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Five Post-Doctoral and PhD Fellowshipsin Project "The Early Islamic Empire at Work"Universität HamburgResearch project: "The Islamic Empire at Work - The View from the Regions Toward the Center"(European Research Council - Advanced Grant no.: 340362)- 3 positions as Research Associates with the possibility of a PhD,- and 2 Post-doc Research Associates positions commencing on April 1, 2014.The Post-Doc positions are full-time (39 hours per week) the PhD positions are half time (19,5 hours per week) and is remunerated at the TV - L salary level.The project studies the political and economic workings of the Islamic Empire (660-940 CE), which stretches over almost the entire Hellenistic- Roman world from the Atlantic to the Hindukush. It is the first systematic attempt to explain the functioning of the empire from its regions and the brokering and management abilities of the caliphate and its various elites , to understand its rise and its failure. The project looks at five key regions, North Africa, Syria, Jazira, Fars, and Khurasan.The project will have 4 phases, establishing political chronoligies, regional and imperial elites, regional economies, and then these layers will be connected. Successful applicants will concentrate on one of the key regions, and study them within the project team with the same methodological approaches.Requirements:A university degree in a relevant subject within in the field of Middle Eastern history and Culture and for the post -doctoral positions a doctoral degree. Experience in working with archaeological, numismatic, material, and geographical sources is welcome but not a requirement.Application deadline is December 15, 2013+infos:http://www.aai.uni-hamburg.de/voror/Personal/ie-jobs.html