Daily Archives: 14 September 2016

Max Weber Center for Advanced Cultural and Social Studies: 10 Fellowships for Experienced Researchers – Call For Applications

The Max Weber Center for Advanced Cultural and Social Studies at the University of Erfurt (Max-Weber-Kolleg Erfurt) is a highly ranked international research centre. It is unique in its organizational structure by combining the functions of an institute for advanced study and a graduate school. Its ‘Weberian’ research programme combines historical, comparative and interdisciplinary perspectives with an interest in normative issues in the social sciences. It has a focus on contemporary social challenges, especially those arising in connection with (religious) plurality, cultural diversity and social processes of acceleration and growth. The core disciplines at the Max Weber Kolleg are sociology, economics, religious studies, law, philosophy, history and theology.

Within its fellowship programme “MWK-FELLOWS” the Max-Weber-Kolleg Erfurt offers (up to) 10 Fellowships for Experienced Researchers

The fellowships will be awarded to experienced researchers who are conducting advanced interdisciplinary research in cultural and social studies. The current call invites applications for fellowships for the academic year 2017/18. The fellowships will be awarded for 12 months (01 September 2017 – 31 August 2018) with the possibility of extension for another year. All experienced researchers regardless of seniority are invited to apply. This call is also open for researchers who are currently working outside academia but are interested in re-entering an academic environment of work.

For full information and to apply, please visit: http://www.hsozkult.de/grant/id/stipendien-13615

Deadline for applications: 1 October, 2016.

Borders and Margins: Forty-Third Annual Sewanee Medieval Colloquium – Call For Papers

The Forty-Third Annual Sewanee Medieval Colloquium
Theme: Borders and Margins
The University of the South, Sewanee, TN
March 10-11, 2017
Conference Website

  • Brinley Rhys Memorial Lecture: Elaine Treharne, Stanford University
  • Edward King Plenary Lecture: Marina Rustow, Princeton University
  • ‌School of Theology Lecture: Marilyn McCord Adams, Rutgers University‌

Call for Papers (due October 14, 2016):

The Sewanee Medieval Colloquium invites papers engaging with the space of the margin and the border in all aspects of medieval cultures. This includes the form and arrangement of manuscripts, the framing of visual art, the production of textiles and other materials, the contestation of political boundaries, non-normative sexualities and genders, demarcation of religious identity, conceptions of race, differences of species, frontiers of exploration and travel, and peripheral social groups, and other ways of conceptualizing our theme. Papers should be twenty minutes in length, and commentary is traditionally provided for each paper presented. We invite papers from all disciplines, and encourage contributions from medievalists working on any geographic area. Participants in the Colloquium are limited to holders of a Ph.D. and those currently in a Ph.D. program.

Scholars are welcome to submit to a specific panel or to the general call (applications to panels which are not accepted by the panel’s organizers will be returned to the general call pool). Panel sub-themes can be found here: http://medievalcolloquium.sewanee.edu/#subthemes; click on titles to see the detailed call for papers. Please submit an abstract (approx. 250 words) and brief c.v., via our website, no later than 14 October, 2016. If you wish to propose a session, please submit abstracts and vitae for all participants in the session. Completed papers, including notes, will be due no later than 10 February, 2017.

Call for Complete Panels (due October 14, 2016):

You may also propose a complete panel of either two or three papers; please submit all abstracts together, and attach all relevant CVs. Complete panel proposals will be due at the same time as our general call, October 14, 2016.

Call for Seminar Participants (due October 14, 2016):

The CFP for our seminar, “The Borders and Margins of the Encyclopedia” directed by Emily Steiner (University of Pennsylvania), can be found here.