Postdoctoral position “Islamic Activists in Exile: Europe, Middle East and South-Asia — Czech Academy of Sciences
Dear all,
Please find below the call for application for 2 year post-doctoral position based at CEFRES (Prague) on the topic “Islamic Activists in Exile: Europe, Middle East and South-Asia. Deadline: 23 August 2017.
Topic 3: “Islamic Activists in Exile: Europe, Middle East and South-Asia”
This research project will associate one post-doctoral researcher with CAS researcher Giedre Sabaseviciute.
Description: Candidates will be expected to contribute to the project on the contemporary exiled Islamic activists in European, Middle Eastern and South-Asian cities. The project aims to research the ways in which the experience of exile affect the trajectories of activism, focusing on how different national context influence their career choices, which vary between the continuation of activism, involvement into different causes, or disengagement. Possible research topics include but are not restricted to 1- circulation of ideas, norms and activism through human networks; 2- patterns of activist network formation; 3- relationship between the exiled activists and their host countries; 4- continuities and ruptures in individual trajectories of activism. Candidates are expected to have conducted their doctoral research in one of the regions covered by the project (The Gulf, Turkey, South-Asia), to be proficient of one of its languages (Turkish, Arabic, Malay), and have an important knowledge of the fieldwork. Interdisciplinary approach is preferred, as well as some experience in ethnographic and biographical research, media studies, and discourse analysis.
Applicants may contact Giedre Sabaseviciute before applying for any relevant questions on their application. Please write to: saba@orient.cas.cz
More information can be found on http://www.cefres.cz/en/6214
Best wishes,
Giedre Sabaseviciute
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Dr. Giedrė Šabasevičiūtė
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Oriental Institute
Czech Academy of Sciences
Department of the Middle East
+420 608 265 201
saba@orient.cas.cz
