History | Scholarship for Nigerians and Africans - Part 12

PhD Scholarship on Nordic Historiography beyond Methodological Nationalism, Denmark

Funded by the Joint Committee for Nordic Research Councils for the Humanities and the Social Sciences (NOS-HS) hosted by the University of Tampere, Finland .The successful applicant will define his/her own research project within the area of Nordic historiography after 1850 applying a transnational/comparative perspective. He/she is expected to be enrolled at the Graduate School of the Faculty of Humanities in Copenhagen from 1 September 2011. The PhD scholarship is a three-year position.

Research proposals should explore Nordic norms, standards and practices of academic knowledge production in the field of history. Furthermore, they should focus on a) the role of Nordic networks in the construction of history, and/or b) the role of history and historians in the construction of ‘Norden’ as a historical region.

Scholarship Application Deadline:16 May 2011 at 12 noon

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Glassman Holland Research Fellowship in W. F. Albright Institute Archeological Research, Jerusalem, Israel

Fellowships are open to students and scholars in Near Eastern studies from prehistory through the early Islamic period, including the fields of archaeology, anthropology, art history, Bible, epigraphy, historical geography, history, language, literature, philology and religion and related disciplines.

$12,000 for 3 months. The stipend is $9,060; remainder ($2,940) is for room and half-board at the Institute. Open to all European post-doctoral researchers who are permanently resident in Europe. The research period should be continuous, without frequent trips outside the country.

Scholarship Application Deadline:March 15, 2011

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2011-2012 Postdoctoral Fellowship in Race and Gender History, Rutgers University, New Jersey

The Rutgers Center for Historical Analysis at Rutgers University announces a postdoctoral fellowship for scholars pursuing research in race and gender studies. The successful applicant must have the doctorate in hand at the time of application, be no more than six years beyond the Ph.D., and be able to teach history courses. The fellowship of $45,000 is of one year duration and includes benefits and a $2,000 research stipend. The recipient will teach at least one small course in the history department and participate in the seminar series at the RCHA. For information regarding the Rutgers Center for Historical Analysis see website. Please send letter of interest, c.v., dossier with a least three letters of reference and research proposal to Professor Deborah Gray White, Post-Doc Search, Department of History, Rutgers University, 16 Seminary Place, Van Dyck Hall, New Brunswick, NJ 08901.

Scholarship Application Deadline: 15 March 2011.

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