Bulletin № 315

САНКТ-ПЕТЕРБУРГСКИЙ ЦЕНТР ИСТОРИИ ИДЕЙ
ОБЩЕСТВО ИСТОРИИ ИДЕЙ В САНКТ-ПЕТЕРБУРГЕ
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ST. PETERSBURG CENTER FOR THE HISTORY OF IDEAS
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FELLOWSHIPS / СТАЖИРОВКИ И СТИПЕНДИИ
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ALEKSANTERI INSTITUTE VISITING FELLOWSHIPS 2015-2016
The Aleksanteri Institute is pleased to invite applications for Aleksanteri Visiting Fellowships for the academic year 2015-2016 from scholars holding a PhD degree and pursuing research that relates to the Institute's research agenda. The Fellowship carries a monthly stipend of 3000 euros to cover all the expenses related to the research visit that can range from one to three months. The Visiting Fellowship scheme is intended for scholars who reside outside of Finland.
The deadline for applications is 20 February, 2015.
The Aleksanteri Institute is the Finnish Centre for Russian and Eastern European studies and an independent institute of the University of Helsinki. The Institute is also coordinating a Centre of Excellence funded by the Academy of Finland, entitled “Choices of Russian Modernisation”. For more information on the fellowships and on the Aleksanteri Institute and its research agenda, please visit   http://www.helsinki.fi/aleksanteri/english ************************************************************
 
Call for Applications: The David B. Larson Fellowship in Health and Spirituality—Dispatch January 6, 2015
 
The John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress is now accepting applications for the David B. Larson Fellowship in Health and Spirituality. The application deadline is April 17, 2015.

The Larson Fellowship is a post-doctoral fellowship for advanced research in the field of health and spirituality. Made possible by a generous endowment from the International Center for the Integration of Health and Spirituality (ICIHS), the fellowship is named in honor of the Center's late founder, David B. Larson, an epidemiologist and psychiatrist, who focused on potentially relevant but understudied factors which might help in prevention, coping, and recovering from illness. The fellowship is designed to continue Dr. Larson’s legacy of promoting meaningful, scholarly study of these two important and increasingly interrelated fields. It seeks to encourage the pursuit of scholarly excellence in the scientific study of the relation of religiousness and spirituality to physical, mental, and social health. 

Conducting full time research on-site at the Library of Congress, the fellowship provides an opportunity for a period of 6 to 12 months of concentrated use of the collections of the Library of Congress, through full-time residency in the Library's John W. Kluge Center. A stipend of $4,200 per month supports the Fellow.

Apply for the Larson Fellowship by visiting:
http://www.loc.gov/loc/kluge/fellowships/larson.html   
 
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 12 Early Career Fellowships at the University of Göttingen
Posted on December 29th, 2014 •  Comments (0)
Deadline : 2 March 2015
Open to : candidates from all nationalities who have received a doctorate within the last 6 years
Fellowships : up to EUR 1518 per month, EUR 203 per month as per research and publication allowance, and EUR 600 per month for accommodation
Description
The Lichtenberg-Kolleg, the Göttingen Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences, invites applications for up to  12 Early Career Fellowships.  The Fellowships are awarded for 22 months beginning in October 2015 and ending in July 2017.
Opening its doors in 1737 Göttingen quickly established itself as one of Europe’s leading Enlightenment universities. Named after one of the most important and versatile representatives of the Göttingen Enlightenment, the Lichtenberg-Kolleg is an interdisciplinary research institute with a strong focus not only on the Enlightenment(s), but also on “bridges” between the human and natural sciences and on the study of religion.
For the period October 2015 to July 2017 early career scholars are invited to join one of the  research groups  for the study of either:
- Globalising the Enlightenment: Knowledge, Culture, Travel, Exchange and Collections, or;
- Human Rights, Constitutional Politics and Religious Diversity, or;
- Primate Cognition: Philosophical, Linguistic, and Historical Perspectives.
Eligibility
All Fellowships are open to candidates who have received a doctorate within the last 6 years .
The University of Göttingen as an equal opportunities employer, places particular emphasis on fostering career opportunities for women. Qualified women are therefore strongly encouraged to apply as they are underrepresented in this field. Disabled persons with equivalent aptitude will be favoured.
Candidates of all nationalities are eligible to apply for this fellowship .
Fellowship
The scholarship, being tax-free, consists of:
*  a basic grant of between 1.365,- and 1.518,- Euro per month (according to the University of Göttingen Guidelines for Research Fellowships);
*  203,- Euro as a research and publication allowance per month;
*  600,- Euro per month as allowance for accommodation.
Where applicable, family allowances will be added to the basic grant.
How to Apply?
The application should be sent (as one pdf document) directly to   [email protected] . It should contain (1) a cover letter as specified  HERE ; (2) CV and publication list; (3) research and academic career statement with the title of your research project; (4) Ph.D. degree certificate or statement that Ph.D. has been handed in. Two confidential letters of reference (also in pdf) should be sent directly by the referees to the same e-mail address.
Check  here  more information on application process, eligibility criteria and other general information.
Contact:
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Lichtenberg-Kolleg
Historische Sternwarte
Geismar Landstraße 11
D-37083 Göttingen
Telefon:  +49 (0)551 / 39-1062 3
Read more:  http://www.mladiinfo.eu/2014/12/29/12-early-career-fellowships-at-the-university-of-gottingen/#ixzz3O7vAhjmH

