rss

Saturday, March 20, 2010

Research Grant for PhD Graduates Who Have Focused on the Study of Modern Taiwan

Overview

The Modern East Asia Research Centre (MEARC) at Leiden University, The Netherlands was founded in 2006. MEARC’s purpose is to support, showcase and stimulate genuinely disciplinary and comparative research in the disciplines of politics, history and philosophy on modern East Asia in the period since the beginning of the 19th century until today.

This grant is meant for recent PhD graduates who have focused on the study of modern Taiwan in Comparative East Asian Perspective, in the disciplines of politics, international relations, history or (political) philosophy.

Grant receivers are supposed to transform their dissertation into a manuscript during a period of twelve consecutive months, in which they are to live in Leiden. The grant period commences no later than 1 September 2010

Applicant’s qualifications

Candidates must hold a PhD degree. Preference will be given to candidates with:
• a recent PhD degree in Chinese or Taiwanese Studies, and a demonstrable specialization in modern history, political science or philosophy; or alternatively, a PhD in history, political science, or philosophy, and demonstrable specialization on modern China or Taiwan;
• outstanding research qualities manifested in a high-quality dissertation;
• an excellent command of modern Chinese (mandarin) and good command of English.

Grant includes

• 20.000 EURO scholarship (to be paid in installments)

Application procedure

Applications must be emailed in PDF format to: info@mearc.eu


The deadline for applications is 1 May 2010.

Only applications emailed on or before this date will be accepted. Incomplete applications will not be accepted.

In order to apply, the applicant must submit the following:

• a curriculum vitae;
• an abstract of dissertation in English;
• a preliminary book outline;
• one or two representative publications.

NB Each document should contain the applicant’s name (preferably in the header or footer of the document).

Further information

For further inquiries, please contact Ms. Esther Truijen, MEARC manager, info@mearc.eu

Esther Truijen

Modern East Asia Research Centre
Leiden University
PO Box 9515
2300 RA LEIDEN
The Netherlands
Email: info@mearc.eu
Visit the website at http://www.mearc.eu


Please kindly mention Scholarization.blogspot.com when applying for this opportunity


Bookmark and Share

Other Recommended Scholarships



Join us and fill in the form below with your email address to get free scholarship information:

Privacy Guarantee: we will not share your personal information with anyone.

0 comments:


Post a Comment

Get free scholarship Info into your inbox!

Fill in your e-mail address below to get free scholarship information:

Delivered by FeedBurner

Click on "Like" to receive scholarship updates via facebook

Recent Scholarships

free counters

Blog Archive

 
Scholarship Team: Ph.D Scholar Krisstofferson Joniel Scholarship Adviser, PhD Scholar Vitom Chea Scholarship Adviser, PhD Scholar Rebecca T. Dalisay Scholarship Adviser, Ph.D Student Jiao Wang Scholarship Coordinator, MSc Student Dennise Maricel Scholarship Coordinator
Creative Commons License
The published information is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.
Creative Commons
Scholarship Team: Ph.D Scholar Krisstofferson Joniel Scholarship Adviser, PhD Scholar Chea Vitom Scholarship Adviser and Senior Lecturer, PhD Scholar Rebecca T. Dalisay Scholarship Adviser, Ph.D Student Jiao Wang Scholarship Coordinator, MSc Student Dennise Maricel Scholarship Coordinator