Deadline: 1-Mar-21
The Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung, the Berlin Graduate School Muslim Cultures and Societies, the Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies (both Freie Universität Berlin), and “Europe in the Middle East—The Middle East in Europe” (EUME), a research programme at the Forum Transregionale Studien, invites postdoctoral researchers, research-based artists, and journalists from countries of the Middle East and North Africa to apply for up to six short-term research fellowships in the period from April–December 2021.
The fellowship program explicitly welcomes applications from researchers who are currently residing in Germany or other European countries.
Funding Information
- The financial support provided to the researchers is calculated at €2,500 per month.
- In case this is necessary, return (economy class) airfares for intercontinental flights will be covered by the fellowship, as well as travel costs to attend events organized by the RLS.
- Additional project-related funds may be granted.
Eligibility Criteria
- Due to funding stipulations, only citizens of ODA-recipient countries are eligible to apply.
- Applicants with academic research projects should have completed their PhD within the last five years.
- Applicants with artistic or journalistic research projects should have completed studies up to Master’s level and have professional experience that is comparable to a PhD.
- Please note that in order to facilitate an ongoing and productive dialogue between scholars, the working language is English. Therefore, applicants are required to have a very good command of the English language.
For more information, visit http://theacss.org/pages/fora-and-debates/1297/call-for-applications_authoritarianism-and-global-capitalism_emancipatory-counter-strategies-in-and-from-the-middle-east