Hum-fak. - Border Poetics Project

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Residential fellows for the 2008-09 year Announcement . The two year theme “Global Borders,” defined very broadly, conceptually as well as geographically. We are seeking four residential fellows for the 2008-09 year, and we also invite proposals for papers related to the theme to be given at Institute workshops. The closing date for applications for the fellowships is February 15, 2008.
The Department of History at the University of Texas at Austin.

Project postdoc in "Border Aesthetics", Tromsø The Border Poetics Project has the pleasure of announcing a postdoc position in "border aesthetics" at the University of Tromsø. Please pass this on to any likely candidates or to others who might know of any. Applicants may be from literary studies, art history or document/media studies. For a job description, see the enclosed document. The job has just been posted in Norwegian on the University of Tromsø web site, and in English on the European Researcher’s Mobility Portal. The application deadline is April 2, 2007.

Departmental Research Studentship, Royal Holloway/London (covers Home/EU fees plus a top-up Departmental Assistantship of £5,350 for three years, full-time). Students proposing research in the following subject area will be prioritised for this Studentship: Borders in global politics, including the transformation of borders under conditions of globalization; theorizing borders in a global age; involvement of citizens in bordering and debordering; borders as increasingly differentiated, networked, and diffuse; mobile borders. For more details, see annoncement on department pages. Postdoctoral Fellowship Opportunity; Power-sharing in deeply divided places The Solomon Asch Center is accepting applications for an Andrew W. Mellon Sawyer Seminar Postdoctoral Fellowship on power-sharing in deeply divided places. The Fellowship begins July 1, 2007 and ends June 30, 2008; it includes a stipend of $35,000 plus health insurance and roundtrip travel. Duties will include research on projects that are the focus of the application, assistance with management of the Sawyer seminar series, and active participation in the intellectual life of the Center. To be eligible for the Fellowship, candidates must have submitted their dissertation for examination by July 1, 2007. Applicants should send a CV, two letters of recommendation (flap sealed and signed by recommender), and a statement describing the intended research project. Applications must be received by March 15, 2007 and should be addressed to Dr. Roy Eidelson, Executive Director, Solomon Asch Center for Study of Ethnopolitical Conflict, University of Pennsylvania, 3819-33 Chestnut Street, Suite 305, Philadelphia, PA 19104. Please direct all inquiries to Stephan Stohler at sstohler@sas.upenn.edu