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 Erasmus Mundus EUROWEB+ Scholarship Program
Posted on December 26th, 2014 •  Comments (3)
Deadline : 15 February, 2015
Open to : EUROWEB project partner countries from Western Balkans (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Serbia) and project partner countries from EU (Bulgaria, Croatia, Finland, Germany, Italy, Romania, Spain, Sweden and The Netherlands)
Scholarships : fully-funded
Description
EUROWEB+ is a scholarship programme for students on undergraduate, master, doctoral and post-doctoral level, as well as for university staff in academic or administrative positions, financed by the European Commission, and a continuation of the previous project EUROWEB.
The EUROWEB+ Scholarship Programme is open to selected nationals in EU countries and Western Balkans who want to study or work at one of the partner institutions
The overall objective of EUROWEB+ project is to create a partnership in research and education that will strengthen the ties between EU and Western Balkans.
Eligibility
The EUROWEB scholarships are aimed at three so-called Target groups in a specific geographical region in Western Balkans called  Lot 11 .
The EUROWEB project  partner countries  from Western Balkans are: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Serbia;
The EUROWEB project  partner countries  from EU are: Bulgaria, Croatia, Finland, Germany, Italy, Romania, Spain, Sweden and The Netherlands.
Please see  PARTNER INSTITUTIONS here . Then, please also review general and specific eligibility criteria  HERE .
Scholarships
*  Travel and visa costs including one round trip flight ticket between home and host University. The costs, however, may not exceed a pre-defined maximum amount, based on the travel distance between the two places (measurable with  http://www.distancefromto.net/ );
*  A monthly subsistence allowance;
*  Full insurance coverage – health, travel, accident;
*  Tuition fees up to 3000 EURO per 10 months, paid to the host institution. (For mobility with duration less than 10 months, tuition fee waiver policy will be applied).
More information on scholarships can be found  here .
How to Apply?
You apply for the EUROWEB scholarship  only  through the EUROWEB online application system. You can download the Applicants’ Manual  HERE  Before entering the online application, please make sure that you did the following:
*  Read all info on the webpage .
Identify which mobility group and target group you belong to. In particular, read Applicant Information.
*  Browse the partner institutions’ local EUROWEB web pages .
Decide which institutions and programme/course/activity you want to apply to. If you do not find the academic offer you are interested in, please contact the host institution’s contact person, see Partner Institutions.
*  Prepare the relevant documentation.
Check the list of required documents for your mobility type ( see Documents to upload ).
*  Start your application process
The application is a two-step process: first you need to register an account in the online system, then you register your application and upload the supporting documents, ( see Online Application ).
Deadline to apply for the EUROWEB program is  15 February, 2015 . Read more:   http://www.mladiinfo.eu/2014/12/26/erasmus-mundus-euroweb-scholarship-program/#ixzz3O7upAy7y

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 The Institute for Human Sciences (Institut für die Wissenschaften vom Menschen, IWM) in Vienna 
Paul Celan Fellowships 2015/2016 for translators
Deadline for application: February 28, 2014
 
The program supports translations of canonical texts, contemporary key works in the humanities, social sciences and cultural studies from Eastern to Western European languages or vice versa, or between two Eastern European languages. Special emphasis is put on translations of relevant works written by East European authors and/or female scholars. No applications for works of fiction and poetry are being accepted.
Fellows will spend 3 – 6 months between July 2015 and June 2016 at the IWM in Vienna and receive a monthly stipend of EUR 2,050 to cover all expenses related to the stay in Vienna. The IWM provides fellows with an office incl. access to internet, in-house research and administrative facilities as well as other services free of charge.
Further details and online application:   www.iwm.at/fellowships/celan

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VISITING FELLOWSHIPS ON “MONSTERS AND MONSTROSITY” AT INSTITUTE FOR HUMANITIES RESEARCH, ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY
Institute for Humanities Research
Arizona State University
Deadline: 16 February 2015
Visiting Fellowships – Spring 2016 – “Monsters and Monstrosity.” Marking the multi-year celebration of the bicentennial of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, the 2015-2016 IHR Fellows Program will investigate what the eruption or suppression of the monstrous shows us about ourselves and our possibilities as humans, and what the warnings, disruptions, and abjections of the monstrous show us about our restless cultural imaginary. The concept of monstrosity should be understood here as widely as possible. We invite humanities scholars (tenured or tenure-track) to apply for this fellowship to conduct research projects from multiple disciplinary and transdisciplinary perspectives that illuminate and enrich our understanding of how monstrosity, abjection, and the ugly inform the practices of culture, history, and memory. Fellows contribute to the general enrichment of humanities scholarship through seminars and public lectures as well as regular meetings with other Fellows. The one-semester Visiting Fellowships (January through May) include a stipend of $25,000, an office, and support services.
Contact: Jennifer Quincey,   [email protected]
URL for more info:   http://ihr.asu.edu/funding/fellows

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https://cms.www.countway.harvard.edu/wp/?p=10366

2015-2016 Women in Medicine Fellowship: Application Period Open
By  Kathryn Hammond Baker , December 19, 2014

The  Foundation for the History of Women in Medicine  will provide one $5000 grant to support travel, lodging, and incidental expenses for a flexible research period between  July 1 st  2015 – June 30 th  2016 . Foundation Fellowships are offered for research related to the history of women to be conducted at the  Center for the History of Medicine  at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine. Preference will be given to projects that deal specifically with women physicians or other health workers or medical scientists, but proposals dealing with the history of women’s health issues may also be considered. The fellowship proposal should demonstrate that the Countway Library has resources central to the research topic.
Manuscript collections which may be of special interest include the recently-opened  Eva Neer Papers , Priscilla Schaffer Papers , or  Marion Cabot Putnum Papers , or the collections of pioneers  Mary Ellen Avery ,  Elizabeth Hay , or  Grete Bibring . Preference will be given to those who are using collections from the Center’s Archives for Women in Medicine (see the full list of AWM collections  here ), but research on the topic of women in medicine using other material from the Countway Library will be considered (see our  research guides list  for online finding aids or  Hollis  for the most comprehensive information about all our holdings; note that the Hollis upgrade will be completed on December 22, 2014). Preference will also be given to applicants who live beyond commuting distance of the Countway, but all are encouraged to apply, including graduate students.
Application requirements
Applicants should submit a proposal (no more than five pages) outlining the proposed project, its subject and objectives, length of residence, historical materials to be consulted, and a project budget with specific information on travel, lodging, and research expenses), along with a curriculum vitae and two letters of recommendation by  March 15th, 2015.
Besides conducting research, the fellow will submit a report on the results of his/her residency and will be asked to present a seminar or lecture at the Countway Library.
Applications should be sent to: Women in Medicine Fellowships, Archives for Women in Medicine, Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, 10 Shattuck Street, Boston, MA 02115. Electronic submissions of applications and supporting materials and any questions may be directed to  [email protected] . The fellowship appointment will be announced in  April 2015.

