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 Call for applicationsZukunftsphilologie Summer Academy in Cape TownThe Berlin-based Forum Transregionale Studien andthe Max Weber Stiftung- German Humanities Institutes Abroad in cooperation withthe University of Cape Town and the French Institute South Africa invitescholars to apply for an international Summer Academy to be held in Cape Town fromSeptember 4—14, 2015 on the themeWORLD SCRIPTS: CONCEPTS AND PRACTICES OF WRITINGFROM A COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE The Summer Academy is organized in the framework ofthe project ZUKUNFTSPHILOLOGIE: REVISITING THECANONS OF TEXTUAL SCHOLARSHIP and addresses postdoctoral researchers andadvanced doctoral students from the field of language studies, history andcultural studies. The Summer Academy will explore, from a comparative andglobal perspective, the vocabularies and typologies of writing in variousphilological traditions and the role of script as a technology in theproduction, diffusion, archiving and exchange of knowledge.We would be grateful if you could post theannouncement at your institution and circulate it, also per email, among colleaguesand scholars who you think would be qualified and interested in applying.Participants will receive grants that cover thecosts of travel and accommodation. Please find the announcement enclosed or here. The deadline forapplication is January 31, 2015.With my best regardsGeorges KhalilForum Transregionale StudienWallotstrasse 14, 14193 BerlinTelefon +49 (0)30 89 001-430Telefax +49 (0)30 89 001-440office@trafo-berlin.dehttp://www.forum-transregionale-studien.dehttp://www.zukunftsphilologie.de