ISC Doctoral/Postdoctoral Residency Fellowships — LIMITE : 15/04/2014

DOCTORAL RESIDENCY FELLOWSHIP

Istanbul Studies Center at Kadir Has University invites applications for a nine-month Doctoral Residency Fellowship starting in the Fall Semester of 2014 -2015 academic year. We are interested in proposals that involve comparative perspectives and methods of understanding the city in general, and Istanbul in particular.  Istanbul Studies Center (ISC) is an interdisciplinary forum for innovative research on socio-economic, political, and cultural processes in world cities, with a focus on Istanbul. The main goal of the ISC is to encourage research on Istanbul, a world city in rapid change.

The Center provides to the fellows affiliation, working space, and library and other resources of the university while conducting their research in Istanbul, in the stimulating environment of Kadir Has University, located in the historical peninsula with a rich cultural and artistic constellation of institutions nearby.
During their residency the fellows are expected to give public lectures under the lecture series of the ISC. The language of instruction at Kadir Has is English. The applicants should send a cover letter, full academic CV, transcript, dissertation research proposal (not more than 8 pages single space), and the names of two references. The applicants should be ABDs (All but Dissertation) and/or carrying out their fieldwork/research. Applications will be evaluated as they arrive.

The selected fellows, as affiliates of the ISC, will have the right to apply funding from TUBITAK (The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey); please see Code 2216 – Research Fellowships for Foreign Citizens

http://www.tubitak.gov.tr/en/scholarship/postdoctoral/international-programmes/content-221….
I. Period : 17 March 2014 – 21 April 2014
II. Period : 22 September 2014 – 31 October 2014

Please address the application material to the Director of Istanbul Studies Center (isc@khas.edu.tr).The deadline for application is 15 April 2014.

POST-DOCTORAL RESIDENCY FELLOWSHIP

Istanbul Studies Center at Kadir Has University invites applications for a nine-month Post-doctoral Residency Fellowship starting in the Fall Semester of 2014- 2015 academic year. We are interested in proposals that involve comparative perspectives and methods of understanding the city in general, and Istanbul in particular. Istanbul Studies Center (ISC) is an interdisciplinary forum for innovative research on socio-economic, political, and cultural processes in world cities, with a focus on Istanbul. The main goal of the ISC is to encourage research on Istanbul, a world city in rapid change.

The Center provides to the fellows affiliation, working space, and library and other resources of the university while conducting their research in Istanbul, in the stimulating environment of Kadir Has University, located in the historical peninsula with a rich cultural and artistic constellation of institutions nearby.
During their residency the fellows are expected to give public lectures under the lecture series of the ISC and take part or organize workshops/conferences hosted by the Center, and, depending on their qualifications, they will be expected to teach one course per semester at Kadir Has. The language of instruction at Kadir Has is English. The applicant should send a cover letter, full academic CV, research proposal the applicant will carry out in Istanbul(not more than 8 pages single space), and one-page descriptions of the courses which will be offered(including a short reading list)and the names of three references. The applicants who have received their PhDs after 2009 are eligible to apply. Applications will be evaluated as they arrive.

The selected fellows, as affiliates of the ISC, will have the right to apply funding from TUBITAK (The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey); please see Code 2216 Research Fellowships for Foreign Citizens

http://www.tubitak.gov.tr/en/scholarship/postdoctoral/international-programmes/content-221…

I. Period : 17 March 2014 – 21 April 2014
II. Period : 22 September 2014 – 31 October 2014

Code 2218 Domestic Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Program
http://www.tubitak.gov.tr/tr/burslar/doktora-sonrasi/arastirma-burs-programlari/icerik-221…
I. Dönem : 17 March 2014 – 25 April 2014
II. Dönem : TBA

Please address the application material to the Director of Istanbul Studies Center (isc@khas.edu.tr). The deadline for application is 15 April 2014.