Overview
The Leiden Institute for Area Studies ( is committed to the integration of disciplinary and regional-historical perspectives. LIAS has as its aim the advancement of teaching and research of Area Studies at Leiden University and in the wider academic community. LIAS comprises the Schools of Asian Studies (SAS) and Middle Eastern Studies (SMES). Area specializations in SAS include Chinese, Japanese, Korean, South- & Southeast Asian, and Tibetan Studies. LIAS staff have disciplinary expertise across the social sciences and humanities.
Starting September 2011 (or earlier if the candidate is available) the Leiden Institute for Area Studies has available one full-time (38 hrs), one-year postdoctoral position in the University’s profile area “Asian Traditions and Modernities” (AMT) that is coordinated by Professors Frank Pieke, Jan-Michiel Otto, Patricia Spyer, and Nira Wickramasinghe.
Description of profile area
AMT is one of the 11 profile areas of Leiden University that transcend the boundaries between specialist fields. AMT is coordinated by the Faculty of Humanities and the Leiden Institute for Area Studies, but is fully interdisciplinary in focus. AMT’s aim is to raise the visibility and strength of Asian studies in the University, where “Asia” includes all of East, Central, South and Southeast Asia. AMT builds on the long history of Leiden University in research and teaching on Asian traditions, especially in the fields of religious studies, anthropology, philology, law and literature, to explore the debates, disagreements, disjunctures and conflicts that prevail in Asia in the modern age. The global prominence of East Asia and the rapidly developing economies of South and Southeast Asia render Asia a key case for the study of the fashioning of modernities in everyday life, state practices and the global arena. AMT focuses on five themes:
-Asia in the international system looks at global Asia, where the emergence of India and China as regional hegemons is reconfiguring issues of security and conflict
-Power and limits of the Asian state focuses on the transformation of and challenges posed to the Asian state
-Asian debates on history and modernity explores Asia’s role in shaping the meaning of rationalism, nationalism, secularism, equality, justice and rights
-New and old diversities in Asia looks at how Asia’s new modernities are being forged from the meeting of peoples, cultures, life-styles and ideologies
-Production and flow of modern Asian cultures encompasses the movement of practices, styles, objects, fashions, media and the like that have come to exemplify the modern in particular places
Postdoctoral Fellowship
The postdoctoral fellow is expected to conduct research relevant to AMT and is open in terms of topic, disciplinary orientation and supervision by one or more members of senior academic staff at Leiden University who specialize in the study of Asia. The postdoctoral fellow will, in addition to his or her own research, be actively involved in the activities undertaken by AMT, including the strengthening of AMT’s network of researchers in Leiden, its international contacts, and the dissemination of AMT research, for instance by organizing seminars or workshops or through AMT’s website.
Tasks
Conducting original research on a topic relevant to AMT
Rewriting the Ph.D. thesis for publication as peer-reviewed journal articles or a book
Presenting papers at (international) conferences
Designing and teaching one undergraduate or Masters course
Organizing and participating in AMT activities
Requirements
A doctoral or equivalent degree in a relevant field in hand at the start of employment
Research knowledge of one or more Asian languages necessary for the project
Fluency in English (spoken and written)
Ability to work both independently and as part of a team
Conditions of employment
The position of postdoctoral fellow is temporary for one year of full-time appointment, with the possibility upon exceptional performance of extension for maximally one further year.
The salary is determined in accordance with the current scales as set out in the collective labor agreement for the Dutch universities (CAO):
Postdoctoral fellow: min. € 3.195,- - max. € 4.374,- gross per month, commensurate with qualifications, with additional holiday and end-of-year bonuses
Candidates from outside the Netherlands may be eligible for a substantial tax break.
Information
For further information about the position please contact Professor Frank Pieke phone number +31-71-5272216, email f.n.pieke@hum.leidenuniv.nl. A full description of the profile area is available upon request.
Application
Applications have to be submitted in English and have to include:
-cover letter stating your motivation and suitability for this position
-postdoctoral research proposal of maximally 2,500 words
-curriculum vitae
-copies of your academic transcripts (or Dutch cijferlijst),
-a writing sample (such as a part of the Ph.D. thesis) of maximally 8,000 words
-three letters of reference
Please send your application electronically indicating the vacancy number before the deadline of 1 April 2011 to: vacatureslias@hum.leideuniv.nl
Please quote Scholarization.blogspot.com on your application when applying for this scholarship
The Leiden Institute for Area Studies ( is committed to the integration of disciplinary and regional-historical perspectives. LIAS has as its aim the advancement of teaching and research of Area Studies at Leiden University and in the wider academic community. LIAS comprises the Schools of Asian Studies (SAS) and Middle Eastern Studies (SMES). Area specializations in SAS include Chinese, Japanese, Korean, South- & Southeast Asian, and Tibetan Studies. LIAS staff have disciplinary expertise across the social sciences and humanities.
