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OPEN CALL: “POWER AND INSTITUTIONS IN MEDIEVAL ISLAM AND CHRISTENDOM”

Centro Ciencias Humanas y Sociales
Madrid, Spain
http://www.cchs.csic.es/
CCHS been awarded an important project of 3.3 million euros. The project is called “Power and Institutions in Medieval Islam and Christendom”. PIMIC is a four-year collaborative project by a team of western medievalists, Arabists and Byzantinists – eight partners from prestigious academic institutions and two private sector companies. An open call for 10 pre-doctoral positions plus 2 pos-doc positions with excellent conditions and training activities has begun. Follow this link for complete details. http://www.pimic-itn.eu

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Posted: Feb 05, 2013

POST-DOCTORAL APPOINTMENT

THE CALGARY INSTITUTE FOR THE HUMANITIES
UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY

PURPOSE
The Canada Research Chair in Food Marketing, Policy and Children’s Health and the Calgary Institute for the Humanities invite applications for a postdoctoral appointment to be held at the Institute for a twelve-month period beginning July 1, 2013. The term of the fellowship will be for one year, with the possibility of renewal.

The appointment provides an innovative research opportunity for a scholar who recently completed doctoral studies appropriate to doing advanced study in food marketing, policy, and children’s health (for example, a degree in communication, sociology, marketing, health promotion). The successful candidate will contribute to ongoing grant projects. Among other things, s/he will be centrally involved in analyzing data from focus groups, preparing literature reviews and reports, and assisting with current media/nutrition literacy initiatives for Alberta school curriculum. Skills in assessing qualitative research data are essential.

The post-doctoral appointee will have an office at the Humanities Institute and access to University libraries resources. They will be expected to share their research in a public lecture and in an in-house seminar, and to involve themselves in the community of scholars working at the Institute. The support of the Chair and Institute’s will be acknowledged in all oral and written presentations that result from this post-doctoral appointment. The stipend is $50,000 Canadian plus benefits, as well as a research allowance of $5,000 Canadian. For details see www.ucalgary.ca/cih/

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Posted: Mar 12, 2013

EURIAS FELLOWSHIPS PROGRAMME 2014/2015 CALL FOR APPLICATIONS

DEADLINE: July 5, 2013
Late Applications will not be considered.

The European Institutes for Advanced Study (EURIAS) Fellowship Programme is an international researcher mobility programme offering 10-month residencies in one of the 16 participating Institutes: Berlin, Bologna, Brussels, Budapest, Cambridge, Delmenhorst, Freiburg, Helsinki, Jerusalem, Lyon, Marseille, Paris, Uppsala, Vienna, Wassenaar, Zürich. The Institutes for Advanced Study support the focused, self-directed work of outstanding researchers. The fellows benefit from the finest intellectual and research conditions and from the stimulating environment of a multi-disciplinary and international community of first-rate scholars.

EURIAS Fellowships are mainly offered in the fields of the humanities and social sciences but may also be granted to scholars in life and exact sciences, provided that their proposed research project does not require laboratory facilities and that it interfaces with humanities and social sciences. The diversity of the 16 participating IAS offers a wide range of possible research contexts in Europe for worldwide scholars. Applicants may select up to three IAS outside their country of nationality or residence as possible host institutions.

The Programme welcomes applications worldwide from promising young scholars as well as from leading senior researchers. The EURIAS selection process has proven to be highly competitive. To match the Programme standards, applicants have to submit a solid and innovative research proposal, to demonstrate the ability to forge beyond disciplinary specialisation, to show an international commitment as well as quality publications in high-impact venues.
For the 2014-2015 academic year, EURIAS offers 39 fellowships (20 junior and 19 senior positions).

Applications are submitted online via http://www.eurias-fp.eu, where you will find detailed information regarding the content of the application, eligibility criteria, and selection procedure.

Member Organization: RFIEA Foundation

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Posted: May 21, 2013