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CONFERENCES / КОНФЕРЕНЦИИ
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Power-Relationships in Court Societies. Marriage, Concubinage, Friendship, Kinship, and Patronage in Historical Perspective
International Research Workshop
5-6 March 2015, German Historical Institute Paris

Deadline: 25 January 2015
The GHIP research group “Practices of Power and Interpersonal Relationships at Dynastic Centres (1500-1800)” invites applications for participation in its first workshop. All interpersonal relationships in courtly contexts have political implications; each and every one is an aspect of the “micro-physics of power”. The workshop offers an opportunity to analyse the meanings of interpersonal relationships within the societal networks of dynastic centres. We will endeavour to study court societies as a whole and not merely focus on the monarch or regent. Of particular interest are those features of social relationships, which can work to improve the participants’ position within the power structure of the court, e.g. through the provision of better access to material goods or decision-making processes. Which methodologies are useful to analyse practices of power and interpersonal relationships? When and why do these dynamics cause anxiety and resistance? What is the importance of the different types of social relationships for early modern state-building processes?
 
All graduate students currently working on related thesis topics are encouraged to apply. We are particularly interested in comparative and transcultural approaches, not only where they are concerned with Western European court societies, but also where they include dynastic centres outside of Europe. Participants will be asked to prepare a presentation of their work of 30 minutes in length. The specific contents of the paper are left to the discretion of the presenters, and there is, for example, the possibility of focusing on a particular chapter or section of the dissertation in order to demonstrate the practical application of a specific methodology or approach. Work-in-progress is welcome, and all presentations will be followed by an encouraging discussion.
 
To facilitate this, all participants will be asked to prepare a short, constructive critique of a peer’s paper, previous to attendance of the workshop. The event will be launched on 5 March 2015 with a lecture by Prof. Dr. Jeroen Duindam.
 
Travel costs for participants will be covered and accommodation can be provided. To apply please send a short cover message (including details of language skills), an abstract of the planned presentation of no more than 250 words, as well as a Curriculum Vitae to Pascal Firges ([email protected]). For any enquiries please contact Pascal Firges or Regine Maritz ([email protected]).
For any enquiries please contact Pascal Firges ([email protected]) or Regine Maritz ([email protected]).
Email: [email protected]
http://www.h-net.org/announce/show.cgi?ID=218679

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 Department of Theory and the Anthropology of Literature 
(Institute of Polish Philology, University of Białystok)

Department of Central, Eastern and Northern European 
Studies (University of British Columbia)

Department of Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literatures 
(University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)

invite proposals for a conference:

NARRATING GEOGRAPHIC SPACE [Geograficzne przestrzenie utekstowione]

Białystok, Poland
June 11-12, 2015

The Department of Theory and the Anthropology of Literature 
at UwB, in cooperation with UBC and UNC, invites proposals for 
the fifth annual conference on space in literature as seen from 
the perspective of historical poetics and literary theory: 
“Narrating Geographic Space.”

Previous conferences explored the following topics: “Space 
as a Category of Poetics” (2011); “Geography and Metaphor” 
(2012); “Space and Senses” (2013); and “Geo(bio)graphical 
Space in Literature” (2014). In 2015, we encourage academic
 inquiries into changing, transforming, and disappearing 
spaces which can only be accessed through textual representation. 
Inspired by the notion that – like the past – such places and 
spaces can only be accessed through narration, this conference 
seeks to interrogate the causative power of literary and cultural 
texts, which not only describe specific geographic places, but 
which can also preserve, and even develop, them in cultural 
memory. We are also interested in exploring the performative 
nature of literature that generates both specific and mythical 
places.

Proposed topics include, but are not limited to:
• (Textual) narrative reconstructions of places, which have 
disappeared due to human agency (war, historical and/or 
political changes) or natural catastrophes or transformations;
• Cultural practices and forms of narrating absent places, 
particularly those that are silenced, excluded, or experienced 
traumatically or nostalgically;
• The cultural articulation of geographic space as experienced 
mythically, symbolically, or in the Imaginary;
• The need for creating a multidimensional map of places, 
which owe their existence and persistence in cultural memory 
(national, local, familial, etc.) to narration;
• The poetics or rhetoric of absence in relation to space and
place;
• Narrated space as a commodity in a market driven economy;
• The cultural articulation of virtual space, and the virtual
articulation 
of literary and cultural spaces.

Please email abstracts and contact information to [email protected]. 
The deadline for abstracts is February 15, 2015.

Presentations should be limited to 20 minutes. A peer-reviewed 
publication inspired by the conference is anticipated. Length of 
manuscripts should not exceed 40,000 characters with spaces.

The conference fee is PLN350 and covers conference materials 
and meals. This fee will also help defer costs associated with 
the post-conference publication. Hotel costs are not included in 
this fee; however, the conference organizers will assist participants 
in securing reservations.

Sincerely,
Prof. Bożena Karwowska, Associate Professor of Polish and Slavic 
Studies, UBC
dr hab. Elżbieta Konończuk, prof. UwB
dr Elżbieta Sidoruk, UwB
Prof. Ewa Wampuszyc, Assistant Professor of Polish, UNC

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 Recognising Silence 
The Exploring and Managing Silence Project 

Tuesday 7th July – Thursday 9th July 2015 
Mansfield College, Oxford, United Kingdom. 

Call for Presentations: 
Silence is powerful. When not expressed, feelings and thoughts build up an internal pressure, whether on the part of an individual or between members of a couple, family or group. Such pressure can lead to depression, resentment and anger, which can manifest as self-harm, family breakups due to work-life imbalances, domestic violence or even suicide. At the societal level, if one's voice is not heard and recognized, and if what one says is ignored or not incorporated into the decision-making process, further social dysfunction ensues, including the creation of bubbles and enclaves of minorities, an ever-growing inequality of contribution by individuals, and increasing levels of social stress and anxiety. The opposite of silence is the final scream of the suicide bomber. Paying more attention to silence might result in preventing the eruptions of frustration that leads to aggression, violence, and ultimately, to terrorism (such as 9/11). 

