Description
The Department of Medieval Studies at Central European University invites applications for a PhD (Junior Visiting Researcher) position within the ERC Consolidator Grant entitled The Fashioning of a Sunni Orthodoxy and the Entangled Histories of Confession Building in the Ottoman Empire, 15th-17th Centuries (OTTOCONFESSION). The ERC project is particularly interested in the activities of the Franciscans (both Bosnian and otherwise) and Jesuits who engaged in missionary activities within territories under the Ottoman rule in Southeast Europe (Rumeli, the Balkans) in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Within this larger topic, a successful applicant for the position can propose to focus on a particular region and time period, as well as on the activities of a particular religious order or of the Sacred Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith (Sacra Congregatio de Propaganda Fide). The framework of inquiry includes, but is not limited to the following:
- The missionaries’ proselytizing strategies;
- Written and oral genres used in religious proselytization (catechisms, hagiographies, sermons, folk poetry, etc.);
- The trans-imperial nature of the missionaries’ networks;
- Forms of engagement with Islam, Muslims and Ottoman religious politics.
Eligibility
- The applicant has a master’s degree in history, literature, theology or a related field;
- The applicant’s CV illustrates familiarity with and experience in research into the Catholic missions in the Ottoman Empire;
- The applicant has a good command of Latin; Italian, Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian, and/or Hungarian is a plus;
- The applicant has written and spoken proficiency in English (more information about CEU’s general language requirements HERE) as
well as the ability to work with secondary literature in modern European languages;
- The applicant has ability to work independently and willingness to work in a research team, with good organizational and social skills;
- The applicant needs to meet all CEU’s general admissions requirements (more information HERE).
Scholarship
The successful candidate will be a full-time PhD student enrolled in the Medieval Studies Department while at the same time having an employment contract with CEU (as a Junior Visiting Researcher). The successful applicant is initially contracted for a period of 12 months, with the preferred starting date of 1 September 2015. Pending on successful completion of the first-year requirements for the PhD students in Medieval Studies department (see above), the contract will be extended by another 4 years. The contract must lead to the completion of a Ph.D. thesis within five years. The gross monthly salary is EUR 1200. Additionally, the candidate will have access to EUR 1000 per year for travel and research costs.
Deadline: 30 June 2015
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