a concrete research plan.
-That the plan can be carried out within the period of the candidate’s fellowship tenure.
-That the plan has as its objective joint research or other collaborative activities between the researcher(s) in Japan and overseas researcher(s).
-That, as much as possible, preference is not given to the candidate’s nationality, host institution, or field of specialization.
Criteria for Short-term S fellowships:
-With more careful consideration given to the criteria listed under the Short-term category, the following are added:
-That the candidate is a Nobel laureate or of an equivalent level, possesses an exceptionally outstanding record of research achievements, and is currently leader in his/her subject field.
-That the candidate’s visit will contribute to raising the standard of research in the host institution and elevating Japan’s overall international scientific appraisal.
-That the host institution will provide an environment for the candidate to smoothly guide research activities, widely participate in joint research, and carry out other exchange activities. Other research institutions that s/he will visit are also to take sufficient steps to accommodate the visit.
Notification: Notification of the selection results will be made in writing to the head of the applicant’s institution around the following periods: Long-term [IF01]: Middle of January 2016, Short-term and Short-term S: 1st Recruitment: middle of January 2016 and 2nd Recruitment: middle of August 2016. Acceptance documents will be sent to the successful candidates. The names of the awardees, host researchers and institutions as well as their research themes are subject to public disclosure on JSPS’s website.
How to Apply: Host researchers, except for those under Pathway fellowships, are required to use JSPS’s web application system when applying for fellowships. Applications under this program must be submitted to JSPS by a host researcher in Japan via the head of his/her university or institution. Overseas researchers wishing to participate in the program are advised to establish contact with a Japanese or foreign-resident researcher in their field and to ask him/her to submit an application. Applications must be made using JSPS’s prescribe forms.
Scholarship Application Deadline: The application deadline for 1st recruitment (Long-term, Short-term and Short-term S) is September 4, 2015 and applications for 2nd recruitment (Short-term and Short-term S) will be accepted from April 26 till May 6, 2016.
Read more: http://scholarship-positions.com/jsps-invitation-fellowships-international-applicants-japan-2015/2014/06/11/?awt_l=MgDEo&awt_m=Ir62MAzq_FWHMG
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CONFERENCES, SUMMER SCHOOLS / КОНФЕРЕНЦИИ, ЛЕТНИЕ ШКОЛЫ
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SUMMER SCHOOL EHESS: THE UNITY OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCES?
Paris, Ecole des hautes études en sciences sociales
June 20-July 1, 2016
Hyper-specialization characterizes most, or all fields of academic studies. Medicine, history, economics or anthropology, are divided in internal subfields, often compartmentalized from each other and bearing little connection to the mother discipline. This hyper-specialization helped the development of all sciences, including the Social Sciences, but is often unsuitable to account for the complexity and scale of social processes. Culture, economics, politics, sexuality, the family, and technology shape each other in ways that demands a sobering return to broad scholarship and synthetic analysis and the capacity to move from economic models to historical narrative, from thick ethnography to global processes, from statistical analyses to hermeneutic understanding of everyday practices.
To find an inspiration for such model of scholarship, we need to look no further than at Adam Smith, Max Weber, Pareto, or Durkheim, all trained in philosophy, economics, history, political science, the study of religion, sociology, anthropology, and psychology. In order to make sense of the momentous changes undergone by their respective society, these thinkers borrowed freely from various disciplines and practiced Interdisciplinarity before the name was invented.
In the landscape of world academia, the EHESS has long stood out for the interdisciplinary character of its pedagogical and research program. This interdisciplinary tradition explains its sustained and steady flow of outstanding scholars such as Lucien Febvre, Claude Levi-Strauss, Fernand Braudel, Roland Barthes, Pierre Bourdieu, Jacques Derrida, Germaine Tillon (to quote only a few names). No other academic institution in the world has implemented more systematically the deliberate encounter of the Social and Human sciences in its teaching curriculum, most notably but not only: sociology with history, philosophy and literature, history and economics, philosophy and cognitive sciences, anthropology and sociology.
Because of this rich and unique intellectual tradition, the EHESS offers a Summer Program around the topic of The Unity of the Social Sciences through 4 intensive courses. These courses explore crucial questions:
a. How are we to criticize the models of economy which have become so dominant throughout the world? What does it mean to make economics more open to sociology and history?
b. How do the physical and social structure of cities change over time and how can we observe such changes? What is the agency of economic powers, government, social movements of various kinds, and the inhabitants themselves in this process?
c. How have technology, politics, and economics changed the nature of the family and of sexuality itself? What is the future of the family in the face of the radical changes undergone by gender, sexuality and reproduction?
d. How do corporations, the nation-state and culture interlock with global processes and transform the structure of modern lives?
The Unity of the Social Sciences Summer School at the EHESS brings together a large group of outstanding scholars whose aim will be to raise innovative questions about the economy, the city, globalization, and the family.