The 1st International Interdisciplinary Conference on Exploring and Managing Silence focuses on recognizing silence in various contexts. We believe that silence is too complex a phenomenon to be defined in a prescriptive manner. So we are putting out a Call for Presentations from practitioners, academicians and professionals working in: 

- Education at any level (primary through tertiary and post-graduate; vocational training) 
- Health care (including mental health, chronic illness, elderly care, end-of-life care) 
- Care of people with disabilities (including special needs children) 
- Government and NGOs, especially with regard to interaction with Indigenous people 
- Sustainable development 
- Environmental sustainability 
- Economics and business (especially with regard to interaction with Indigenous people 
- Psychology 
- Religion and spirituality 

We are particularly interested in papers that address the following questions: 

~How is silence understood in different contexts, by different parties, in different cultures, in different professions, in different disciplines? 
~How is silence currently acknowledged, identified, measured, and valued by the different parties in a specific interaction (e.g., decision-making process, classroom, business transaction)? 
~How does silence contribute to the process of meaning-making? How does what is not said fit alongside what is spoken? And how do people ascribe meaning to silence? 
~Silence resides in the ‘in-between’ spaces: between words, between the lines, between persons. How do people enter into those in-between spaces? How does their presence in those spaces affect them and the interaction? 

We would also like to consider silence in the arts: 

~Silence in music: the evolution of the relationship between sound and silence in composition, silence as radicalism (John Cage, Miles Davis, etc.) 
~Silence in poetry 
~Silence in cinema: impact of silence on storytelling technique, image composition, mechanics of silent cinema, opportunities and challenges of the silent medium, masters of silent cinema, soundtracks and the use of silence in sound films 
~Silence in performance: acting styles, mime, non-speech communication 
~Architectural spaces and the creation of silence 

And some other aspects of silence that are equally powerful: 

~Silence and the law: regulatory provisions around health and safety standards, noise controls ordinances and architectural innovation to preserve silence 
~Legality of silence: 5th Amendment of the US Constitution and other protections against self-incrimination 
~Silence as what is not said or what cannot be said (testimony of Holocaust victims, silence after trauma) 

Finally, the project will explore silence in religious and spiritual traditions, including: 

~Quaker silence 
~Silence as meditation and introspection 
~Silence in mystical traditions (Catholic, Zen Buddhist, etc.) 

The Steering Group welcomes the submission of proposals for short workshops, practitioner-based activities, performances, and pre-formed panels. We particularly welcome short film screenings; photographic essays; installations; interactive talks and alternative presentation styles that encourage engagement. 

What to Send: 
Proposals will also be considered on any related theme. 300 word proposals should be submitted by Friday 13th March 2015. If a proposal is accepted for the conference, a full draft paper of no more than 3000 words should be submitted by Friday 22nd May 2015. Proposals should be submitted simultaneously to both Organising Chairs; proposals may be in Word or RTF formats with the following information and in this order: 

a) author(s), b) affiliation as you would like it to appear in programme, c) email address, d) title of proposal, e) body of proposal, f) up to 10 keywords. 
E-mails should be entitled: Silence 1 Proposal Submission. 

All abstracts will be at least double blind peer reviewed. Please use plain text (Times Roman 12) and abstain from using footnotes and any special formatting, characters or emphasis (such as bold, italics or underline). We acknowledge receipt and answer to all proposals submitted. If you do not receive a reply from us in a week you should assume we did not receive your proposal; it might be lost in cyberspace! We suggest, then, to look for an alternative electronic route or resend. 

Organising Chairs: 
Ram Vemuri and Nancy Billias:  [email protected]
Rob Fisher:  [email protected]

The conference is part of the Probing the Boundaries domain which aims to bring together people from different areas and interests to share ideas and explore innovative and challenging routes of intellectual and academic exploration. All proposals accepted for and presented at the conference must be in English and will be eligible for publication in an ISBN eBook. Selected proposals may be developed for publication in a themed hard copy volume(s). All publications from the conference will require editors, to be chosen from interested delegates from the conference. 

Inter-Disciplinary.Net believes it is a mark of personal courtesy and professional respect to your colleagues that all delegates should attend for the full duration of the meeting. If you are unable to make this commitment, please do not submit an abstract for presentation. 

For further details of the conference, please visit: 
http://www.inter-disciplinary.net/probing-the-boundaries/persons/silence/call-for-presentations/  

Please note: Inter-Disciplinary.Net is a not-for-profit network and we are not in a position to be able to assist with conference travel or subsistence.

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 Sixth International Conference on the Image 

Conference 
29th to 30th October 2015 
Berkeley, California, United States of America 

Website:  http://ontheimage.com/the-conference-2015
Contact person: Conference Producer 

This interdisciplinary conference and its companion journal invite scholars, artists, educators, designers, historians, philosophers, and practitioners to examine the nature and functions of image-making and images. 

Organized by: The Image / Common Ground Publishing 

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 The Philosophy and Theology of Immortality 

21st to 23rd May 2015 
Hull, United Kingdom 

Website:  http://www.hull.ac.uk/immortality
Contact person: Dr. Alexander D. Ornella 

This event will focus on philosophical and theological issues pertaining both to traditional conceptions of immortality and contemporary ‘trans-humanist’ notions of radical life extension. 

