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Catégorie : Post-doc

Contrats de recherche, Edinburgh

L’Université d’Edimbourg offre une centaine de contrats de recherche de 5 ans.
Plusieurs secteurs sont prioritaires, notamment les études religieuses (World Christianity, Biblical Studies et Theology, Ethics and Media Arts) et les études de littérature, langage, culture (Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies – Media and Cultural Politics in Mediterranean Muslin-majority Societies).

Contrat de recherche postdoctorale, culture et société arabe moderne

Le centre d’études du moyen-Orient de Brown University propose un contrat de recherche postdoctorale de deux ans sur la culture et la société arabe moderne.

Middle East Studies at Brown University invites applications for a two-year post-doctoral fellow in Modern Arab Culture and Society, with an emphasis on social movements and youth culture in a global context. The ideal candidate will be fluent in Arabic, have extensive field experience in the Arab world, and be familiar with global development and political discourses on modern movements in the Middle East and beyond.

As a significant new university initiative, Middle East Studies at Brown seeks to make knowledge production on the Middle East part of the DNA of Brown by creating partnerships across areas and disciplines. We encourage candidates able to work in an interdisciplinary environment and who deploy a range of methodologies in their research and teaching. The successful candidate will be housed at the relevant disciplinary department and/or at the Watson Institute.

In addition to pursuing their research, the successful candidate is expected to teach one course per semester. S/he will also participate in the regular Fellows’ Seminar at the Cogut Center for the Humanities, and interact with other units such as History, Anthropology, Comparative Literature, Religious Studies, Sociology, Media and Modern Culture, and Political Science.

The fellowship is offered through the Cogut Center for the Humanities and its Postdoctoral Fellowships in International Humanities. Fellows receive stipends of $52,000 and $54,080 in their first and second years, respectively, plus standard fellows’ benefits and a $2,000 per year research budget.

Applicants must have received their Ph.D. from an institution other than Brown within the last five years. This position begins on July 1, 2013. All candidates should submit a letter of application, a list of proposed courses, and a curriculum vitae as well as arrange for three letters of reference. Applications received by January 15, 2013 will receive full consideration, but the search will remain open until the position is closed or filled.

Please submit application materials on line at https://secure.interfolio.com/apply/20778.

Letters of application should be addressed to :

Professor Beshara Doumani

Director, Middle East Studies
Box 1970
Watson Institute for International Studies
Brown University
111 Thayer Street
Providence, RI 02912

Informal questions regarding the post should be addressed to Middle East Studies at cmes@brown.edu.

Brown is an EEO/AA employer. Minorities and women are encouraged to apply.

Bourse de recherche postdoctorale bouddhisme / religions asiatiques, Irlande

Le département de sociologie de l’Université Maynooth d’Irlande annonce la mise en place possible d’une bourse de recherche postdoctorale sur le bouddhisme et les religions asiatiques.

Expressions of interest (not applications) are sought for possible appointments on a year-long cross-disciplinary project starting in October 2012 (contingent on grant decisions). The period of study is the late 19th – early 20th century.

The postdoctoral researcher will ideally have both Hindi-Urdu and Sinhala sufficient for archival research, training or experience in archival work and a background in religious studies or history, but candidates with cognate profiles may be considered. The appointment will be based in Ireland but involve 3 months work in S. Asia. The research assistant will ideally hold an MA or be pursuing a PhD in social movements or a related field of history, but candidates with
cognate profiles may be considered. The appointment will be based in Ireland but involve 2 months work in N. America.

Posts will be formally advertised in due course (subject to funding decisions to be announced in early August) but with a tight deadline. For further information and to be kept informed of advertisements please contact Dr Laurence Cox at laurence.cox@nuim.ie .

Please note that this is not a job advertisement and these positions may not be appointed if funding is not secured: this call for expressions of interest is made because of the tight timeframe if grant applications are successful.

Laurence Cox
Department of Sociology
National University of Ireland Maynooth
Co. Kildare, Republic of Ireland

Contrat de recherche, Lucerne

Le département d’études des religions de l’Université de Lucerne (Suisse) propose un contrat pour un projet de recherche qui commencera en juillet 2012 “Civic engagement of religious associations of immigrants: Muslim, Hindu and Buddhist associations in Switzerland and Austria”.
We seek a gifted PHD candidate with interests in the areas of migration & religion and theory of social capital. The position for three years is designed to research Hindu and Buddhist associations and their activities of civic engagement. Salary according to the Swiss Research Foundation.
Good language skills in German is mandatory, as main sites of research will be Zurich and Vienna.
For further information, please take a look at the attachement or contact me at martin.baumann@unilu.ch.