“Europe in the Middle East;
the Middle East in Europe” (Application deadline:
April 10, 2006).
The Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences, the Fritz
Thyssen Foundation and the Wissenschaftskolleg zu
Berlin invite scholars to apply for ten
postdoctoral fellowships for the program “Europe in
the Middle East; the Middle East in Europe.”
This research program seeks to rethink key concepts
and premises that divide Europe from the Middle East.
The project draws on the international expertise of
scholars in and outside of Germany and is embedded in
university and extra-university research institutions
in Berlin. It supports and rests upon the following
four interconnected research fields:
1. Cities Compared: Cosmopolitanism in the
Mediterranean and Adjacent Regions
2. Islamic Discourse Contested: Middle Eastern and
European Perspectives
3. Perspectives on the Qur'an: Negotiating Different
Views of a Shared History
4. Traveling Traditions: Comparative Perspectives on
Near Eastern Literatures
The program 'Europe in the Middle East; the Middle
East in Europe' is funded by the Fritz Thyssen
Foundation; it supports historical-critical philology,
rigorous engagement with the literatures of the Middle
East and their histories, the social history of cities
and the study of Middle Eastern political and
philosophical thought (Christian, Jewish, Muslim, and
secular) as central fields of research not only for
area or cultural studies, but also for European
intellectual history and academic disciplines. The
program explores modernity as a reflexive and
polyvalent historical space and conceptual frame.
For further information on the program 'Europe in the
Middle East; the Middle East in Europe' and detailed
information on the four research fields
please see:
http://www.wiko-berlin.de/kolleg/projekte/AKMI?hpl=2