Deadline for abstracts/proposals: 1st February 2015 

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8th Nordic Early Modern Philosophy Workshop
June 3-4, 2015, Södertörn university, Stockholm
This is to invite you to submit an abstract for next years Nordic Workshop for Early Modern Philosophy. We are happy to invite papers on any topic of early modern philosophy (let´s say ca 1561-1831). We specifically, but not exclusively, welcome young scholars of the Nordic countries.
Send your name, title and abstract to Robert´s emailaddress (below) at latest January 31st. Selection of ten to twelve papers will be made early February.
Feel free to distribute this call for papers to your friends and students.
Organizers:
Robert Callergård ([email protected])
Charlotta Weigelt ([email protected])

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GRANTS & AWARDS / ГРАНТЫ&ПРЕМИИ
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The World Wings International, Inc. Research Grant

Since its first international flight in 1927, Pan Am positioned itself as a world leader in American commercial aviation. Formed in 1959, World Wings International, Inc. (WWI) is an association of former Pan Am flight attendants that now dedicates itself to charitable activities.  This collection includes the administrative records of the organization as well as scrapbooks, photographs, membership and annual meetings files, correspondence, and financial records.

The World Wings International, Inc. Research Grant is open to advanced graduate students, independent scholars, and faculty who would like to use the organizational records for research. Priority will be given to research proposals that will result in publication in any media. Up to $2,000 will be awarded annually to support scholarly research using the World Wings International, Inc. Records held by the University of Miami Libraries’ Special Collections.

Prospective researchers are encouraged to explore new areas of scholarship and inquiry within the World Wings International, Inc. Collection at the University of Miami.  The collection is very rich and can support research in the areas of history, geography, business, sociology, gender studies, and more.  We also encourage creative writers to use these materials to inspire short stories, poetry, novels, and even art work. The research should further the image of World Wings International, Inc., and encourage further study into the role former Pan Am flight attendants had in the history of aviation, philanthropy, feminism, and women’s business history. 

Grant awardees will be required to give a presentation to faculty, students, staff, and interested community members either during the time of their stay or at a convenient later date.

Application Procedures

Applicants must submit a proposal of no more than two pages describing their research project, include a curriculum vitae or résumé, and provide two letters of recommendation. A WWI Board Member will sit on the selection committee.

Application deadline is February 15, 2015.  (note: applications will be reviewed after deadline, and recipient will be announced one month after deadline.  The successful applicant will have one year to fulfill their grant requirement.  Any applicant failing to make arrangements to come to the University of Miami within the year allotted will forfeit their award).

Please send inquiries and applications to:

World Wings International, Inc. Research Grant
c/o Jay Sylvestre, Special Collections Librarian
University of Miami Libraries
PO Box 248214, Coral Gables, FL 33124-0320
[email protected]

About World Wings International, Inc. and the University of Miami Libraries

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CFP: "Las Hermanas: The Struggle is One," An Interdisciplinary Symposium at the University of the Incarnate Word, San Antonio, March 19-21.

by Adrienne Ambrose
This interdisciplinary symposium  will honor the history, development, and legacy of Las Hermanas, a grassroots Latina movement formed 40 years ago to challenge and change the church and its role in society.  We encourage papers that will explore Las Hermanas and parallel religious-political movements, examining how they drew from the resources of both Catholicism and their larger cultural contexts to promote social justice within the church and beyond.  More broadly, we welcome contributions that address the question of how religious traditions and other institutions are embodied, challenged, and transformed.  In the words of biblical scholar Fr. Carlos Mesters,  “We may start from different points, but we arrive together.  The struggle is one struggle.”

Possible topics include  (but are not limited to):
Latinas in US religious history
The relationship between female agency, women’s empowerment, and social change
The sociological development of resistance movements
The liberative praxis, or reflective action, that grounds Latina/o theology
The role of narrative and/or lo cotidiano in Latina/o theology
Ecumenical perspectives on Latina/o theology
The central role of activism within liberation theology
The turn to “immediate history” and the changing role of cultural memory
The legacy of Las Hermanas
Art and music celebrating and deepening concepts
Paper proposals from all interested participants are welcome.  Alternative presentation formats are also encouraged (incorporating art, movement, audience participation, etc.).  Proposals should be approximately 350 words in length, and include a summary of the paper’s purpose, themes, and relationship to existing scholarship.    Please submit your proposal  and a copy of your CV by email to Adrienne Ambrose ([email protected]) by January 30, 2015.  Authors will be notified of acceptance by February 9, 2015.  Due to the tight schedule, submission deadlines are firm.

General Information
The University of the Incarnate Word is located in San Antonio, and is the largest Catholic university in Texas.   The school was founded in 1881 by the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word, and its continued commitment to educate men and women who will become concerned and enlightened citizens with values developed in a Judeo-Christian tradition is a tribute to the enduring spirit of the sisters.

Questions can be addressed to members of the 2015 Las Hermanas Symposium Committee:

Adrienne Ambrose, Ph.D. (chair)  [email protected]
Horacio Vela III  [email protected]
Sr. Martha Ann Kirk, Th.D.  [email protected]

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CALL FOR PAPERS: A CULTURE OF INSTITUTIONS - INSTITUTIONS OF CULTURE (ULBANDUS XVII)
Cultural production in Russia, Eastern Europe, and Eurasia has often been defined by the complex interactions between artists and the institutions that support and often seek to control them. From Pushkin’s fraught relationship with tsarist censorship to the peredvizhniki’s defiant break with the Imperial Academy of the Arts, from the Soviet state’s uneasy reception of the Nobel Prize to the market forces of the post-socialist publishing industry, institutions have loomed large over the cultural landscape of the region.
This issue of Ulbandus seeks to explore the various ties between artists and institutions, broadly construed, and the effect of these relationships on the ideology, distribution, and consumption of art and culture in Russia, Eastern Europe and Eurasia. We are seeking submissions on topics including, but not limited to:
• state and/or private patronage systems;
• socialist Writers Unions and other cultural guilds;
• dissident movements;
• émigré presses;
• the influence of periodicals; 
• world literary space and consecration;
• depictions of bureaucracy/bureaucrats/chinovniki;
• the artist as bureaucrat;
• censorship and self-censorship;
• organized religion in artistic production;
• unofficial art (Moscow Conceptualism, Fluxust East, A-Community, etc.);
• samizdat, tamizdat, and unofficial publications;
• institutional recognition;
• national and international literary prizes (Nobel, Shevchenko, Nike, etc.);
• museums, concert venues, and exhibition spaces;
• national school curricula;
• educational institutions (of artistic production, of criticism, of theory);
• film and television production studios;
• public and privately funded artistic and cultural festivals;
• E.U. cultural funding practices in Eastern Europe;
• normalization practices of state and private institutions;
• anti-institutional movements (Collective Action, “Hapsoc” series in Bratislava, etc.);
Ulbandus is a peer-reviewed journal catalogued on JSTOR and the MLA International Bibliography. It is edited and published by the graduate students at Columbia University’s Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures. Since its founding in 1977, Ulbandus has published outstanding work from graduate students and established scholars. Ulbandus welcomes submissions of relevant new translations, original art, and reviews of relevant and recent books in the field as well as traditional scholarly articles from any related discipline.
Submissions should be no more than 8,000 words (book reviews: 1,000 words), including notes, and should follow the Chicago style guidelines.
All submissions and inquiries should be sent to [email protected]. Submission deadline is August 1, 2015. Early submissions are encouraged.

