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BIGSSS currently invites applications for up to 3 positions in its Postdoc Program. Please find more information below and on the following pages.

The Zukunftskolleg offers up to five Zukunftskolleg Bridge Fellowships (any discipline represented at the University of Konstanz). The positions are available between March 1, 2017 to October 31, 2017 for a maximum of eight months.

This funding instrument follows three different aims:

The Nalanda-Sriwijaya Centre (NSC) of the ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute (ISEAS) in Singapore pursues research on historical interactions among Asian societies and civilizations prior to the 17th century. NSC is now accepting applications for Visiting Fellowship positions from scholars at all ranks who wish to undertake research and writing on Premodern maritime history of Southeast Asia. Research to focus on trade routes in the Southeast Asian region or maritime economic linkages to China or India.

The University of Wyoming Global and Area Studies Program invites applications for a senior scholar-in-residence position to begin in August 2017 or January 2018. Supported by the Wyoming Excellence in Higher Education Endowment, the Visiting Senior Scholar in Global Studies will enrich and broaden UW’s Global and Area Studies Program and in particular our recent focus on human security.

The Max-Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity in Göttingen is seeking to appoint a Postdoctoral Research.

The Romanian Institute of Science and Technology invites applications for grants aimed at young researchers who wish to conduct, manage and lead an independent project within the institute. The call is open to all scientists, regardless of current place of work, citizenship or nationality. The grants constitute a unique opportunity for a transition from a postdoctoral position to independent research. The research projects will be funded with up to 550,000 lei (about 122,000 euros) for up to 2 years by UEFISCDI, a Romanian research funding agency.

The calls for application for the fellow years 2019/20 and 2020/21 are closed.

The International Research Center "Work and Human Lifecycle in Global History" at Humboldt University in Berlin, funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) invites scholars to apply for international research fellowships (senior scholars and postdoctoral candidates) for the 2018-2019 academic year. Eight to twelve fellowships will be awarded. Applications are due in Berlin on 10 September 2017.