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CALL FOR APPLICATIONS – 2015-2016Scholarships for Ph.D. students and Post-Doc scholarsThe Annemarie Schimmel Kolleg “History and Society during the Mamluk Era (1250-1517)” has opened the call for applications for two PhD scholarships and two Junior fellowships (Post-Doc scholars) with a prospective start date of October 2015.The Scholarship holders will work at the ASK for a period of six to twelve months.Included is a working space in fully equipped offices.The grant for PhD - students consist of:- a monthly stipend of Euro 1200,-- travel allowanceThe stipend of Post-Doc graduates consist of:- a monthly stipend of Euro 2300,-- travel allowanceDoctoral students are expected to contribute to the Kolleg’s overall line of research andembrace its inter- and multidisciplinary environment. Regular attendance at the Kollegis required, what includes two research meetings and one informal gathering a week.Residency in Bonn or the region nearby is implied. The ASK is primarily an English-language institution. Therefore, fellowship applicants should have a high level ofproficiency in spoken and written English.For the coming years ASK’s research will focus not only on the Mamluk empire (1250-1517). In a broadened classification of the Middle Islamic Period, also the Ayyubid andearly Ottoman period will be included in our research.In 2015-2016 our main focus will be “environmental perspectives on the MiddleIslamic period”. Environmental history is the study of relations between people andtheir natural environment through time. Potential venues of inquiry for the Mamlukstudies could include the management of and conflicts over natural resources (land,water, etc.), adaptation of local communities to changing environmental conditions, theenvironmental impact of state policies, the social impact of environmental disaster, thelegal framework of urban water systems, economic studies of imperial water systems,and rural history in general.We encourage all students with a PhD project that fits into this thematic path to applyfor a fellowship, but will generally accept all other Mamluk-related topics.Suite des informations et procédure:Fellowship CALL ASK