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from: "Georges Khalil" <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:zukunftsphilologie@trafo-berlin.de"><zukunftsphilologie@trafo-berlin.de></a><br>
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closing date: 17 January 2011</b><br>
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Dear colleague,<br>
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The Berlin-based Forum Transregionale Studien invites scholars<br>
to apply for five postdoctoral fellowships for the research project<br>
<br>
ZUKUNFTSPHILOLOGIE: REVISITING THE CANONS OF TEXTUAL SCHOLARSHIP<br>
for the academic year 2011/12 in Berlin.<br>
<br>
Please find the call for applications below, or as a PDF document<br>
attached to this message or via the following link:<br>
<a
href="http://www.trafo-berlin.de/fileadmin/pdf/zukunftsphilologie/call-ZP-2011-12.pdf">http://www.trafo-berlin.de/fileadmin/pdf/zukunftsphilologie/call-ZP-2011-12.pdf</a><br>
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I kindly ask you to spread the information about the fellowships<br>
among scholars interested in primary textual scholarship and in<br>
varieties of philology in Asia, Africa, the Middle East as well<br>
as in Europe beyond the medieval/modern divide. For the year 2011/12,<br>
research projects focusing on major intellectual debates, polemics,<br>
correspondences, and transregional encounters are especially welcome.<br>
<br>
The Forum Transregionale Studien is a new research platform<br>
of the Land of Berlin designed to promote research connecting<br>
systematic and region-specific questions in a perspective that<br>
addresses entanglements and interactions beyond national, cultural<br>
or regional frames. The Forum works in tandem with established<br>
institutions and networks engaged in transregional studies and<br>
is supported by an association of the directors of research<br>
institutes and networks mainly based in Berlin. It started its<br>
activities in 2010 by supporting three research projects in the<br>
fields of law, philology, and urban sociology. The Forum Trans-<br>
regionale Studien is funded by the Senate of Berlin.<br>
For more information, please see our website (under construction)<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.forum-transregionale-studien.de">www.forum-transregionale-studien.de</a><br>
<br>
With my best regards<br>
Georges Khalil<br>
P.S. My apologies for double postings.<br>
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<br>
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS<br>
FIVE POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS FOR THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2011/2012<br>
<br>
The Berlin-based Forum Transregionale Studien invites scholars<br>
to apply for five postdoctoral fellowships for the research project<br>
<br>
ZUKUNFTSPHILOLOGIE<br>
REVISITING THE CANONS OF TEXTUAL SCHOLARSHIP<br>
<br>
The project Zukunftsphilologie endeavors to promote and emphasise<br>
primary textual scholarship beyond the classical humanistic canon.<br>
In an age of advanced communication, intellectual specialisation,<br>
and unprecedented migration of knowledge and people, the discipline<br>
of philology assumes new relevance. Zukunftsphilologie aspires to<br>
support research in marginalised, undocumented and displaced varieties<br>
of philology by revisiting pre-colonial texts and scholarly traditions<br>
in Asia, Africa, the Middle East as well as in Europe.<br>
<br>
The title 'Zukunftsphilologie' is inspired by the 1872 polemic<br>
between the classicist Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff and<br>
Friedrich Nietzsche on the method and meaning of classical studies.<br>
The project draws on recent calls for a return to philology as<br>
particularly emphasised by Sheldon Pollock in his essay 'Future<br>
Philology?' and the late Edward Said’s essay 'The Return to Philology'.<br>
<br>
In order to promote historically-conscious philology, the project<br>
will foster research in the following areas: the genealogy and<br>
transformations of philological practice, philology’s place in<br>
the system of knowledge (e.g. its relation to science, theology,<br>
and jurisprudence), philology and the university, and philology<br>
and empire. Zukunftsphilologie aims to examine the role mobility,<br>
calamities, expulsions, and natural catastrophes play in the<br>
dissemination and globalisation of knowledge. How does the mobility<br>
of scholars, books, and manuscripts bring about scientific innovation<br>
(e.g. in tenth-century Baghdad, during the European Renaissance,<br>
or during the Ming dynasty)? What kind of knowledge systems are<br>
also displaced by these processes of reorganisation? What trans-<br>
formations and translations accompany such mobilisations?<br>
<br>
In addition, Zukunftsphilologie aims to support critical reviews<br>
of historical and philological practice. In revisiting important<br>
philological debates, the goal is not to merely evaluate the<br>
argumentative worth of these debates, but to reflect on the wider<br>
cultural and political context in which these debates emerged and<br>
how they have shaped our knowledge of the past.<br>
<br>
