on<br />
cosmopolitanism and civil society from the historical experience of<br />
conviviality and socio-cultural, ethnic, and religious differences in the<br />
cities around the Mediterranean;<br />
<br />
Islamic Discourse Contested: Middle Eastern and European Perspectives<br />
This research group is directed by Gudrun Kr&auml;mer, Institute for Islamic<br />
Studies, Freie Universit&auml;t<br />
Berlin. It analyzes modern Middle Eastern thought and discourses in the<br />
framework of theories of multiple or reflexive modernities;<br />
<br />
Perspectives on the Qur'an: Negotiating Different Views of a Shared History<br />
This research group is directed by Angelika Neuwirth, Seminar for Arabic<br />
Studies, Freie Universit&auml;t Berlin, and Stefan Wild, Universit&auml;t Bonn. It<br />
situates the foundational text of Islam and early Muslim traditions within<br />
the religious landscape of late antiquity and combines a historicization<br />
of their genesis with an analysis of their reception and perception in<br />
Europe and the Middle East;<br />
<br />
Travelling Traditions: Comparative Perspectives on Near Eastern Literatures<br />
This research group is directed by Friederike Pannewick, Centrum f&uuml;r Nah-<br />
und Mitteloststudien, Philipps-Universit&auml;t Marburg, and Samah Selim,<br />
Rutgers University. It reassesses literary entanglements and processes of<br />
canonization between Europe and the Middle East.<br />
<br />
Tradition and the Critique of Modernity: Secularism, Fundamentalism and<br />
Religion from Middle Eastern Perspectives<br />
This a special forum, directed by Amnon Raz-Krakotzkin, Ben Gurion<br />
University, that attempts to rethink key concepts of modernity like<br />
secularity, tradition, or religion in the context of the experiences,<br />
interpretations, and critiques of Jews, Arabs, and Muslims in the Middle<br />
East and in Europe.<br />
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PREREQUISITES AND APPLICATION PROCEDURE<br />
<br />
The fellowships are intended above all for scholars of history, art<br />
history, literature, philology, political philosophy, religion and<br />
sociology who want to carry out their research projects in connection with<br />
the Berlin program. Fellows gain the opportunity to pursue research<br />
projects of their choice within the framework of one of the<br />
above-mentioned research fields and in relation to the program 'Europe in<br />
the Middle East - the Middle East in Europe'. In Berlin, they will be<br />
integrated into a university or extra-university research institute. The<br />
working language of the research program is English.<br />
Fellows will receive a monthly stipend of 1.800 &euro; (supplement for<br />
accompanying spouses: 250 &euro;), and are obliged to work in Berlin and to<br />
help shape the seminars and working discussions related to their research<br />
field.<br />
<br />
As a rule, the fellowships begin on 1 October 2010 and end on 31 July<br />
2011. The applicant's doctorate should have been completed no earlier than<br />
2002.<br />
An application should be made in explicit relation to one of the research<br />
fields and consist of<br />
1.) a curriculum vitae,<br />
2.) a 2 to 4 page project sketch that should also state what the candidate<br />
intends to work on in Berlin if granted a fellowship,<br />
3.) a sample of scholarly work (maximum 20 pages from an article,<br />
conference paper, or dissertation chapter) and<br />
4.) a letter of recommendation by one university instructor.<br />
<br />
The application should be submitted in English and by e-mail with each of<br />
the above mentioned four elements as a single PDF file or word document.<br />
The letter of recommendation can be sent directly by E-mail.<br />
The application should be received by 3 January 2010, addressed to:<br />
E-mail: </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #000000"><a href="http://us.mc527.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=Georges.Khalil@WiKo-Berlin.de" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman">Georges.Khalil@WiKo-Berlin.de</span></a></span></span><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman"><br />
Europe in the Middle East - the Middle East in Europe<br />
c/o Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin<br />
Attn: Georges Khalil<br />
Wallotstrasse 19, 14193 Berlin, Germany<br />
<br />
Fax +49 30 - 89 00 12 00<br />
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For further information on the program 'Europe in the Middle East - The<br />
Middle East in Europe' and for detailed information on the research<br />
fields, please see:<br />
www.eume-berlin.de<br />
For information on the research institutions in Berlin participating in<br />
the program, please visit:<br />
Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften:<br />
www.bbaw.de,<br />
Center for Middle<br />
Eastern &amp; North African Politics, Freie Universit&auml;t Berlin:<br />
www.polsoz.fuberlin.<br />
de/polwiss/forschung/international/vorderer-orient/index.html, Graduate<br />
School Muslim<br />
Cultures and Societies: www.bgsmcs.fu-berlin.de, Zentrum f&uuml;r Literatur-<br />
und Kulturforschung:<br />
www.zfl.gwz-berlin.de, Zentrum Moderner Orient: www.zmo.de, Institute for<br />
Islamic Studies:<br />
userpage.fu-berlin.de/~islamwi, Museum for Islamic Art:<br />
</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #000000"><a href="http://www.smb.spkberlin/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman">http://www.smb.spkberlin</span></a></span></span><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman">.<br />
de/smb/sammlungen/details.php?objectId=12<br />
Seminar for Arabic Studies:<br />
web.fuberlin.de/semiarab, Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin:<br />
www.wiko-berlin.de.<br />
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