Postdoctoral Researcher Fellowship in Arabic Historiography at Ghent University,Belgium-2017

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Postdoctoral Researcher Fellowship in Arabic Historiography at Ghent University,Belgium-2017

Ghent University is delighted to offer Postdoctoral researcher fellowship in Arabic historiography to study in Belgium. International students are eligible to apply for this scholarship programme. MMS-II endeavours to offer the first comprehensive survey and collective historical interpretation of the diverse and voluminous range of Arabic historiographical texts that were produced in the Syro-Egyptian Mamluk sultanate between 1410 and 1470 and that have continued to define historical imaginations to this very day.

Application Deadline: 4 September 2017

Programmes Offered:

• Arabic historiography

Course Level:

Fellowships are available to pursue Postdoctoral programme.

Eligibility:

The following criteria must be met in order for applicants to be eligible for fellowship:

Profile of the candidate

• The candidate should have a PhD in the field of Arabic, Islamic Studies, (Middle East) History, Arabic Literature, or equivalent in Belgium
• The candidate should have a promising track record in a field of research that is relevant for the MMS-II project, as demonstrated by relevant papers, publications, conference participations, PhD dissertation, reviews, committee comments,
• The candidate should have a strong interest in the study of late medieval historiography and Arabic literature at the crossroads of socio-political history and cultural studies.
• The candidate should be able to work independently and at the same time be a team player.
• Interest in, or experience with, computational analyses and digital Islamic humanities more in general may be an asset, but is not compulsory.
• The candidate has not worked, lived or studied in Belgium for more than 24 months in the last 36 months.

Benefit:

University offers up to 4 temporary full-time contracts as a post-doctoral researcher (36 months), starting 1 January 2018. The starting salary is minimum 1.982,25 euros net on a full-time basis.

Number of Awards:

Not mentioned

Application Procedure:

The mode of applying is online.

Further Details:

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