Students of all institutions and disciplines are invited to join us for a fascinating cluster of 4 classes during which they will be able to hear lectures by anthropologists, historians, sociologists, legal scholars, among which Michel Agier, Mathieu Arnoux, Alain Blum, Laurent Berger, Eve Chiapello, Maurizio Gribaudi, Eva Illouz, Sébastien Lechevalier, Otto Pfersmann, Enrique Porqueres, Alessandro Stanziani, Christian Topalov, Valeria Siniscalchi, Isabelle Thireau and others. Courses will be organized by seminar leaders, but will include invited guest lecturers who will discuss for 1-2 hours their research with the seminar leader and the students. The summer school will also include two lectures opened to the broad audience, one with Thomas Piketty, the second with Jean-Louis Fabiani and two intensive workshops on students’ research projects of the students. The purpose of these doctoral workshops will be to help students to think about and discuss the interdisciplinarity of their projects. All courses and readings will be in English.
1. Critique of Economic Reason: economists, historians, sociologists (seminar leader: Eva Illouz; invited speakers: Mathieu Arnoux, Eve Chiapello, Sébastien Lechevalier, Valeria Siniscalchi)
2. The changing structure of cities (seminar leader: Christian Topalov; invited speakers: Michel Agier, Maurizio Gribaudi, Eleonora Elguezabal)
3. Which future to the family? The family in Traditional and Modern Societies (seminar leader: Eva Illouz and Allison Pugh; invited speakers: Alain Blum, Enrique Porqueres)
4. Global Histories (seminar leader: Alessandro Stanziani; invited speakers: Laurent Berger, Otto Pfersmann, Isabelle Thireau)
Academic Director: Prof. Dr. Eva Illouz
Coordinator : Nathalie Courtois (nathalie.courtois@ehess.fr)
APPLICATION
The summer school is open to masters, PhD students, postdoc and young faculty. Students to the Summer School will undergo a process of selection on the basis of letter of motivation, recommendation letters, CV, and research interests.
Registration fees, lunches, Metro pass valid for 2 weeks: 500 €
Accommodation at Cité universitaire: 750 €
Total fees: 1250 €
It is possible to pay only the registration fees, lunches at Alliance française and Metro pass, without the stay at the Cité universitaire for students having other possibilities for accommodation in Paris.
NB: Students have to cover their travel expenses. However, students who cannot get a scholarship and do not have any resources for participating in the summer school may apply, two or three candidates having passed the selection may get their expenses covered by the Excellence Laboratory Tepsis.
The selected students will have to proceed by themselves with formalities to obtain their visa or migration documents, if required. The EHESS will provide an invitation letter.
The summer school is open to 5 EHESS students tuition-free, based on an application and selection. The EHESS students will be asked to help the students coming from abroad when they need.
Materials for Application
Motivation letter
Curriculum Vitae
Summary of the Research project (1-2 pages)
Research project
Letter of recommendation from the advisor or from and/or other accredited teachers
English level required: B2
Document proving registration as student in a foreign university or at EHESS
Document proving valid health insurance covering the stay in Paris (to be provided after the selection process)
Deadline for application: January 15, 2016
To be sent to: summerschool16@ehess.fr
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VARIA / РАЗНОЕ
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TEACHING FELLOW IN RUSSIAN
University of Saint Andrews
Deadline: January 4, 2016
The School of Modern Languages is seeking to
appoint a full time Teaching Fellow in Russian
for a period of 5 months from 25 January 2016
– 23 June 2016. You will be expected to hold a
PhD or to be close to completion of a PhD, and
should possess native or near-native language
skills in Russian and English. Applications are
invited from candidates with a specialist interest
in any area of Russian studies, and a preference
may be given to applicants able to teach Russian
language classes at an advanced level.
https://www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/AO1042JC
SOCIETY FOR THE HISTORY OF IDEAS IN ST. PETERSBURG
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YOUNG SCHOLARS BULLETIN # 59
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Information for young scholars in Humanities and Social Sciences: doctoral fellowships, postdoctoral fellowships, grants, conferences
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DOCTORAL AND MASTERS FELLOWSHIPS / АСПИРАНТУРА И МАГИСТРАТУРА
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PH.D. POSITION FOR A PLURIDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH PROJECT ON CONVIVENCIA
starting on 15th February, 2016.
CONVIVENCIA is a joint research and fellowship program of four Max Planck Institutes: the Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz – Max Planck Institute (Prof. Dr. Gerhard Wolf), the Max Planck Institute for European Legal History, Frankfurt/Main (Prof. Dr. Thomas Duve), the Max Planck Institute for History of Science, Berlin (Prof. Dr. Jürgen Renn) and the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Halle/Saale (Prof. Dr. Günther Schlee).
Essential Duties & Responsibilities
The regional focus is not limited to the Mediterranean area as the name of the frame project might suggest. The role of the Halle component of this project is to explore the theme of organisation of ethnic and religious difference in wider regional and historical contexts for theory building based on comparative perspectives.