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 Merit Research Journal of Art, Social Science and Humanities
http://www.meritresearchjournals.org/assh/index.htm

Dear Colleague,
The Merit Research Journal of Art, Social Science and Humanities (MRJASSH)
(ISSN: 2350-2258) is a multidisciplinary peer-reviewed journal that will 
bepublished monthly by Merit Research Journals
(  http://meritresearchjournals.org/index.htm ). Kindly view our December 
2014publication with the link below:
http://meritresearchjournals.org/assh/December.htm

MRJASSH is dedicated to increasing the depth of the subject across
disciplines with the ultimate aim of expanding knowledge of the subject.

Call for Research Articles
MRJASSH will cover all areas of the subject. The journal welcomes the
submission of manuscripts that meet the general criteria of significance
and scientific excellence, and will publish:

Original articles in basic and applied research
Case studies
Critical reviews, surveys, opinions, commentaries and essays

We invite you to submit your manuscript(s) for publication to:
[email protected] OR  [email protected]

Our objective is to inform authors of the decision on their 
manuscript(s)
within four weeks of submission. Following acceptance, a paper will
normally be published in the next issue. Guide to authors and other 
details
are available on our website;
http://www.meritresearchjournals.org/assh/Author_instruction.htm

Editors and reviewers

MRJASSH is seeking energetic, qualified and high profile researchers to
join its editorial team as editors, subeditors or reviewers. Kindly send
your resume to:  [email protected] or
[email protected]

MRJASSH is an Open Access Journal

One key request of researchers across the world is unrestricted access 
toresearch publications. Open access gives a worldwide audience larger 
than that of any subscription-based journal and thus increases the visibility
and impact of published works. It also enhances indexing, retrieval 
power and eliminates the need for permissions to reproduce and distribute
content. MRJASSH is fully committed to the Open Access Initiative and 
will provide free access to all articles as soon as they are published.

The advantages to you of publishing in Merit Research Journal of Art,
Social Science and Humanities (MRJASSH)

Full open access: everyone can read your article when it is published
Publishing decision within 3 weeks of submission
Prompt and fair peer review from two or more expert peer reviewers
Frequent updates on your paper’s status
Friendly responsive staff

We welcome all your submissions.

I hope you will consider Merit Research Journal of Art, Social Science 
and Humanities (MRJASSH) for your next submission.

Warm regards,
Helen James
Editorial Assistant,
Merit Research Journal of Art, Social Science and Humanities (MRJASSH)
[email protected] or  [email protected]
http://www.meritresearchjournals.org/assh/index.htm

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 CFP:Journal of American Studies Eurasian Perspective by Ugur Bakan
Call for Papers: American Studies Eurasian Perspective

Important Dates:
Submission deadline: February 20th,  2015
First round decisions announced: March 20th, 2015
Authors submit revised manuscripts: May 28, 2015
Final manuscript submissions to publisher:  July, 2015
Number of papers: 5 to 7 papers
 
Details
The Journal of American Studies: Eurasian Perspectives (JASEP) is an international peer-reviewed journal, published semi-annually. The Institute of Language and Communication Studies and Macro World Publishing jointly edit the journal. It invites research on the topics of American literature, art and humanities including U.S. culture and literature, socio-linguistics, migration to the U.S., feminism, socio-cultural approaches to American life, social problems and social changes, human rights, ethnic and racial studies, terrorism and public service. Its main focus, however, is on the various European and Asian perspectives on these issues.

JASEP seeks to open a debate on the legacy of Europeans and Asians on the Americas, and in turn examines the socio-political and cultural ways in which America shapes the continents of Europe and Asia. The journal aims to demarcate an interdisciplinary field of inquiry and to seek innovative research issues related to ethnic studies disciplines that critically examine the history, culture, politics, and experiences of the people of Eurasia in an encounter with the American continent.

JASEP also focuses on exploring American mind reflections in the people of Eurasian ancestry. Moreover, the journal centers on the reflections of the history, culture, literature and politics of the United States in the minds of Asian and European people.

The Journal of American Studies: Eurasian Perspectives is an interdisciplinary platform that publishes articles representing a wide range of academic disciplines, including sociology, history, political science, literature, cultural and gender studies and promoting a variety of research methods.

The quick (30 days) and double blind review process, rich editorial board, zero tolerance for plagiarism and high respect for publication ethics, a strong commitment for scheduled publication are the key features of the Institute’s journals. The journal accepts online submissions only.

