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Call for Applications "Exile and the Production of Knowledge: Culture, Politics and Literature" Research Fellowships 2008/09 Franz Rosenzweig Minerva Research Center for German-Jewish Literature and Cultural History Jerusalem (Israel) __________________________________________________ The Franz Rosenzweig Minerva Research Center for German-Jewish Literature and Cultural History will award doctoral and post-doctoral research fellowships for the academic year 2008/09. Successful applicants will be expected to carry out their research work at the Franz Rosenzweig Minerva Center from October 2008 through June 2009. During this period the fellows are expected to conduct their research in Israel and to participate in the workshops and colloquia of the Rosenzweig Minerva Center. This call is open to all proposals within the scope of the centers research interests and activities. We also encourage applications for work regarding theories of language in the context of German-Jewish Culture. In addition, proposals related to the 2008/9 Rosenzweig Centers Research Project on Exile and the Production of Knowledge: Culture, Politics and Literature will be given special emphasis. Applicants interested in a postdoctoral fellowship must have been awarded the Ph.D. no earlier than October 01, 2005. Applications for a doctoral fellowship can only be accepted if the applicant has been a Ph.D. student for not more than five years. Applicants may be of all nationalities. Israeli citizens applying for a doctoral fellowship must be registered at the Hebrew University as a Ph.D. student. Israeli citizens who are registered as Ph.D. students at a university abroad will be treated as international applicants. Successful applicants will be granted a monthly stipend equivalent to 1,000 Euro. Furthermore, international applicants will be enrolled at the Rothberg School for International Students at the Hebrew University which covers health insurance. Fellows from abroad will also be allotted a round-trip flight (up to $800 or 600). Applicants must submit: - Application Form (download form from the centers website) - Letter of application - Research proposal (3 - 10 pages) - Curriculum Vitae - An example of written work, max. 30 pages - Two letters of recommendation Submission of applications and inquiries should be sent to the Rosenzweig Minerva Center by eMail (preferred), regular post or fax. All material can be written either in English, German or Hebrew (the example of written work can be also written in French or Italian). Please arrange for the letters of recommendation to be sent directly to the Rosenzweig Minerva Center by your referees. Closing date for receipt of applications is May 15th, 2008. Decisions will be made by mid-June, 2008 and applicants will be informed forthwith. Contact: Keren Sagi The Franz Rosenzweig Minerva Research Center for German-Jewish Literature and Cultural History The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Yitzhak Rabin Building Mount Scopus Jerusalem 91905 Israel Phone: +972-2-588 19 09/588 16 86 Fax: +972-2-521 13 69 Email: [email protected] Web: http://rosenzweig.huji.ac.il __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: http://interphil.polylog.org Intercultural Philosophy Calendar: http://cal.polylog.org