Project proposals should however, explicitly connect to the Convivencia topic. Those dealing with empires or (parts of) former empires are invited. The focus should be on modes of organising difference from jural, administrative and/or everyday life perspectives. Regionally, the department has its strength in Central Asia, Africa and the Muslim World. This focus is not exclusive, but projects on these regions would fit particularly well into comparative frameworks established at the institute. The project should link diachronic perspectives with present ways of life and modes of organization.
In view of recent developments, countries like Syria or Iraq would provide interesting cases for such a research. They meet the criterion of being part of former empires, both by their Ottoman heritage and by their French and English, respectively, colonial pasts. Different models of organizing ethnic and religious plurality have been tried there, locally or by means of interference from outside. Field research can be done about these issues among refugees in Europe, in neighbouring countries and in accessible parts of Syria and/or Iraq. Applicants with good knowledge of the Arabic language and local expertise in this region would be highly welcome and, in case of equal qualifications with others, might be given some preference.
Your Profile
Good field research skills, the ability to work in a team, and a good command of written and spoken English are required. Applicants for this Ph.D. position should hold a Masters degree in anthropology, sociology or a related discipline or submit evidence indicating that a MA dissertation will be finished and submitted before the designated starting date. Non-anthropologists should preferably be able to make use of anthropological research methods.
German language expertise is not required but learning German is encouraged, especially if relevant literature is available in German.
Our Offer
The position is awarded for three years. The workplace is Halle/Saale (Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany). We expect our PhD students to complete a one year period of fieldwork as part of their studies.
The Max Planck Society strives to employ more persons with disabilities and explicitly encourages applications. Furthermore, the Max Planck Society is committed to raising the proportion of women in underrepresented fields; we thus explicitly encourage applications by women.
Contact
Please submit your application electronically by 4 January 2016 following the link for vacancies on our homepage.
Applicants should send the following documentation:
cover letter
CV including list of publications
project proposal (five pages maximum)
photocopies of university degrees
names of two referees, whom Professor Günther Schlee may contact for confidential references
Read more: https://recruitingapp-5034.de.umantis.com/Vacancies/278/Description/2?CompanyID=&lang=eng
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PHD POSITIONS FOR DOCTORAL STUDENTS - ANTHROPOLOGY AND ARCHAEOLOGY
At:
Goethe Universität Frankfurt am Main
Location:
Frankfurt am Maim, Dermany
The research training group 1576/2 ‘Value and equivalence. The genesis and transformation of values from an archaeological and anthropological perspective’ funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) offers 11 PhD positions for doctoral students starting 1st of April 2016
· 1 Archaeology and Cultural History of the Near East
· 1 Cuneiform Studies
· 1 Archaeology and History of the Roman Provinces
· 2 Classical Archaeology (one of which will be situated at the TU Darmstadt)
· 1 Archaeology of Coinage, Money and the Economy of the Ancient World
· 2 Prehistory (Europe and Africa)
· 3 Social/Cultural Anthropology (Africa, North Amerika and South East Asia)
Employments on the basis of a 65% part-time fixed-term contract of 2 years with a possible 12-month extension. E13 according to the German pay scale. Travel expenses for conference journeys, research trips and analysis of archaeological material etc. will be covered by the research training group.
The research training group, which is based at the Goethe University Frankfurt and the TU Darmstadt, focuses on concepts of value and equivalence in relation to material culture in a broad geographical and chronological framework. Further information regarding the proposed PhD topics and the concept of the study programme of the research training group are available under www.value-and-equivalence.de
The language of the research training group is German. However, due to the internationality of the group, guest lectures and research projects often take place in German and English. Applications in English are welcome. Candidates without German language skills, will be expected to acquire a B2 competency after taking up the position. Residence in or near Frankfurt am Main is a requirement of the position.
The research training group and the universities involved have an equal opportunity policy and therefore explicitly encourage women to apply for the position. According to German law, under equal conditions disabled persons will be given preference. The Goethe-Universität was entitled to the audit familiengerechte hochschule in 2005. The Goethe University strives to create a family friendly work environment.
How to apply:
Please submit your comprehensive application and the required documents listed on the website via email to the spokesperson of the research training group by 17th January 2016.
Prof. Dr. Hans Peter Hahn
Graduiertenkolleg Wert und Äquivalent
Goethe-Universität Frankfurt
Norbert-Wollheim-Platz 1, Fach 50
60629 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
value@em.uni-frankfurt.de
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DOCTORAL STUDENTSHIP IN SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY
Deadline: 1 February 2016
Open to: researchers interested in social anthropology, covering topics of climate issues, migration, religion, gender, cultural heritage, technology, economy, health and indigenous peoples
Studentship: paid
Description
Research in Social Anthropology at School of Global Studies, Gothenburg University, covers a diversity of areas, which in different ways touch upon social and cultural processes. Climate issues, migration, religion, gender, cultural heritage, technology, economy, health and indigenous peoples are examples of some of the topics researchers and teachers are engaged in. The traditional focus of the subject is characterized by research that builds upon long-term empirical fieldwork and participatory observation.
