CEU-IAS invites applications for its core fellowship program for the academic year 2012-13. Deadline: Preregister by sending an email with the title and abstract of your research proposal by February 15, 2012. Submit the full application package by February 29, 2012. E-mail: applications_ias@ceu.hu More information is available athttp://ias.ceu.hu/fellowships Fellowships are available in all areas of the social sciences and humanities. Fellows have access to all CEU facilities, including seminar and conference space, computer services, and library resources. CEU-IAS facilitates the fellows’ engagement with the CEU and Hungarian scholarly community by encouraging collaborative projects, organizing joint public lectures, establishing studentmentorship programs, and related activities. Fellowships are highly competitive and fellows are chosen through a rigorous selection process. The Selection Committee will

« İnsanlar Şehirleri Ellerinden Alınmış Hissetmesinler » {mp4}Nora_arkitera{/mp4} Fransız Anadolu Araştırmaları Enstitüsü’nden Nora Şeni ile kamusal alan, kültür politikaları ve Taksim Projesi üzerine keyifli bir söyleşi gerçekleştirdik. 1980 sonrası kültür politikalarının yaratılmasında kamunun eksikliğinin yanı sıra özel sektörün yükselişini ve bu projeler ile İstanbul’un güncel sanatlarda dünyada geldiği yere dikkat çeken Şeni, İstanbul’un imajının sanat ve kültür politikaları ile şekillendiğini belirtiyor. Kentsel mekanın şekillenmesinde her dönemin kendi okuması olduğuna da dikkat çeken Şeni, günümüz kent planlama ve tasarım pratiğinin eksikliğini ise katılımcı ve müzakereden yoksun oluşuna bağlıyor. Bu bağlamda söyleşide ele alınan Taksim projesi ile ilgili « İnsanlar şehirlerin elinden alınmış hissetmesinler, » diyen Nora Şeni, böylesine kapsamlı bir projede en önemli olan noktanın diyalog ve müzakere olduğunun altını çiziyor ve Taksim Topçu Kışlası

2012-2013 Postdoctoral Fellowship Programsfor Advanced Historical Research in Islamic Art and Architecture All application materials must be received by Monday, April 2, 2012.Results will be announced by the end of May.Further information The Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture at Harvard University (AKPIA) is pleased to announce its Postdoctoral Fellowship and Associateship Programs for the 2012-2013 academic year.The Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture is pleased to invite applications for Fellowships with stipends and self-supported Associateships to conduct advanced historical research in Islamic art and architecture at Harvard University. AKPIA Fellowship grants are intended principally for overseas scholars-preferable, but not exclusively, from Muslim countries-to support research in art and architectural history and archaeology. Our grants are not intended to sponsor

School of History £30,122 – £35,938 per annum Start:  1 September 2012 or as soon as possible thereafter Fixed term for four years Ref No:  SB1112 Closing Date:  27 February 2012 Further Particulars:  SB1112 FPs.doc The School of History is seeking to appoint two Research Fellows on the research project “The Islamisation of Anatolia, c. 1100-1500” (ERC FP7 grant 284076). You will possess a PhD in an aspect of pre-modern Middle Eastern/Islamic Studies and have a good knowledge of Persian and/or Ottoman Turkish and experience of working with Islamic manuscripts. Your principal duties will be to produce a research monograph on any aspect of the spread of Islamic religion or culture, broadly interpreted, in Anatolia and/or the Ottoman lands prior

Bilkent Historical Society is pleased to announce its call for papers for the Migration Workshop to be held on April 26-27, 2012 at Bilkent University in Ankara, Turkey. The organizing committee is seeking graduate students from social sciences and humanities to submit proposals on any related topic to migration. This is an excellent opportunity for young scholars to present their research and gain insightful comments on their work. We hope the conference will prompt discussion of diverse topics related to migration in American, European and Ottoman History. Some of the subjects scholars are encouraged to submit proposals on are, but not limited to: assimilation integration (anti)racism ethnic &national identities causes of emigration modes of settlement fundamentalism & terror immigration restriction