For more information, visit the official website of the journal jasep.macroworldpub.com

If you would like to discuss your paper prior to submission, or seek advice on the submission process please contact the Journal of American Studies: Eurasian Perspectives, Editorial Office, at the following email address:  [email protected]

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 CALL FOR PAPERS FROM JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY THOUGHT
Forum on Contemporary Theory
Deadline: 30 March 2015
The  Journal of Contemporary Thought  published by the Forum on Contemporary Theory has put out a call for papers for their special issue on critical humanities. Themes include:
*  Cultural singularities
*  Cultural difference
*  Conceptions of being human in a habitat
*  Clusters of cultural formations and cultural forms
*  Epistemic comparisons
*  Transcultural Critical humanities
*  Conceptions of life and living
*  Cultures of memory and cultural technologies (from oral to digital).
The issue will be published on July 2015.
Submissions with abstracts and keywords along with a brief bio-note on the author should reach D. Venkat Rao, Professor of English at The English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad ([email protected]) by March 30, 2015 as an email attachment.
For more information about the call, please see:   http://www.fctworld.org/call%20for%20papers-critical%20humanities.htm

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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS FROM  HISTORY OF HUMANITIES  JOURNAL
History of Humanities
University of Chicago Press
Deadline: 1 May 2015 for inaugural spring 2016 issue
(courtesy post)
The University of Chicago Press will be launching the first general journal on the history of the humanities in Spring 2016. We greatly welcome contributions to  History of Humanities  (HoH). If you want your paper to be considered for the first volume (2 issues), please submit your paper no later than May 1, 2015 to   [email protected] . It would be helpful in this case if you send us a statement of interest as soon as possible.
Each issue of the journal will contain around 150 pages, consisting of both full research papers and a “Forum Section”, as well as book reviews. Full research papers can contain up to 10,000 words (including notes and references); the “Forum Section” consists of 4-5 papers of a total of maximally 25.000 words. A Forum section can comprise, for instance, 4 papers by different authors on a coherent theme of current interest in the history of the humanities, or one opinion paper followed by 4 short commentaries. Proposals for Focus sections should equally be sent to   [email protected] .
For more details, see:   http://press.uchicago.edu/pressReleases/2014/October/1410HOH.html  

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http://www.helsinki.fi/recruitment/index.html?id=98010
SENIOR ADVISER IN RESEARCH FUNDING
Position announced on:  Jan 7, 2015
Apply at latest on:  Jan 26, 2015 
Fixed-term:  Permanent 

Employer:
Faculty of Social Sciences
The Faculty of Social Sciences is Finland’s leading research and education unit in the social sciences as well as the country’s most diverse social sciences faculty in terms of range of disciplines.
 
The Faculty has two departments, the  Department of Social Research  and the  Department of Political and Economic Studies , which feature a total of 13 disciplines. It also has several multidisciplinary research networks. The Faculty has more than 4,000 degree students, of whom close to 700 are currently pursuing a postgraduate degree. Each year, the Faculty awards 350 Master’s, 400 Bachelor’s and more than 40 doctoral degrees. More information is available online at  http://www.helsinki.fi/socialsciences/ .
The Faculty of Social Sciences is seeking to increase its chances of success in applying for competitive research funding by inviting applications for the permanent position of
Grant Writer
The duties of the grant writer will include improving the opportunities of Faculty researchers to acquire international competitive funding, especially ERC and other EU framework funding. In addition, the grant writer will support researchers in selected key application processes organised by important Finnish research funders.
The primary task of the grant writer will be to write research funding applications together with researchers or groups applying for funding. In addition, the grant writer will identify appropriate research funding options for Faculty researchers, participate in the establishment of research consortia and, where possible, assist not only researchers but also the Faculty as a whole in developing long-term funding channels and strategies. The grant writer will also participate in other preparation, training and communication related to research funding.
The ideal candidate should have
*  A doctoral degree
*  Good knowledge of the social sciences
*  Up-to-date expertise in the key instruments of research funding
*  Excellent oral and written English
*  The ability to work actively and independently, embrace challenges and cooperate with others
We also appreciate proficiency in Finnish, organisational skills, willingness to learn and previous experience in either support work for research funding or successful application for research funding. International experience particularly in the EU (e.g., in preparing the content of funding programmes and/or influencing them) will be considered an asset.
We offer an interesting and challenging work environment as well as support from both the Faculty and the University of Helsinki’s Research Funding Services. The grant writer will work in the Faculty of Social Sciences alongside the Faculty’s research coordinator. The grant writer’s duties may also be adjusted according to the strengths of both the appointee and the research coordinator, and to ensure an appropriate division of duties between them.
The salary, based on the salary system of the University of Helsinki, will be between 3,800 and 4,600 euros per month depending on the appointee’s previous experience. 
It is hoped that the appointee will be able to take up duties as soon as possible. There is a four-month trial period for the position.
Written applications, together with a CV, must be addressed to the Faculty of Social Sciences and delivered to the Registry of the University of Helsinki at   [email protected] . The closing date for applications is 26 January 2015.
Further information about the position may be obtained from Tiina Päivärinne, the Faculty’s head of administration, tel. +358 2941 24804 or +358 50 416 0410,   [email protected] ; Professor Anna-Maija Pirttilä-Backman, the Faculty’s vice-dean in charge of research, tel. +358 2941 24876,  [email protected] ; and Floora Ruokonen, Head of Research Funding Services, tel. +358 50 311 2534,  [email protected] .

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 Assistant Professor, Literary Theory and Criticism

Job #JPF02696
School of Humanities - School of Humanities
Recruitment Period
Open Jan 5, 2015 through Feb 15, 2015

Description
The School of Humanities at the University of California, Irvine invites applications from outstanding individuals for a tenure-track position (Assistant Professor) in the field of Literary Theory and Criticism. We especially seek individuals with profoundly interdisciplinary and philosophical backgrounds who can foreground and model significant new approaches to critical analysis. UC Irvine has a long and proud reputation in the area of critical theory, and the candidate will be expected to contribute to the further development of Critical Theory at UC Irvine. Appointment may be in any of the following departments: Comparative Literature, East Asian Languages and Literatures, English, European Languages and Studies, Spanish and Portuguese. Candidates must hold a Ph.D. by July 1, 2015 and must demonstrate excellence in both research and teaching.

Applicants should complete an online application profile and upload the following application materials electronically to be considered for the position by visiting:  https://recruit.ap.uci.edu/apply/JPF02696 . Applications will be accepted until the position is filled, although first consideration will be given to completed applications received by February 15, 2014.