The aim of the doctoral studentship is for the doctoral student to acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to be able to conduct research autonomously within Social Anthropology and to contribute to the development of knowledge within the discipline through the production of a scholarly thesis. Another aim is for the doctoral student to develop an ability to later apply the acquired knowledge and skills within post-degree research or other professional work.
Eligibility
An applicant meets the general entry requirements for third-cycle studies if he/she has obtained:
A degree at the second-cycle level;
At least 240 higher education credits, of which at least 60 must be at the second-cycle level;
Largely equivalent knowledge in other ways in Sweden or abroad.
Studentship
The position is limited to 4 years in duration and is carried out on a full-time basis unless there are acceptable reasons to the contrary (minimum 50%). The position may include departmental duties corresponding to up to 20% of a full-time post over the course of study. If such tasks are required, the duration of the appointment will be extended accordingly.
How to apply?
Mode of application is online.
Applicants must submit the following documents with their application:
Papers, degree projects and other relevant works, which will be assessed in terms of ability to formulate, delimit and analyse research tasks and present research results;
A project draft of maximum 2,000 words stating the applicant’s research interest(s) and planned focus area of his/her doctoral thesis;
The project draft must demonstrate familiarity with previous and current research as well as an ability to formulate scientific problems.
Read more: http://www.mladiinfo.eu/2015/12/14/doctoral-studentship-social-anthropology/#ixzz3uqHjmLO7
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DOCTORAL SCHOLARSHIPS
Contact
These are open to doctoral researchers from Germany and abroad who have at least a Masters level degree in history, theology or another discipline which works historically. They must have been pursuing their doctorate for no more than three years at the time of taking up the scholarship, though exceptions may be made in exceptional circumstances. It is not permitted to apply for a scholarship for the same dissertation topic in subsequent years. As a research institution that is not part of a university, the Institute does not hold any examinations and does not award any academic qualifications. Dissertations are completed under the supervision of the scholarship holder’s supervisor at her/his home university. However, it is possible for the doctoral research of a scholarship holder to be supervised by the directors of the Institute, should they agree to this, as they have the right to supervise doctorates for Mainz University.
Value of doctoral scholarships
1. Scholarship rates (from 01/01/2012)
The research scholarships of the IEG are jointly funded by the federal and state governments. The research scholarships are exclusively for the purpose of conducting the research project described in the application at the IEG. Thus, no other form of employment or funding can be pursued or availed of during the duration of the scholarship.
IEG doctoral scholarships have a monthly value of € 1,200.
2. Family allowance
Where the spouse of a scholarship holder resides in Germany and is not in receipt of income in excess of € 400 per month, the scholarship holder may receive an additional family allowance if this is applied for during the scholarship application and granted.
Deadline: February 1, 2016
Read more: http://www.ieg-mainz.de/en/studentships/promotion/doctoral-scholarships
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FULLY-FUNDED LIFE OF BREATH PHD OPPORTUNITY AT DURHAM UNIVERSITY
The Life of Breath research project (www.lifeofbreath.org<http://www.lifeofbreath.org>) at Durham University is offering a funded full-time anthropology PhD studentship, commencing Autumn 2016. The PhD student will study, record, analyse and reflect on the dynamics of the project’s special interest group as it evolves over time. This group will bring stakeholders with an interest in breath, breathing and breathlessness together to share information, knowledge and experience in a congenial setting. The closing date for applications is 17:00 GMT on Monday 1 February 2016.
For more information visit http://lifeofbreath.org/index.php/2015/12/16/fully-funded-life-of-breath-phd-at-durham-university/
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ST ANDREWS AHRC PHD STUDENTSHIPS
The School of Modern Languages at the University of St Andrews invites applications from PhD candidates for scholarships funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council.
St Andrews belongs to the Scottish Graduate School, a consortium of Higher Education institutions which has been awarded AHRC funding to support postgraduate studentships and training in the Arts and Humanities in Scotland:
The closing date for AHRC applications is Friday 8 January.
Read more: http://www.sgsah.ac.uk/dtp/
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POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS / ПОСТДОК
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THREE-YEAR RESIDENTIAL POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATE POSITION IN SOCIOCULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY (PRINCETON)
The Department of Anthropology invites applications for a three-year residential postdoctoral research associate position in sociocultural anthropology, to begin in July, 2016. Individuals who received the PhD in 2014 or later are eligible to apply; the PhD is required for appointment. The deadline for applications is January 15, 2016, at 11:59 pm EST.
