[Discussion] GRANT- Ph.D. & Post-Doc Grants, Int'l Graduate School, Univ. of Halle, Germany

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From: Jurgen Paul <paul@orientphil.uni-halle.de>

GRANT- Ph.D. & Post-Doc Grants, Int'l Graduate School, Univ. of Halle, 
Germany

The International Graduate School of University of Halle, Section of Asian
and African Studies, has the opportunity to offer the following grants:

  - five PhD grants
  - two post-doc grants

The grants are all for two years. An extension is possible (one year for
post-docs and two six-month extensions for PhD grants). Applications can be
submitted for shorter terms also.

We explicitly encourage applications by students from Asian and African
countries.

Requirements (PhD grants):

  - excellent Masters certificate or equivalent in one of the relevant
    disciplines: Arabic Studies, Christian Orient, Anthropology, Islamic 
Studies,
    Jewish Studies, Japan Studies, South Asian Studies, Bible Studies 
(Divinity).
  - relevant PhD research project falling into the general framework of the
    Section
  - letter of consent by a supervisor for PhD thesis
  - grantees are expected to co-operate in the programme of the Section
    Requirements (post doc grants)
  - excellent PhD in one of the relevant disciplines
  - grantees are expected to contribute to the programme of the Section 
by their
    own scientific input

At present, the Section includes the following departments: Department of
History, Language and Literature; Department of Anthropology and Social
Sciences; Department of Political Sciences; Department of Religion and
Philosophy.

For further information, please check:

http://www.uni-halle.de/forschung/48826_90421/

The University is committed to raising the proportion of women in under-
represented fields; we thus explicitly encourage applications by women.
Individuals with disabilities will be given priority, assuming equal
qualifications.

Applications should include the standard documentations and a project 
resume.

Standard documentation includes:

  - a cover letter
  - a CV including a list of publications
  - an outline summarising the research which the applicant is interested in
    undertaking
  - photocopies of university degrees

There is no application form.

Final selection will be made in July 2005. Please send applications to the
following address before June 30th 2005:

Institut fuer Orientalistik
Prof. Dr. Jurgen Paul
Muehlweg 15
D-06114 Halle
Germany

Or e-mail to juergen.paul@orientphil.uni-halle.de

Informal enquiries may be directed to the same address.

Application documents will be returned to applicants provided a sufficiently
stamped envelope is added.

Prof. Dr. Jurgen Paul
Institut fuer Orientalistik
Muehlweg 15
D-06114 Halle
Germany

E-mail: paul@orientphil.uni-halle.de
Tel: +49(0)345-5524071
Fax: +49(0)345 5527123




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