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CALL FOR APPLICATIONS10 POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS FOR ACADEMIC YEAR 2014/15 in Berlin(Location: Berlin / Closing Date: 15 January 2014)The Berlin-based Forum Transregionale Studien invites scholars to apply for upto ten postdoctoral fellowships for the research programEUROPE IN THE MIDDLE EAST - THE MIDDLE EAST IN EUROPE (EUME)EUME seeks to rethink key concepts and premises that link and divide Europe andthe Middle East. The program draws on the international expertise of scholarsin and outside of Germany and is embedded in university and extra-universityresearch institutions in Berlin. It supports historical-critical philology,rigorous engagement with the literatures of the Middle East and theirhistories, the social history of cities and the study of Middle Easternpolitical and philosophical thought (Christian, Jewish, Muslim, and secular) ascentral fields of research not only for area or cultural studies, but also forEuropean intellectual history and other academic disciplines. The programexplores modernity as a historical space and conceptual frame.The program puts emphasis on three programmatic ideas:1) supporting research that demonstrates the rich and complex historicallegacies and entanglements between Europe and the Middle East; 2) reexamininggenealogical notions of mythical 'beginnings', 'origins', and 'purity' inrelation to culture and society; and 3) rethinking key concepts of a sharedmodernity in light of contemporary cultural, social, and politicalentanglements that supersede identity discourses as well as national, culturalor regional canons and epistemologies that were established in the nineteenthcentury.EUME supports and builds upon the following interconnected research fields:CITIES COMPARED: URBAN CHANGE IN THE MEDITERRANEAN AND ADJACENT REGIONS Thisresearch group is directed by Ulrike Freitag and Nora Lafi, both of the ZentrumModerner Orient, Berlin. It contributes to the debate on plurality, citizenshipand civil society from the historical experience of conviviality andsocio-cultural, ethnic, and religious differences in the cities around theMediterranean;ISLAMIC DISCOURSE CONTESTED: MIDDLE EASTERN AND EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVES isdirected by Gudrun Kraemer, Institute for Islamic Studies, Freie UniversitaetBerlin. It analyzes modern Middle Eastern thought in the framework ofdiscourses on modernity, secularity, and justice;PERSPECTIVES ON THE QUR'AN: NEGOTIATING DIFFERENT VIEWS OF A SHARED HISTORY isdirected by Angelika Neuwirth, Seminar for Arabic Studies, Freie UniversitaetBerlin, and Stefan Wild, Universitaet Bonn. This research group situates thefoundational text of Islam within the religious and literary landscape of lateantiquity, early Islamic History and Arabic philology, and combines ahistoricization of its genesis with an analysis of its hermeneutics, itsreception and perception in Europe and the Middle East;TRAVELLING TRADITIONS: COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVES ON NEAR EASTERN LITERATURES isdirected by Friederike Pannewick, Centrum fuer Nah- und Mitteloststudien,Philipps-Universitaet Marburg, and Samah Selim, Rutgers University. Thisresearch group reassesses literary entanglements and processes of canonizationbetween Europe and the Middle East.TRADITION AND THE CRITIQUE OF MODERNITY: SECULARISM, FUNDAMENTALISM ANDRELIGION FROM MIDDLE EASTERN PERSPECTIVES is a special forum, directed by AmnonRaz-Krakotzkin, Ben-Gurion University, that attempts to rethink key concepts ofmodernity like secularity, tradition, or religion in the context of theexperiences, interpretations, and critiques of Jews, Arabs, and Muslims in theMiddle East and in Europe.A new field of research that attempts to bridge the gap between politicalscience approaches and cultural studies will be developed during the comingyear. It will be directed by Cilja Harders, Otto-Suhr-Institut fuerPolitikwissenschaft, Freie Universitaet Berlin, and Rachid Ouaissa, PoliticalScience Departement, Centrum für Nah- und Mittelost-Studien,Philipps-Universit?t Marburg.FELLOWSHIPSThe fellowships are intended primarily for scholars of art history, history,literature, philology, political philosophy, political science, religion andsociology who want to carry out their research projects in connection with theBerlin program. Applicants should be at the postdoctoral level and should haveobtained their doctorate within the last seven years. Fellows gain theopportunity to pursue research projects of their own choice within theframework of one of the above-mentioned research fields and in relation to theoverall program 'Europe in the Middle East - the Middle East in Europe'.Successful applicants will be fellows of EUME at the Forum TransregionaleStudien and associate members of one of the university or