Applications are invited for a PhD fellowship in "Textual criticism and the sociology of texts".

The fellowship is funded by the Danish Agency for Science, Technology and nnovation and is offered jointly through the Georg Brandes School at the Department of Nordic Studies and Linguistics, Copenhagen University, and the Department of Literature, Institute for the Sociology of Literature, Uppsala University. The successful candidate will be expected to divide his or her time between Copenhagen and Uppsala, and will be allocated a supervisor from each institution, the principal supervisor however will be a professor or associate professor from the University of Copenhagen.

Funding is provided for a research project within the area known as "the sociology of texts", meaning that texts are regarded not as abstract bearers of meaning but rather as historical phenomena which have physical manifestations and are the products of social interaction. This point of view necessitates an awareness of the factors and agents which re involved in the cultural processes of production, dissemination and reception, as texts are constantly recast, re-issued and reinterpreted by different people at different times.

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The Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies and the University of Cologne will start a new joint PhD program in economic sociology and political economy this fall. Up to seven doctoral students will be accepted into the program. Candidates must hold a Diplom or a Masters degree with honours in political science, sociology, organization studies or related fields.

Fellowships will start on October 1, 2007. Working languages at the Research School are English and German. Doctoral fellows will participate in a graduate school program including courses and summer school sessions. The deadline for applications is March 15, 2007. Program details, online application form and more: http://imprs.mpifg.de

Marie Curie SocAnth is an EU funded training programme
now in its second year aiming to promote the
development of Anthropological research and teaching
in central, eastern and South-eastern Europe.


SocAnth will provide 6 doctoral scholarships in
September 2007 to doctoral students from or working in
our target region.

30% of our appointed students may however come from
outside of the EU (and associate states) so long as
their projects fit our overall aims. Anthropology
doctorands from anywhere else in the world who wish to
research in our target region or on targetted themes
may thus also apply for funding. We are particularly
interested in encouraging applications from Africa and
Asia.


As well as this PhD funding we will also be offering
approximately thirteen short term visits to the
network to PhD students carrying out research in
eastern Europe and other former socialist states
(including China) this coming academic year.

Finally we offer one 10 month visit, hosted by Babes
Bolyai University, Cluj, Romania to carry out
supervised fieldwork and research in Romania or
Moldova.

The 'SocAnth' network comprises: University College
London (UCL) and Goldsmith's College, Britain (GSM);
Central European University, Hungary (CEU); Max Planck
Institute for Social Anthropology, Germany (MPISA) and
Babes-Bolyai University, Romania (BBU).

Please go to the SocAnth Web site
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/mariecuriesocanth

The Eurasian Undergraduate Exchange Program (UGRAD) is a program of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the United States Department of State and administered by IREX. UGRAD provides opportunities for current first, second, and third* year undergraduate students (*in five-year programs) from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russian Federation, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan to spend one academic year of non-degree study in a US university or community college. Participants are selected through an open, merit-based competition.

The Undergraduate Exchange Program (UEP) supports students from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Macedonia, Moldova, Mongolia, Romania, and Serbia in the United States for one year of nondegree academic studies. Applicants must currently be enrolled as a second-year student at a university in their home country to be eligible.

Participants attend a university or college in the United States for one year. While in the United States, grantees agree to complete 25 hours a semester of community service work in an area of interest to them. At the end of the year, they are expected to return home to complete their degrees. Once back in their home country, grantees complete a community service internship or project.

Participant selection and university placement is determined by a panel of experts in the United States. Candidates do not apply to a specific university.

Deadline: Friday, December 1, 2006