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How would you dress a saint in art? Working within a historically unparalleled amalgam of an interconnected world and regional religious- and legal reforms, Netherlandish artists active at the dawn of the ʻfirst globalisationʼ were among the first to create consummate solutions to this question. Re-conceptualizing hermeneutical geographies they ordered anew the ever-expanding ʻworld of thingsʼ into their religious scenes.

University of Toronto: Faculty of Arts & Science – Department:  Institute of Islamic Studies; St. George (Downtown Toronto)

Call for applications: 2 fellowships for doctoral candidates (postdoc) and 2 fellowships for doctoral students in the summer semester 2026 for 3 months each

Each year, the Institute offers post-doctoral long-term Yates Fellowships to support research on projects on any aspect of cultural, intellectual, or art history.

Applications now open.

Closing date – 15th of December at midday GMT

The Oxford Future of Finance and Technology Initiative is launching a major cutting-edge research programme on “Enabling consumers to make healthy financial choices”, focusing on how technological and organisational solutions can improve financial literacy and decision-making.

The Bartlett School of Planning (BSP) at UCL is a research-led planning school at the forefront of tackling major urban priorities and challenges. As a truly interdisciplinary centre of excellence, it plays a leading role in shaping debates in the fields of urban planning, urban studies and geography, urban design, and real estate. It also offers a range of innovative planning and built environment teaching programmes.

More information can be found here: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/planning.

The Princeton University Center for Human Values invites applications for a Postdoctoral Research Associate in Moral Philosophy for a position starting in September 2026. The researcher's duties will include making progress on their own research projects, teaching the equivalent of one course each year, and actively participating in the intellectual community of the University Center for Human Values. The teaching will likely involve running a senior thesis seminar rather than teaching a traditional course, subject to approval of Princeton's Office of the Dean of the Faculty.