We seek ethnographically and theoretically engaged scholars whose research, teaching and advising promise to expand the range of inquiry in our department and in the discipline by interrelating international and U.S. ethnography in novel ways. We especially welcome scholars whose ethnographic research advances understandings of transnationalism as a dimension of social life -- e.g., studies grounded in experiences of diaspora, education, governance, migration, religion, rights claiming, war, the professions, or fields of knowledge.
We are interested in scholars of unusual promise and originality who plan to pursue faculty positions after completing the third year of the appointment. The successful candidate will be appointed for three years, reviewed annually contingent upon satisfactory performance. In addition to salary and benefits, the postdoctoral research associate will be provided with an annual research fund. Postdoctoral research associates are eligible to apply for additional research funds from the University.
In addition to pursuing a personal research agenda, responsibilities will include teaching two courses each year (one each semester) and some advising of undergraduate majors' independent work. The courses will consist of our introductory course (Anthropology 201: "Foundational concepts in anthropology") and a seminar related to the researcher's research interests. The seminar may vary each year; we would not expect more than three course preparations over the six semesters of the fellowship (i.e., the annual offering of "Foundations" and two different seminars). Teaching and advising are contingent upon approval from the Dean of the Faculty. The researcher will be expected to participate in the intellectual life of the department and University during the full tenure of the appointment; the researcher will be provided with mentorship and opportunities to share work in progress.
Applicants should apply online and submit a cover letter summarizing their teaching and research interests, and research goals for the next three years. Application dossiers should also include a full cv, names and contact information for four referees, a writing sample (e.g., one or two dissertation chapters), and syllabi for two undergraduate courses in sociocultural anthropology (as outlined above). Applicants who are currently graduate students should provide evidence of their progress toward timely completion of the degree in the form of a letter from their department or committee chair, or their director of graduate studies.
Materials should be addressed to the Search Committee, Department of Anthropology Applications must be submitted online at: jobs.princeton.edu. This position is subject to the University's background check policy. Further information about the department - including the current faculty's areas of teaching and research -- can be found at http://www.princeton.edu/anthropology/
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GRANTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS / ГРАНТЫ И СТИПЕНДИИ
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INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIP AND MOBILITY SCHEME: FUNDING CALL
The British Academy is now inviting applications to its International Partnership and Mobility (IPM) Scheme 2015-16. The application form is now available on the Academy's online e-GAP application system: https://egap.britac.ac.uk
Applications must be submitted via e-GAP. Applicants must register, if they have not already done so, and follow the links to 'funding schemes' from the personal welcome page, and then the link to this scheme.
Purpose of the Scheme
One-year awards of £10,000 and three-year awards of up to £30,000 are available to support the development of research partnerships between UK scholars and scholars in Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, the Middle East, Eurasia, South Asia, East and South-East Asia. Awards cover any branch of the humanities and social sciences, and are intended to focus on collaborative research on a specific theme of mutual interest, rather than purely on establishing networks.
The scheme is intended to initiate the development of long-term, vigorous links between the UK and overseas scholars while encouraging an intra-regional exchange of expertise and knowledge sharing. There is an emphasis on innovative, new initiatives that broaden the UK research base as well as on sustainability, with a good prospect of the work attracting further future funds from other sources and the partnership becoming self-sustaining in the longer term. Partnerships can include a range of related activities, and mobility (in the form of visits in both directions, exchanges, etc.) should form an integral part of proposals.
This year the British Academy expects to make approximately 20 three-year awards and approximately 10 one-year awards.
In this round, a number of one-year partnerships will be co-funded by the Ministry of Science and Technology of Taiwan (MOST) and the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences (SASS).
Eligibility
Applicants must be of postdoctoral or equivalent status (i.e. academic staff with at least one or two years of teaching/research experience) and should be based in a research active institution for the duration of the award.
The principal applicant must be 'ordinarily resident' in the United Kingdom. The co-applicant must be an academic based in an institution in Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, the Middle East, Eurasia, South Asia, East or South-East Asia.
Level of Award
Grants are offered up to a maximum of £10,000 per year for a period of one year or three years.
For further information regarding the award, including a full list of eligibility criteria, please consult the award's Scheme Notes, available on e-GAP.
Deadline for submission of applications: 10 February 2016 (5pm UK time)
Results expected: June 2016
Earliest Start Date for Research: 1 September 2016
Read more: http://www.britac.ac.uk/funding/guide/intl/International_Partnership_and_Mobility.cfm
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LUDWIG-MAXILIMIANS-UNIVERSITÄT MÜNCHEN, 10 RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU) München ist one of the leading research universities in Europe, with a more than 500-year-long tradition. As part of the “LMU Academic Career Program”, LMU Munich will award
10 Research Fellowships
to excellent junior academics.
The program aims to attract outstanding postdoctoral researchers from all over the world. Applications are welcome from candidates of all disciplines who have completed their doctoral studies within the last three years with outstanding results. Applicants must present an independent research project as part of their application.
