Baza natječaja

UCSIA Summer on School Religion, Culture and Society

The UCSIA Summer School brings together a multidisciplinary and international group of max. thirty PhD students and young postdoctoral researchers.

Applicants should have a good command of English.

They are PhD students and postdoctoral scholars in the field of theology, the humanities (religious studies, philosophy, linguistics, history and literature) the social sciences (anthropology, sociology, political sciences, law and economics), or in other disciplines if engaged in relevant research.

UCSIA expects every applicant to submit a paper in which he/she presents his/her current research project. The papers should be structured as a research proposal (cf. paper guidelines) and address one of the general topics addressed by the guest lecturers.

To complete the application for the summer school, applicants need to summarize their research project in a short and easy accessible research proposal/report (min. 2500 and max. 4000 words). This way the selection committee gets an understanding of the concept, objectives and aims of the researcher. The prescribed format makes it possible to compare all candidates.

Papers should address one of the general issues addressed by the guest lecturers:

• Nationalism and religion
• Nationalism and international relations
• Religion and international relations
• Religion and globalization
• Religion and politics Religion and migration

Travel Grant

Participation and stay for young scholars and researchers are free of charge. Participants should pay for their own travel expenses to Antwerp. A limited number of (partial) travel grants is available for participants who are unable to fund their own travel and are not eligible to apply for a travel grant in their host institutions.

Applicants who would like to apply for this (partial) travel grant, should send us their motivated request and cost estimate together with the electronic submission form (deadline for applications: Sunday 17th of April 2011).

Selected participants will be asked to provide a written statement from the university confirming they are not able to get funding. Please send this statement to Sara Mels, Sara.Mels@ua.ac.be (not later than Friday 13th of May ).

Candidates will be informed about the decision regarding their travel grant application by Tuesday 17th of May 2011.