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Fellowship - PhD funding and post-doctoral fellow opportunities at the University of EdinburghThe Alwaleed Centre for the Study of Islam in the Contemporary World at the University of Edinburgh is offering two fully-funded PhD studentships (with stipend), starting in September 2014, for research on any of the three themes on which it works, namely (1) Islamic Civilisation, (2) Muslims in Britain, and (3) The World of Islam and the West.  Preference may be given to research proposals focusing on either the History of Science in the Islamic World or the History of Muslim Communities in Scotland.Full details, including information on how to apply, can be found by clicking the following link. The closing date for applications is Tuesday 6th May 2014.http://www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/literatures-languages-cultures/alwaleed/news-event...&#160;The Alwaleed Centre is also offering two post-doctoral research fellowships for a 1st September 2014 start.  One appointment will be in the field of Islamic Civilisation (broadly understood, so that it could include Science, Medicine, Art and Architecture, Philosophy, or another aspect of culture), and the other will be in the field of Muslims in Britain (this can be understood to include any aspect of the development of Muslim communities in the UK, historical, political, sociological or anthropological). For the Islamic Civilisation Fellowship, preference may be given to candidates with expertise in the History of Science in the Islamic World.Full details, including information on how to apply, can be found by clicking the following link.  The closing date for applications is Tuesday 6th May 2014.https://www.vacancies.ed.ac.uk/pls/corehrrecruit/erq_search_version_4.start_search_with_pa...