The project Zukunftsphilologie is associated with and located at<br>
the Friedrich Schlegel Graduate School for Literary Studies at<br>
Freie Universitaet Berlin. Zukunftsphilologie is directed by<br>
Angelika Neuwirth and Islam Dayeh (both Freie Universitaet Berlin).<br>
<br>
CANDIDATES<br>
The fellowships are intended primarily for scholars of Arabic,<br>
Chinese, Hebrew, Persian, Sanskrit, Syriac, Turkish, and other<br>
linguistic and philological traditions from Africa, Asia and Europe,<br>
as well as for scholars of intellectual and literary history, of<br>
comparative linguistics, philology, religion and the history of<br>
science from outside Berlin, who wish to carry out their research<br>
projects in the framework of the initiative Zukunftsphilologie in<br>
Berlin. Applicants should be at the postdoctoral level and should<br>
have obtained their doctorate within the last five years. Fellows<br>
are given the opportunity to pursue research projects of their own<br>
choice, provided the topic falls within the research agenda of the<br>
project. In the overall context of the project Zukunftsphilologie,<br>
they will participate in regular working meetings of the project<br>
group as well as in lectures, conferences and summer and winter<br>
academies, organised by the project and by the Forum Transregionale<br>
Studien.<br>
<br>
PROJECTS<br>
Individual research projects should fall within one of the themes<br>
of the project Zukunftsphilologie. Projects should have a comparative<br>
perspective, whereby the plurality of textual practices, polyphonic<br>
textuality, and the trajectories and genealogies of philological<br>
traditions in early modernity are examined.<br>
<br>
For the year 2011/2012, research projects focusing on intellectual<br>
debates, polemics, correspondences, and transregional encounters<br>
are especially welcome. A revisiting of major philological debates<br>
will enable us to explore the significance of philology in the<br>
cultural and political transformations beyond the modern/pre-modern<br>
divide. Moreover, an examination of philological debates will shed<br>
light on marginal philological traditions and undocumented<br>
intellectual positions as well as the way in which the canonical<br>
positions were consolidated and normalised.<br>
<br>
FELLOWSHIPS<br>
start October 1, 2011, and will end on July 31, 2012. Shorter<br>
fellowship terms can be considered. Postdoctoral fellows will<br>
receive a monthly stipend of Euro 2.250 plus supplements depending<br>
on their personal situation. Organisational support, regarding<br>
visa, insurances, housing, etc. will be provided. Successful<br>
applicants will be fellows of the project Zukunftsphilologie at<br>
the Forum Transregionale Studien and associate members of the<br>
Friedrich Schlegel Graduate School for Literary Studies.<br>
Through this association they will be integrated into the<br>
Department of Philosophy and Humanities at the Freie Universitaet<br>
Berlin and will have access to an academic milieu of literary<br>
and philological Studies as well as to libraries and other research<br>
facilities.<br>
<br>
APPLICATION PROCEDURE<br>
<br>
To apply, please send the following documents in English<br>
exclusively by e-mail as separate word or PDF files. The letter<br>
of recommendation can be sent directly by e-mail.<br>
<br>
- a curriculum vitae<br>
- a project description (no longer than five pages), stating what<br>
the scholar will work on in Berlin if granted a fellowship<br>
- a sample of scholarly work (maximum 20 pages, article, book chapter,<br>
conference contribution)<br>
- a letter of recommendation from one academic faculty<br>
<br>
The application should be submitted in English and should be<br>
received by 17 January 2011, addressed to:<br>
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:zukunftsphilologie@trafo-berlin.de">zukunftsphilologie@trafo-berlin.de</a><br>
<br>
INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK<br>
The Forum Transregionale Studien is a new research platform<br>
of the Land of Berlin designed to promote research that connects<br>
systematic and region-specific questions in a perspective that<br>
addresses entanglements and interactions beyond national, cultural<br>
or regional frames. The Forum works in tandem with established<br>
institutions and networks engaged in transregional studies and is<br>
supported by an association of the directors of research institutes<br>
and networks mainly based in Berlin. It started its activities in<br>
2010 by supporting three research projects in the fields of law,<br>
philology, and urban sociology. The Forum Transregionale Studien<br>
is funded by the Senate of Berlin.<br>
<br>
For more information please see<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.forum-transregionale-studien.de">www.forum-transregionale-studien.de</a><br>
<a
href="http://www.geisteswissenschaften.fu-berlin.de/en/friedrichschlegel/">http://www.geisteswissenschaften.fu-berlin.de/en/friedrichschlegel/</a><br>
<br>
Forum Transregionale Studien<br>
c/o Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin<br>
Attn: Georges Khalil<br>
Wallotstrasse 19<br>
14193 Berlin<br>
Germany<br>
Fax: +49 30 / 89001-200<br>
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