The project must be supported by a professor of LMU Munich. The fellows will become members of the Young Center of the Center for Advanced Studies and be able to make use of its services.
Endowment
Research fellows will receive an attractive salary according to the German “Tarifvertrag der Länder (TV-L)” (typically TV-L grade E 14). Applicants may apply for an additional start-up funding up to the amount of € 25,000 as well as for material and travel expenses of up to € 10,000 per year. In the first two years after the completion of their research fellowship, the fellows may be granted up to € 5,000 for continuing cooperation with LMU Munich. The fellowships are tenable for two years. In exceptional cases, it is possible to apply for an additional year of funding.
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München is an equal opportunity employer committed to excellence through diversity and therefore explicitly encourages women to apply. LMU Munich intends to enhance the diversity of its faculty members. Furthermore, disabled candidates with essentially equal qualifications will be given preference.
Closing date for applications is 29 February 2016. The fellowships should commence by October 2016.
Read more: https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=52258
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JSPS INVITATION FELLOWSHIPS FOR INTERNATIONAL APPLICANTS IN JAPAN, 2016
Applications are invited for JSPS invitation fellowships available for the researchers of all countries having diplomatic relations with Japan. JSPS conducts two programs (a short- and long-term program) under the Invitation Fellowship heading. These programs are intended to help advance the overseas researchers’ research activities while promoting science and internationalization in Japan. Up to 70 long term and 210 short term fellowships will be awarded (110 for Short-term 1st Recruitment and 100 for 2nd Recruitment). A few fellowships will be also awarded for Short-term S 1st Recruitment and 2nd Recruitment. Applications for this program must be submitted to JSPS by a host researcher in Japan through the head of his/her university or institution.
Study Subject(s): All fields of the humanities, social sciences and natural sciences are included under this program.
Course Level: Fellowships are available for carrying out research through long-term and short- term visits.
Scholarship Provider: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
Scholarship can be taken at: Japan
Eligibility:
Long-term [IF01]: As a rule, researchers who hold a full-time position in an overseas research institution and satisfy the following requirements:
-Be a citizen or a permanent resident of a country that has diplomatic relations with Japan (JSPS treats Taiwanese and Palestinian researchers in this manner). To be eligible, researchers of Japanese nationality residing overseas must have lived in the other country for at least 10 years and been actively engaged in research in that country throughout the period.
-Overseas researchers in a position equivalent to a university professor, associate professor or assistant professor in Japan as of 1 April 2016.
-Overseas researchers who do not have above-mentioned careers but received their doctorate degree prior to six years or more as of 1 April 2016 and are continuing to do research in a university or non-profit research institution.
Short-term [IF02]: As a rule, researchers who hold full-time positions in an overseas research institution and satisfy the following requirements:
-Be a citizen or a permanent resident of a country that has diplomatic relations with Japan (JSPS treats Taiwanese and Palestinian researchers in this manner). To be eligible, researchers of Japanese nationality residing overseas must have lived in the other country for at least 10 years and been actively engaged in research in that country throughout the period.
-Overseas researchers in a position equivalent to a university professor or associate professor as of 1 April 2016.
-Overseas researchers with an excellent record of research achievements.
Short-term S [IF03]:
-Be a citizen or a permanent resident of a country that has diplomatic relations with Japan (JSPS treats Taiwanese and Palestinian researchers in this manner). To be eligible, researchers of Japanese nationality residing overseas must have lived in the other country for at least 10 years and been actively engaged in research in that country throughout the period.
-Overseas researchers who are Nobel laureates or recipients of similarly high-level international prizes with exceptionally outstanding records of research achievements and who currently occupy a leading position in their subject field.
Scholarship Open for International Students: Researchers of all countries having diplomatic relations with Japan are eligible for these JSPS Invitation Fellowships.
Scholarship Description: The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) carries out programs that provide overseas researchers who have an excellent record of research achievements with an opportunity to conduct collaborative research, discussions, and opinion exchanges with researchers in Japan. These programs are intended to help advance the overseas researchers’ research activities while promoting science and internationalization in Japan.
Number of award(s): Approximately 70 fellowships are offered for Long-term, approximately 110 for Short-term 1st Recruitment and approximately 100 for 2nd Recruitment and a few fellowships will be awarded for Short-term S 1st Recruitment and 2nd Recruitment.
Duration of award(s):
Long-term [IF01]: 2 to 10 months (April 1, 2016–March 31, 2017 ).
Short-term [IF02]: 14 to 60 days 1st Recruitment: April 1, 2016–March 31, 2017 and 2nd Recruitment: October 1, 2016–March 31, 2017.
Short-term S [IF03]: 7 to 30 days 1st Recruitment: April 1, 2016–March 31, 2017 and 2nd Recruitment: October 1, 2016–March 31, 2017.
