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CALL FOR
APPLICATIONS 3 FELLOWSHIPS FOR POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHERS For the academic year 2002-2003, the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin's Working Group Modernity and Islam invites scholars to apply for three postdoctoral fellowships for the project CULTURAL MOBILITY IN MIDDLE EASTERN LITERATURES. This project, led by Friederike Pannewick (Freie Universit�t Berlin) examines the diverse reception and exchange relationships between the literatures of the Middle East and other areas of world literature. The topical emphasis of the common work in the year 2002-2003 lies on research on the theme: TRANSGRESSION SACRIFICE TESTIMONY. Addressed are such diverse phenomena as martyrdom in modernity, the para-religious occupation of secular processes and experiences, and the staging of corporeality, always in the context of the culture of remembrance, media transfer, and critique of discourses. The project Cultural Mobility in Middle Eastern Literatures intends to bring comparative literature researchers of Middle Eastern philologies together with researchers in other philologies and in cultural studies. The Working Group Modernity and Islam, as an interdisciplinary research network of the Federal State of Berlin, is striving to tie regional studies more closely to other disciplines. In several independent projects, the attempt is being made to expand the horizon of Europe's history, its present, and its culture, which currently bears the strong stamp of the national borders of the 19th century. To ensure the inclusion of non-European experiences and perspectives, it seeks closer cooperation with researchers from non-European regions in the sense of "research with, not on". The project Cultural Mobility in Middle Eastern Literatures is expected to be funded by Germany's Federal Ministry for Education and search. PREREQUISITES FOR APPLICATION The fellowships are intended above all for scholars of cultural studies and literature from the Middle East who want to carry out their research projects in connection with the project in Berlin, but also for comparative literature researchers and specialists in Middle Eastern literatures from other countries who seek cooperation with other philologies and cultural studies. Fellows of the Working Group Modernity and Islam receive the opportunity to pursue the research projects of their choice in the framework of the project Cultural Mobility in Middle Eastern Literatures. In Berlin, they will be integrated in a university or non-university research institute. Fellows will receive a monthly stipend of 1,800 Euro (supplement for married Fellows: 250 Euro) and are obligated to work in Berlin and to help shape the project-related seminars and working discussions. As a rule, the Fellowship begins on October 1, 2002 and ends on September 30, 2003. In justified cases, the stipend period can be shortened, but should cover at least three months. The applicant's doctorate should have been completed no earlier than 1996. The application, consisting of a CV, a two- to four-page project sketch, a sample of scholarly work (maximum 20 pages from a newspaper essay, conference paper, or dissertation chapter), and evaluations (for applicants from the Middle East, names or references suffice) by two university instructors, should be submitted in English and received by February 28, 2002 at: Arbeitskreis Moderne und Islam Gesch�ftsstelle Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin z.Hd. Georges Khalil Wallotstra�e 19, 14193 Berlin Fax +49 - 30 - 89 00 12 00 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]. For further information, please see the homepage of the Working Group Modernity and Islam (Arbeitskreis Moderne und Islam): http://www.wikoberlin.de/Information/eakmi_i.htm. |
