2021-2022 MIddle East Initiative - Research Fellowship Program
Call for Applications: 2021-2022 Middle East Initiative Research Fellowship Program
The Middle East Initiative Research Fellowship Program offers one-year fellowships for researchers at the pre-doctoral, post-doctoral, and junior faculty level for research related to Middle Eastern governance and public policy. All fellowships carry a stipend. Eligible candidates include advanced doctoral candidates, recent recipients of a Ph.D. or equivalent degree, and untenured faculty members. We welcome applications from political scientists, historians, economists, sociologists, and other social scientists. We also encourage applications from women, minorities, and citizens of all countries.
- Applicants for pre-doctoral fellowships: Applicants must have passed general examinations, advanced to candidacy, received dissertation prospectus approval, and concluded all necessary fieldwork for the dissertation by the time of application. The strong expectation is that pre-doctoral fellows will defend their dissertations at the end of their residency with us.
- Applicants for post-doctoral fellowships: Applicants who expect to complete their Ph.D. program prior to the fellowship can apply for a postdoctoral appointment, noting that postdoctoral fellowship offers are contingent upon submitting proof of Ph.D. completion prior to the September 1st fellowship start date.
Priority will be given to applications pursuing one of these six primary areas of focus:
- Improving Governance: Promoting the inclusivity, accountability, responsiveness, and efficiency of governing institutions and empowering the region's citizens.
- Building Peace: Addressing the sources of domestic and interstate conflict and generating durable political settlements.
- Revitalizing the State: Improving the capacity of state institutions and reforming social service delivery systems, with a special emphasis on health, education, and social protection.
- Broadening Financial and Labor Markets: Working to ensure that financial and labor markets in the Middle East are open, competitive, and inclusive.
- Governing Technology: Assessing how governments in the Middle East adapt to and integrate technological changes such as the growth of cyberspace, automation, and artificial intelligence, as well as how these advances in technology have shaped governance.
- Adapting to Environmental Challenges: Exploring how the governments of the region can cope and are coping with the challenges of water scarcity and climate change.
The fellowship application period for the 2021-2022 academic year is now open.
The application period will close on January 15, 2021.
Recommendations will be due on February 3, 2021.
Decisions will be announced by March 30, 2021.
All application materials must be submitted in PDF format through the official application portal.
CV/ Resume
- Unofficial transcript (pre-doctoral fellow applicants only)
- Research statement (3-5 pages) and Abstract (2-3 sentences)
- Writing sample (less than 50 pages) with abstract of 300 words or less
- Should be one published or unpublished piece written by the applicant (co-authored pieces not accepted) in English that will demonstrate his/her English-language writing ability
- Can be a journal article, book chapter, dissertation chapter, white paper, etc. you have produced in your field
- Contact information for 3 recommenders submitting letters on your behalf
This program is made possible through funding from the Emirates Leadership Initiative at Harvard Kennedy School. For more information regarding the program and application process, please visit
www.belfercenter.org/fellowship/middle-east-initiative.
Please submit inquiries to Mikaela Bennett, Coordinator for Research Programs and Student Engagement,
by e-mail at:mbennett@hks.harvard.edu.
[2021/01/04]
A Research position at the Italian-German Historical Institute
The Italian-German Historical Institute (ISIG) is a research center that promotes historical studies in the field of early modern and contemporary history. Research activities are highly interdisciplinary, transnational and currently dedicated to the theme of “Mediatization and mediality of history during the early modern and contemporary periods”. Alongside this the centre’s researchers develop projects in collaboration with other institutions and conduct individual studies in political, religious, social, cultural, legal, and economic history. The study activities promoted by ISIG maintain a constant dialogue with the most recent international historiographic trends [Read more]
18/12/2020
Postdoctoral Fellow - Democracy in History Workgroup of the Democracy
The newly formed Democracy Institute at the Central European University invites applications for a Postdoctoral Fellow position within its working group focusing on the historical dimensions of the contestation of democracy and the role of historical knowledge in and for open society. The chosen candidate will be a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Democracy Institute. Apart from pursuing her/his research, the fellow will have to help with constructing and consolidating an innovative interdisciplinary international research network, bringing together scholars dealing with different aspects of democratic and anti-democratic discourses and movements relevant to our understanding of current challenges to liberal democracy. The position will thus combine research and organizational tasks. We seek applicants with a strong publication record in the research area, familiarity with the historical contexts of Eastern and Central Europe, and a keen interest in networking and institution building. We particularly encourage candidates who can build broad interdisciplinary research collaborations within and outside of CEU. The successful candidate will be working in Budapest but might occasionally be requested to teach courses at CEU PU in Vienna, Austria.
[10/12/2020]
MA and PhD applications in International History at the Graduate Institute Geneva
The International History Department at the Graduate Institute in Geneva is now welcoming applications for its Master's and Ph.D. programmes for the academic year starting in autumn 2021.
Situated in the heart of international Geneva, the Graduate Institute International History Department is uniquely positioned to monitor and examine the making of international policies and the global history that stands behind and ahead of them.
Both the Master's and the Doctoral programme offer an opportunity to students to explore the modern world through transnational histories and taking into account a multiplicity of perspectives.
The Graduate Institute offers financial support opportunities to qualified students, as well as employment opportunities to select students.
I would be grateful if you could kindly disseminate this call for applications and share the link to our flyer and to our latest video from Instagram with your students.
More information on how to apply to the Master and Ph.D. in International History is available on our website.
[10/12/2020]
IEG Fellowships for Doctoral Students
The Leibniz Institute of European History (IEG) awards 8–10 fellowships for international doctoral students in European history, the history of religion, historical theology, or other historical disciplines. The IEG funds PhD projects on European history from the early modern period until 1989/90. We are particularly interested in projects
- with a comparative or cross-border approach,
- on European history in its relation to the wider world, or
- on topics of intellectual and religious history.
WHAT WE OFFER
The IEG Fellowships provide a unique opportunity to pursue your individual PhD project while living and working for 6–12 months at the Institute in Mainz. The monthly stipend is € 1,350. Additionally, you can apply for family or child allowance.
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