non-universityresearch institutes listed below.As a rule, the fellowships start on 1 October 2014 and will end on 31 July2015. Postdoctoral fellows will receive a monthly stipend of 2.500 € plussupplement depending on their personal situation. Organisational supportregarding visa, insurances, housing, etc. will be provided. Fellows are obligedto work in Berlin and to help shape the seminars and working discussionsrelated to their research field. The working language of EUME is English.APPLICATION PROCEDUREAn application should be made in explicit relation to one of the researchfields and consist of-  a curriculum vitae,- a project description (no longer than 5 pages), stating what the scholar willwork on in Berlin if granted a fellowship-  a sample of scholarly work (maximum 20 pages from an article, conferencepaper, or dissertation chapter)-  a letter of recommendation by one university instructor (that can be sent byas a separate e-mail).The application should be submitted by e-mail as four separate word documentsor PDF files in English and should be received by 15 January 2014, sent in to:eume@trafo-berlin.deEurope in the Middle East - the Middle East in Europe (EUME) c/o ForumTransregionale StudienAttn: Georges KhalilWallotstrasse 14, 14193 BerlinFax +49 30 - 89 00 1440INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK'Europe in the Middle East - the Middle East in Europe' (EUME) has beeninitiated in 2006 as a joint research program of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academyof Sciences and Humanities, the Fritz Thyssen Foundation and theWissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin. It builds upon the previous work of the WorkingGroup Modernity and Islam (1996-2006). Since 2011 EUME is continued at theForum Transregionale Studien.In scholarly terms EUME is directed by a Collegium that currently consists ofthe following persons: Ulrike Freitag (Zentrum Moderner Orient), Cilja Harders(Otto-Suhr-Institut fuer Politikwissenschaft, Freie Universitaet Berlin),Gudrun Kraemer (Institut fuer Islamwissenschaft, Freie Universitaet Berlin),Nora Lafi (Zentrum Moderner Orient), Angelika Neuwirth (Seminar fuer Semitistikund Arabistik, Freie Universitaet Berlin), Friederike Pannewick (Centrum fuerNah- und Mitteloststudien/Arabistik, Philipps-Universitaet Marburg), AmnonRaz-Krakotzkin (Ben-Gurion University, Beer Sheva), Rachid Ouaissa (PoliticalScience Departement, Centrum für Nah- und Mittelost-Studien,Philipps-Universit?t Marburg), Samah Selim (Rutgers University), Stefan Weber(Museum fuer Islamische Kunst, Berlin), and Stefan Wild (Islamwissenschaft,Universitaet Bonn).The Forum Transregionale Studien is a Berlin-based research platform thatconnects systematic and region-specific questions in a perspective thataddresses entanglements and interactions beyond national, cultural or regionalframes. The Forum works in tandem with established institutions and networksthat are engaged in transregional studies and is supported by an association ofthe directors of universities, research institutes and networks mainly based inBerlin. It supports four research programs: ARTHISTORIES AND AESTHETICPRACTICES, RECHTSKULTUREN: Confrontations beyond Comparison,ZUKUNFTSPHILOLOGIE: Revisiting the Canons of Textual Scholarship, and EUROPE INTHE MIDDLE EAST—THE MIDDLE EAST IN EUROPE (EUME). The Forum TransregionaleStudien cooperates with the Max Weber Stiftung and is funded through apublic-private partnership.For more information on the ForumTransregionale Studien please seewww.forum-transregionale-studien.deFor further information on 'Europe in the Middle East - The Middle East inEurope' and for detailed information on the research fields, please seewww.eume-berlin.deFor information on the research institutions in Berlin participating in EUME,please visit:- Berlin Graduate School of Muslim Cultures and Societies, FU Berlinwww.bgsmcs.fu-berlin.de- Center for Middle Eastern and North African Politics, FU Berlinwww.polsoz.fu-berlin.de/vorderer-orient- Corpus Coranicum, Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanitieswww.koran.bbaw.de- Zentrum Moderner Orientwww.zmo.de- Friedrich Schlegel Graduate School of Literary Studies, FU Berlinwww.fsgs.fu-berlin.de/en/- Institute for Islamic Studies, FU Berlinwww.geschkult.fu-berlin.de/en/e/islamwiss- Museum for Islamic Artwww.smb.museum/isl- Seminar for Arabic Studies, FU Berlinwww.geschkult.fu-Please find the call for applications below this message or as a PDF documentvia the following link:http://www.eume-berlin.de/en/call-for-application-ausschreibung.htmlGeorges KhalilBitte beachten Sie die neue Adresse und Telefonnummer!Please note the new address and telephone number!Forum Transregionale StudienWallotstra?e 14, 14193 BerlinT +49 (0)30 89 001-420F +49 (0)30 89 001-440georges.khalil@trafo-berlin.dewww.forum-transregionale-studien.dewww.wiko-berlin.de