What does it cover? The fellowships will be awarded as follows:
-Long-term [IF01]: A round-trip air ticket (based on JSPS’s regulations), ¥387,600 per month maintenance allowance; overseas travel insurance and a research support allowance is available to cover cooperative research-related expenses. Application is made by the host researcher through his/her institution;
-Short-term [IF02]: A round-trip air ticket (based on JSPS’s regulations), ¥18,000 per day maintenance allowance; overseas travel insurance and a research support allowance is available to cover cooperative research-related expenses. Application is made by the host researcher through his/her institution;
-Short-term S [IF03]: A round-trip business-class air ticket (based on JSPS’s regulations, ¥42,000 per day maintenance allowance; overseas travel insurance and a research support allowance is available to cover cooperative research-related expenses. Application is made by the host researcher through his/her institution.
Selection Criteria: Selection for Long-term and Short-term fellowships will be based on the following criteria:
-That the collaboration will contribute to advancing science in Japan and the counterpart country.
-That the collaboration can be expected to advance research in the subject field.
-That the applicant (host researcher) and candidate have established contact in advance and created a concrete research plan.
-That the plan can be carried out within the period of the candidate’s fellowship tenure.
-That the plan has as its objective joint research or other collaborative activities between the researcher(s) in Japan and overseas researcher(s).
-That, as much as possible, preference is not given to the candidate’s nationality, host institution, or field of specialization.
Criteria for Short-term S fellowships:
-With more careful consideration given to the criteria listed under the Short-term category, the following are added:
-That the candidate is a Nobel laureate or of an equivalent level, possesses an exceptionally outstanding record of research achievements, and is currently leader in his/her subject field.
-That the candidate’s visit will contribute to raising the standard of research in the host institution and elevating Japan’s overall international scientific appraisal.
-That the host institution will provide an environment for the candidate to smoothly guide research activities, widely participate in joint research, and carry out other exchange activities. Other research institutions that s/he will visit are also to take sufficient steps to accommodate the visit.
Notification: Notification of the selection results will be made in writing to the head of the applicant’s institution around the following periods: Long-term [IF01]: Middle of January 2016, Short-term and Short-term S: 1st Recruitment: middle of January 2016 and 2nd Recruitment: middle of August 2016. Acceptance documents will be sent to the successful candidates. The names of the awardees, host researchers and institutions as well as their research themes are subject to public disclosure on JSPS’s website.
How to Apply: Host researchers, except for those under Pathway fellowships, are required to use JSPS’s web application system when applying for fellowships. Applications under this program must be submitted to JSPS by a host researcher in Japan via the head of his/her university or institution. Overseas researchers wishing to participate in the program are advised to establish contact with a Japanese or foreign-resident researcher in their field and to ask him/her to submit an application. Applications must be made using JSPS’s prescribe forms.
Scholarship Application Deadline: The application deadline for 1st recruitment (Long-term, Short-term and Short-term S) is September 4, 2015 and applications for 2nd recruitment (Short-term and Short-term S) will be accepted from April 26 till May 6, 2016.
Read more: http://scholarship-positions.com/jsps-invitation-fellowships-international-applicants-japan-2015/2014/06/11/?awt_l=MgDEo&awt_m=Ir62MAzq_FWHMG
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CONFERENCES, SUMMER SCHOOLS / КОНФЕРЕНЦИИ, ЛЕТНИЕ ШКОЛЫ
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SUMMER SCHOOL EHESS: THE UNITY OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCES?
Paris, Ecole des hautes études en sciences sociales
June 20-July 1, 2016
Hyper-specialization characterizes most, or all fields of academic studies. Medicine, history, economics or anthropology, are divided in internal subfields, often compartmentalized from each other and bearing little connection to the mother discipline. This hyper-specialization helped the development of all sciences, including the Social Sciences, but is often unsuitable to account for the complexity and scale of social processes. Culture, economics, politics, sexuality, the family, and technology shape each other in ways that demands a sobering return to broad scholarship and synthetic analysis and the capacity to move from economic models to historical narrative, from thick ethnography to global processes, from statistical analyses to hermeneutic understanding of everyday practices.
To find an inspiration for such model of scholarship, we need to look no further than at Adam Smith, Max Weber, Pareto, or Durkheim, all trained in philosophy, economics, history, political science, the study of religion, sociology, anthropology, and psychology. In order to make sense of the momentous changes undergone by their respective society, these thinkers borrowed freely from various disciplines and practiced Interdisciplinarity before the name was invented.
In the landscape of world academia, the EHESS has long stood out for the interdisciplinary character of its pedagogical and research program. This interdisciplinary tradition explains its sustained and steady flow of outstanding scholars such as Lucien Febvre, Claude Levi-Strauss, Fernand Braudel, Roland Barthes, Pierre Bourdieu, Jacques Derrida, Germaine Tillon (to quote only a few names). No other academic institution in the world has implemented more systematically the deliberate encounter of the Social and Human sciences in its teaching curriculum, most notably but not only: sociology with history, philosophy and literature, history and economics, philosophy and cognitive sciences, anthropology and sociology.
