Deadline- 1 October 2013
The Heidelberg Centre for Transcultural Studies (HCTS) is desired to invite applications for fellowship program in Humanities and the Social Sciences. The mission of this program is to assembles scholars from all over the world to engage in an interdisciplinary dialogue and to enhance their understanding of trans cultural processes. The Centre offers a Master’s and a Doctoral Programme in Transcultural Studies.
Thematic areas-
- Detours—Mediated Circulations of Knowledge
- Transcultural Exchanges in a Pre-modern World
- Urban Spaces
Benefits-
- Fellows benefit from the finest research facilities, the stimulating environment of a multi-disciplinary and international community of first-rate scholars, and an excellent digital humanities unit.
- All Fellows will be offered the support of research assistance and library services. Visiting Fellows will receive a stipend to make up for losses in (sabbatical) salary and for additional costs incurred by their stay in Germany. Junior Fellows will receive a budget to facilitate their research.
Eligibility & Criteria-
Researchers working on all historical periods, all regions of the world and from all relevant disciplinary backgrounds are encouraged to apply and to develop new, innovative ways to pursue their research from a trans cultural perspective. Group applications are welcome. Fellowships are awarded to scholars employed within or outside the University who have demonstrated outstanding scholarly achievement and exhibit unusual intellectual promise. Fellowships will be awarded on the strength of a candidate’s proposed research project, the relationship of the project to the programme themes, the candidate’s scholarly record, and the candidate’s ability to contribute to intellectual life at the HCTS.
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