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The Institut supérieur de Philosophie (UCLouvain, Louvain-la-Neuve,Belgium) is pleased to announce a full-time FRS-FNRS post-doctoral Fellowship,beginning as soon as possible, for a period of two years.The Fellow will be integrated in the project "Commentaries on Avicenna's/Qasidat al-nafs/", under the direction of Prof. Cécile Bonmariage. Thisproject is part of the broader project "Avicenna East and West", and aims atstudying the commentaries on the /Poem of the soul/ by Avicenna, bothindividually and in a diachronic approach.The Fellow is expected to contribute to the project and conduct independentresearch. No teaching duty is attached to this Fellowship.The Fellowship offers a stipend of approximately €2000 a month, plus somesupport for research.*Requirements:*Applicants should hold a doctorate in Islamic Studies, Near Eastern Studies oranother relevant field of study (obtained no more than /six years/ before thebeginning of the fellowship); have a high command of Arabic (knowledge ofPersian and/or Ottoman Turkish or of Latin is a plus); be able to work withmanuscripts; be able to work effectively both independently and as part of asmall team.Preference will be given to candidates with expertise in pre-Modern Islamicintellectual history and/or edition of texts.Applicants must meet the requirements of international mobility (i.e. no morethan 24 months residency and/or principal activity in the last 3 years inBelgium).*Application:*Applicants should send a cover letter, CV (including a publication list), arepresentative sample of their scholarship, and the names and contact detailsof two referees to:info-fite@uclouvain.be (subject: Post-doctoral Fellowship “Avicenna East andWest”)*Deadline for application*: June 10, 2012.