Because of this rich and unique intellectual tradition, the EHESS offers a Summer Program around the topic of The Unity of the Social Sciences through 4 intensive courses. These courses explore crucial questions:
a. How are we to criticize the models of economy which have become so dominant throughout the world? What does it mean to make economics more open to sociology and history?
b. How do the physical and social structure of cities change over time and how can we observe such changes? What is the agency of economic powers, government, social movements of various kinds, and the inhabitants themselves in this process?
c. How have technology, politics, and economics changed the nature of the family and of sexuality itself? What is the future of the family in the face of the radical changes undergone by gender, sexuality and reproduction?
d. How do corporations, the nation-state and culture interlock with global processes and transform the structure of modern lives?
The Unity of the Social Sciences Summer School at the EHESS brings together a large group of outstanding scholars whose aim will be to raise innovative questions about the economy, the city, globalization, and the family.
Students of all institutions and disciplines are invited to join us for a fascinating cluster of 4 classes during which they will be able to hear lectures by anthropologists, historians, sociologists, legal scholars, among which Michel Agier, Mathieu Arnoux, Alain Blum, Laurent Berger, Eve Chiapello, Maurizio Gribaudi, Eva Illouz, Sébastien Lechevalier, Otto Pfersmann, Enrique Porqueres, Alessandro Stanziani, Christian Topalov, Valeria Siniscalchi, Isabelle Thireau and others. Courses will be organized by seminar leaders, but will include invited guest lecturers who will discuss for 1-2 hours their research with the seminar leader and the students. The summer school will also include two lectures opened to the broad audience, one with Thomas Piketty, the second with Jean-Louis Fabiani and two intensive workshops on students’ research projects of the students. The purpose of these doctoral workshops will be to help students to think about and discuss the interdisciplinarity of their projects. All courses and readings will be in English.
1. Critique of Economic Reason: economists, historians, sociologists (seminar leader: Eva Illouz; invited speakers: Mathieu Arnoux, Eve Chiapello, Sébastien Lechevalier, Valeria Siniscalchi)
2. The changing structure of cities (seminar leader: Christian Topalov; invited speakers: Michel Agier, Maurizio Gribaudi, Eleonora Elguezabal)
3. Which future to the family? The family in Traditional and Modern Societies (seminar leader: Eva Illouz and Allison Pugh; invited speakers: Alain Blum, Enrique Porqueres)
4. Global Histories (seminar leader: Alessandro Stanziani; invited speakers: Laurent Berger, Otto Pfersmann, Isabelle Thireau)
Academic Director: Prof. Dr. Eva Illouz
Coordinator : Nathalie Courtois (nathalie.courtois@ehess.fr)
APPLICATION
The summer school is open to masters, PhD students, postdoc and young faculty. Students to the Summer School will undergo a process of selection on the basis of letter of motivation, recommendation letters, CV, and research interests.
Registration fees, lunches, Metro pass valid for 2 weeks: 500 €
Accommodation at Cité universitaire: 750 €
Total fees: 1250 €
It is possible to pay only the registration fees, lunches at Alliance française and Metro pass, without the stay at the Cité universitaire for students having other possibilities for accommodation in Paris.
NB: Students have to cover their travel expenses. However, students who cannot get a scholarship and do not have any resources for participating in the summer school may apply, two or three candidates having passed the selection may get their expenses covered by the Excellence Laboratory Tepsis.
The selected students will have to proceed by themselves with formalities to obtain their visa or migration documents, if required. The EHESS will provide an invitation letter.
The summer school is open to 5 EHESS students tuition-free, based on an application and selection. The EHESS students will be asked to help the students coming from abroad when they need.
Materials for Application
Motivation letter
Curriculum Vitae
Summary of the Research project (1-2 pages)
Research project
Letter of recommendation from the advisor or from and/or other accredited teachers
English level required: B2
Document proving registration as student in a foreign university or at EHESS
Document proving valid health insurance covering the stay in Paris (to be provided after the selection process)
Deadline for application: January 15, 2016
To be sent to: summerschool16@ehess.fr
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VARIA / РАЗНОЕ
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TEACHING FELLOW IN RUSSIAN
University of Saint Andrews
Deadline: January 4, 2016
The School of Modern Languages is seeking to
appoint a full time Teaching Fellow in Russian
for a period of 5 months from 25 January 2016
– 23 June 2016. You will be expected to hold a
PhD or to be close to completion of a PhD, and
should possess native or near-native language
skills in Russian and English. Applications are
invited from candidates with a specialist interest
in any area of Russian studies, and a preference
may be given to applicants able to teach Russian
language classes at an advanced level.
https://www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/AO1042JC
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