Starting September 2011 (or earlier if the candidate is available) the Leiden Institute for Area Studies has available one full-time (38 hrs), one-year postdoctoral position in the University’s profile area “Asian Traditions and Modernities” (AMT) that is coordinated by Professors Frank Pieke, Jan-Michiel Otto, Patricia Spyer, and Nira Wickramasinghe.
Description of profile area
AMT is one of the 11 profile areas of Leiden University that transcend the boundaries between specialist fields. AMT is coordinated by the Faculty of Humanities and the Leiden Institute for Area Studies, but is fully interdisciplinary in focus. AMT’s aim is to raise the visibility and strength of Asian studies in the University, where “Asia” includes all of East, Central, South and Southeast Asia. AMT builds on the long history of Leiden University in research and teaching on Asian traditions, especially in the fields of religious studies, anthropology, philology, law and literature, to explore the debates, disagreements, disjunctures and conflicts that prevail in Asia in the modern age. The global prominence of East Asia and the rapidly developing economies of South and Southeast Asia render Asia a key case for the study of the fashioning of modernities in everyday life, state practices and the global arena. AMT focuses on five themes:
-Asia in the international system looks at global Asia, where the emergence of India and China as regional hegemons is reconfiguring issues of security and conflict
-Power and limits of the Asian state focuses on the transformation of and challenges posed to the Asian state
-Asian debates on history and modernity explores Asia’s role in shaping the meaning of rationalism, nationalism, secularism, equality, justice and rights
-New and old diversities in Asia looks at how Asia’s new modernities are being forged from the meeting of peoples, cultures, life-styles and ideologies
-Production and flow of modern Asian cultures encompasses the movement of practices, styles, objects, fashions, media and the like that have come to exemplify the modern in particular places
Postdoctoral Fellowship
The postdoctoral fellow is expected to conduct research relevant to AMT and is open in terms of topic, disciplinary orientation and supervision by one or more members of senior academic staff at Leiden University who specialize in the study of Asia. The postdoctoral fellow will, in addition to his or her own research, be actively involved in the activities undertaken by AMT, including the strengthening of AMT’s network of researchers in Leiden, its international contacts, and the dissemination of AMT research, for instance by organizing seminars or workshops or through AMT’s website.
Tasks
Conducting original research on a topic relevant to AMT
Rewriting the Ph.D. thesis for publication as peer-reviewed journal articles or a book
Presenting papers at (international) conferences
Designing and teaching one undergraduate or Masters course
Organizing and participating in AMT activities
Requirements
A doctoral or equivalent degree in a relevant field in hand at the start of employment
Research knowledge of one or more Asian languages necessary for the project
Fluency in English (spoken and written)
Ability to work both independently and as part of a team
Conditions of employment
The position of postdoctoral fellow is temporary for one year of full-time appointment, with the possibility upon exceptional performance of extension for maximally one further year.
The salary is determined in accordance with the current scales as set out in the collective labor agreement for the Dutch universities (CAO):
Postdoctoral fellow: min. € 3.195,- - max. € 4.374,- gross per month, commensurate with qualifications, with additional holiday and end-of-year bonuses
Candidates from outside the Netherlands may be eligible for a substantial tax break.
Information
For further information about the position please contact Professor Frank Pieke phone number +31-71-5272216, email f.n.pieke@hum.leidenuniv.nl. A full description of the profile area is available upon request.
Application
Applications have to be submitted in English and have to include:
-cover letter stating your motivation and suitability for this position
-postdoctoral research proposal of maximally 2,500 words
-curriculum vitae
-copies of your academic transcripts (or Dutch cijferlijst),
-a writing sample (such as a part of the Ph.D. thesis) of maximally 8,000 words
-three letters of reference
Please send your application electronically indicating the vacancy number before the deadline of 1 April 2011 to: vacatureslias@hum.leideuniv.nl
Please quote Scholarization.blogspot.com on your application when applying for this scholarship
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