The International Graduate School of   University of Halle, Sectionof Asian and African Studies, has the opportunity to offer thefollowing grants:

• five PhD grants
• two post-doc grants.

The grants are all for two years. An extension is possible (oneyear for post-docs and two six-months extensions for PhD grants).Applications can be submitted for shorter terms also.
We explicitly encourage applications by students from Asian and African countries.

Requirements (PhD grants)

• excellent Masters certificate or equivalent in one of therelevant disciplines: Arabic Studies, Christian Orient, Anthropology,Islamic Studies, Jewish Studies, Japan Studies, South Asian Studies,Bible Studies (Divinity).
• relevant PhD research project falling into the general framework of the Section
• letter of consent by a supervisor for PhD thesis
• grantees are expected to co-operate in the programme of the Section

Requirements (post doc grants)

• excellent PhD in one of the relevant disciplines
• grantees are expected to contribute to the programme of the Section by their own scientific input

At present, the Section includes the following departments:Department of History, Language and Literature; Department ofAnthropology and Social Sciences; Department of Political Sciences;Department of Religion and Philosophy.
For further information, please check http://www.uni-halle.de/forschung/48826_90421/.

The University is committed to raising the proportion of women inunder-represented fields; we thus explicitly encourage applications bywomen. Individuals with disabilities will be given priority, assumingequal qualifications.

Applications should include the standard documentions and a project resume.
Standard documentation includes:

• a cover letter
• a CV including a list of publications
• an outline summarising the research which the applicant is interested in in undertaking
• photocopies of university degrees
  There is no application form.

Final selection will be made in July 2005. Please send applications to the following address before June 30th 2005:

Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg
Institut für Orientalistik
Prof. Dr. Jürgen Paul
Mühlweg 15
D-06099 Halle (Saale)

Or e-mail to juergen.paul@orientphil.uni-halle.de

Informal enquiries may be directed to the same address. Applicationdocuments will be returned to applicants provided a sufficientlystamped envelope is added.

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