5 Research Positions at Zentrum Moderner Orient, Germany

Zentrum Moderner Orient offers 5 Research Positions (2 year fixed term) in the field of Sociology, Cultural Geography and Economic History/Economic Anthropology in Germany-2012

Study Subject(s):Sociology, Cultural Geography and Economic History/Economic Anthropology
Course Level:Research
Scholarship Provider: Zentrum Moderner Orient
Scholarship can be taken at: Germany

Eligibility: -ZMO wishes to particularly encourage applications with a regional focus on Africa and Southeast Asia.
-In addition to the disciplines already represented at ZMO, we encourage specialists from other disciplines such as Sociology, Cultural Geography and Economic History/Economic Anthropology to apply.
-Working language at ZMO is English.

Scholarship Description: Zentrum Moderner Orient (ZMO) is an independent centre for interdisciplinary research on the history, societies and cultures of the Middle East, Africa, Central, South and Southeast Asia, and Europe. The focus is on influences, perspectives and connections of the south, notably of Muslims and their neighbours. The centre currently employs about 35 research fellows, the majority of them historians, students of Islam and anthropologists, from a variety of countries. Within its research programme „Muslim Worlds – World of Islam? Concepts, Practices and Crises of the Global“, ZMO announces the opening of five research positions for PhD holders who will be expected to reside in Berlin. They should situate their work within the research programme of ZMO and be prepared to contribute actively to the overall programme of the Centre in addition to pursuing their personal project.

How to Apply: by Post

Scholarship Application Deadline: until September 15

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