(1) Cover Letter containing a brief research and teaching statement 
(2) Curriculum Vitae 
(3) Minimum of three letters of recommendation 
(4) A writing sample or publication 
(5) Statement addressing how past and/or potential contributions to diversity will advance UCI's Commitment to Inclusive Excellence.

If you have any questions regarding the application process please contact Mindy Han, Director of Personnel at  [email protected] or (949) 824-1720.

The University of California, Irvine is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer committed to excellence through diversity. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, or other protected categories covered by the UC nondiscrimination policy.

Learn More
More information about this recruitment:  http://www.humanities.uci.edu/SOH/

Requirements
Documents

·        Curriculum Vitae - Your most recently updated C.V.
·        Cover Letter - Cover letter containing a brief research and teaching statement.
·        Statement of Research
(Optional)
·        Statement of Teaching

(Optional)
·        Statement of Contributions to Diversity - Statement addressing how past and/or potential contributions to diversity will advance UCI's Commitment to Inclusive Excellence.

·        Misc / Additional - Writing sample or publication.

References
3-5 letters of reference required

How to apply
Create an ApplicantID
Provide required information and documents
If any, provide required reference information.
https://recruit.ap.uci.edu/apply/JPF02696

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Professor, Slavic Linguistics, University of Freiburg

The Faculty of Philology of the University of Freiburg
(Germany) invites applications for a W3
professorship for Slavic linguistics in the Department
of Slavic Studies to be filled by 1st October 2015.
The holder of the position should have acknowledged
research expertise in historical linguistics and at
least in one additional synchronic research area.
We expect strong interest in empirical research and
very good competences in at least two of the
philologies (including Russian) taught at the
Department. The candidate should be internationally
visible, have a track record in the acquisition of third
party funding, be interested in innovative teaching
methods, and willing to cooperate with other
linguists and disciplines in research and teaching.
Teaching language is mainly German.
In addition to the general conditions required by
the employment law for civil servants and
government employees, preconditions for the
employment of professors are a university degree,
pedagogic aptitude and an outstanding PhD degree.
Scientific achievements going beyond the
doctorate, generally proved by a Habilitation
(post-doctoral lecturing qualification), are
expected (§ 47 Landeshochschulgesetz (LHG)
(State Law on Universities and Colleges)).
The University of Freiburg seeks to increase
the number of female scientific faculty members
and therefore strongly encourages qualified
women to apply for the position. The university
is committed to providing a family-friendly
workplace.
Applicants with disabilities will be given
preferential consideration in case of equal
qualification.
The following application documents are to
be submitted:
Curriculum vitae
Credentials and references
Complete index of papers and lectures
Teaching skills portfolio (the required form can
be downloaded under
http://www.zuv.uni-freiburg.de/formulare/
lehrkompetenzportfolio-formblatt.doc.)
In addition, we require the completed application
form provided at
http://www.zuv.uni-freiburg.de/formulare/
bewerbungsbogen_englisch.pdf. Submit this form
together with the above-mentioned supporting
documents stating the reference number 9047
by 16.01.2015 at the latest.
Please send your electronic application to the
following address:
To the Dean of the Faculty of Philology, Prof.
Dr. Daniel Jacob,
[email protected].
Further information on the appointment
procedure can be found in the Code for
Practice for professorial appointments,
available under
http://www.zuv.uni-freiburg.de/formulare/
berufungsleitfaden-en.pdf.
Prof. Elisabeth Cheauré
([email protected]) can give
you more information about the position.  

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   Stuart Ramsay Tompkins Visiting Professorship,
History, University of Alberta-Edmonton

This is a nine-month appointment to be held jointly
in the Departments of History and Classics, and
Modern Languages and Cultural Studies (MLCS,
home department for the appointee). The Visiting
Professor will be expected to be in residence from
August 25, 2015 to May 25, 2016, and will also be
expected to participate in the intellectual life of the
sponsoring departments. The successful candidate
will teach two one-term courses during the year in
the area of expertise (available to students in either
department), and give a minimum of three public
lectures throughout the year. It is anticipated that
the appointee will hold regular consultations with
graduate students in related fields throughout the
stay.

The successful candidate should hold a doctorate or
a candidate's degree in Russian/East European
history, or in a related field. Visiting Professors
must have a permanent position at an academic
institute outside Canada, to which they will return
following their visit. The sponsoring departments
are seeking a candidate who can teach courses in a
range of history, politics, and culture in a
comparative context. Preference will be given to
candidates who can teach courses in Soviet history.

Since all teaching and communication will be in
English, it is imperative that candidates possess near
native fluency in spoken and written English. *This
is a precondition to employment. Please note that
this position is restricted to current citizens of
Soviet successor states by the terms of the
endowment.*

Return airfare will be covered by the Stuart
Ramsay Tompkins endowment.
Compensation is $60,000 CDN for the nine-month
period.

Qualified individuals are invited to submit a letter
of application, a complete CV, and sample
publications, preferably as electronic files.
Suggestions of possible survey courses in the area
of expertise and senior research seminars are
welcome. For information please consult the
websites of History and Classics and MLCS as well
as the University of Alberta . Applications should
also include the names and contact coordinates of
three individuals qualified to act as referees.

*E-mail applications and inquiries* should be
addressed to the MLCS Executive Assistant to the
Chair, Dolores Wohland at
[email protected], telephone:
(780) 492-1997, fax: (780) 492-9106.

*Closing date* for this competition is
February 13, 2015.

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 Assistant Professor, History, Central European University

The Department of History at Central European
University (CEU) invites applications for an
assistant professor position in Comparative
History. Candidates must have the capacity to
develop a convincing and innovative
methodological program for research and teaching
in Comparative History. While the topical focus is
open, candidates must be able to connect to focus
areas of the department. In keeping with the
Department's strong emphasis on interdisciplinary
and cross-cultural studies, we seek applicants
whose research and teaching accommodate
contemporary approaches in social, political,
gender, intellectual or cultural history. 

Applicants must hold a PhD degree or provide 
documentation that they will receive a PhD by 
August 2015.

http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/AKF611/
assistant-professor-department-of-history/
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