Call for Applications
The Franz Rosenzweig Minerva Research Center for German-Jewish Literature and Cultural History at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, will award for the academic year 2007/08 (October 01, 2007 - June 30, 2008) doctoral and post-doctoral research fellowships.
Successful applicants will be expected to carry out their research work at the Franz Rosenzweig Minerva Center from October 2007 until June 2008. During this period the fellows are expected to conduct their research in Israel and to participate in the workshops and colloquia of the Rosenzweig Minerva Center.
Research proposals that focus on a) secularization, b) theories of language or c) exile especially welcome, but the call is open to all proposals within the scope of the center's activities.
Applicants interested in a postdoctoral fellowship must have been awarded the Ph.D. no earlier than October 01, 2004. Applications for a doctoral fellowship can only be accepted if the applicant has been a Ph.D. student for not more than five years.
Applicants may be of all nationalities. Israeli citizens applying for a doctoral fellowship must be registered at the Hebrew University as a Ph.D. student. Israeli citizens who are registered as Ph.D. students at a university abroad will be treated as international applicants.
Successful applicants will be granted a monthly stipend. Furthermore, international applicants will be enrolled at the Rothberg School for International Students at the Hebrew University which covers health insurance. Fellows from abroad will also be alotted a round-trip flight (up to $800 or €600).
Applicants must submit:
- Application Form [can be dowloaded from our website]
- A letter of application
- The research proposal (3 - 10 pages)
- Curriculum Vitae
- An example of written work, max. fifty pages
- Two letters of recommendation
Submission of applications and inquiries should be sent to the Rosenzweig Minerva Center by eMail (preferred), regular post or fax. All material can be written either in English, German, Hebrew, French, or Italian. Please arrange for the letters of recommendation to be sent directly to the Rosenzweig Minerva Center by your referees.
Closing date for receipt of applications is May 15, 2007. Decisions will be made by July 01, 2007 and applicants will be informed forthwith.
Please see our webite for details and forms:
http://rosenzweig.huji.ac.il/appl_march_2007.htm