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• 01 jui 2014

  Scholarship, prize and job offer - Sociology

  Welcome to the Migration and Society (URMIS) research unit for applicants to the CNRS and IRD researchers award

  L’unité de recherche « Migrations et société » (Urmis, UMR 205) est une unité mixte de recherche sous tutelle des universités Paris Diderot et Nice Sophia Antipolis, de l’Institut de recherche pour le développement (IRD) et du Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS, à compter du 1er janvier 2014). L’Urmis est pluridisciplinaire et spécialisée dans les recherches sur les migrations et les relations interethniques. 

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• 07 mar 2014

  Paris

  Scholarship, prize and job offer - Political studies

  The energy transition of European societies: from the city to the region

  The examples of Germany and the united Kingdom

  In partnership with Électricité de France (EDF), Paris Institute for Advanced Studies (Paris IAS) is recruiting two high-level international researchers in the humanities and social sciences (or related fields) for a period of nine months, to take part in a research programme on the energy transition of European societies, with particular emphasis on Germany and the UK, from a city to a regional level. Paris IAS will host successful applicants beginning in October 2014 or January 2015, offering them the opportunity to focus entirely on their research while benefiting from a front-ranking scientific environment, and building lasting networks with university and research institutions in Paris and the Île-de-France Region.

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• 30 jan 2014

  Paris

  Scholarship, prize and job offer - Europe

  Fondation Charles de Gaulle History Prize (2014)

  Créé en 2012, le prix d'histoire de la Fondation Charles de Gaulle souhaite encourager les travaux en sciences humaines et sociales sur Charles de Gaulle et sur le gaullisme. Il s'agit d'un prix annuel remis à un mémoire de M2 (ou titre équivalent) inédit.

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• 11 déc 2013

  Johannesburg

  Scholarship, prize and job offer - Africa

  French Institute of South Africa Fellowships 2014

  PhD / Postdoctorate

  One or two doctoral or post-doctoral research position are vacant at the French Institute of South Africa. IFAS is a French Research Institute Overseas (IFRE) under the supervision of the French Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs and the CNRS, covering Southern Africa (UMIFRE 25, USR 3336). These posts are financed through non-renewable (save for exceptional reasons) relocation allowances (Aides à la Mobilité) for a maximum of nine months. Successful applicants will receive the scientific and logistic support of IFAS and will become involved in the scientific life of the Institute by regularly taking part in the ongoing activities (conferences, seminars, conferences, publications, etc.). The relocation allowance comes to €1 200 net per month and, in addition, includes one Paris/Johannesburg/Paris trip which will be refunded on the basis of the price of an economic class air ticket, and medical cover. Nationality will not be a condition for application. Applicants will be selected on the basis of scientific criteria only, although the integration potential of the project into the academic landscape of Southern Africa will be taken into consideration. Priority will be given to applicants whose research is in line with the research programmes of the Institute.

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• 11 déc 2013

  Johannesburg

  Scholarship, prize and job offer - Africa

  French Institute of South Africa Funding Application 2014

  Masters, Doctoral, Postdoctoral students, Senior Researchers

  Within the framework of its research programming, the French Institute of South Africa (UMIFRE 25, USR 3336) finances certain research projects in the Human and Social Sciences on Southern Africa. All funding applications from research units, researchers and students for research work, field work, events or publications for 2014 must imperatively reach us before the 11^th of December 2013. Nationality will not be a condition for application, although the existence or prospect of a long-lasting partnership between France and Southern Africa is essential. Financial contribution from another institution is highly desirable. In all cases, funds allocated by IFAS will not exceed 40 000 ZAR or 4 000 EUR. Applicants will receive replies by email during the first quarter of 2014, after their projects have been examined by the members of the Research Council for Africa of the French Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs. All applications will be taken into consideration. However, priority will be given to applicants whose research is in line with the research programmes of the Institute

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• 06 jan 2014

  Marseille

  Scholarship, prize and job offer - Epistemology and methodology

  Academic director position at IMéRA

  Institut méditerranéen de recherches avancées (Aix-Marseille Université)

  The post of Scientific Director of the Mediterranean Institute for Advanced Research, IMéRA Foundation (Aix-Marseille University), will be vacant as of 1^st March 2014. A member of the French Network of Institutes for Advanced Study (RFIEA), IMéRA offers 5- to 10-month residency schemes to researchers and artists to help them develop cross-discipline-oriented research projects in connection with Aix-Marseille University (AMU) teams and laboratories. The Scientific Director assists the President and the General Director of the Foundation for a two-year, renewable mandate. His/her mission statement is to work in agreement with the General Director to devise and implement the scientific activity programme.

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• 15 jan 2014

  Paris

  Scholarship, prize and job offer - America

  Publication Grants: (pre-1980) historical American art

  2014 Terra Foundation Academic Awards, Fellowships & Grants

  These grants provide support for publication projects on historical American art (pre-1980) that make a significant contribution to scholarship and have an international dimension. Projects may include translations of texts on American art; publications written by non-U.S. scholars or those with a significant number of non-U.S. contributors; and publications with a focused thesis exploring American art in an international context. Projects must be under contract for publication. Books may receive up to $30,000; articles may receive up to $3,000. For more information, please visit our website.

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• 01 déc 2013

  Scholarship, prize and job offer - America

  2014 Charles C. Eldredge Book Prize in American Art

  Call for Nominations

  The Smithsonian American Art Museum invites nominations for the 2014 Charles C. Eldredge Prize, an annual award for outstanding scholarship in American art history. Single-author books devoted to any aspect of the visual arts of the United States and published in the three previous calendar years are eligible. To nominate a book, send a letter explaining the work’s significance to the field of American art history and discussing the quality of the author’s scholarship and methodology. Self-nominations and nominations by publishers are not permitted. The deadline for nominations is December 1, 2013. Please send them to: The Charles C. Eldredge Prize, Research and Scholars Center, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012. Nominations will also be accepted by email: eldredge@si.edu or fax: (202) 633-8373. Further information about the prize may be found at americanart.si.edu/research/awards/eldredge.

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• 29 nov 2013

  Milan

  Scholarship, prize and job offer - Thought

  Public Competition for Admission to the PhD Courses with scholarships – State University of Milan

  PhD course in Philosophy and Human Sciences

  The PhD course in Philosophy and Human Sciences aims to offer a brand new track for higher education, which integrates the competences required for theoretical and experimental research in disciplines, such as anthropology, geography, linguistics, psychology and cognitive science, social science, art theory and criticism with the knowledge made available by philosophical research in both their theoretical and historical manifestations. This PhD course offers multidisciplinary training and aims to provide extensive knowledge in specific sectors of essential and applied research, promoting development in innovative and cutting edge fields, which promote the ability to master theories, methods and techniques of various fields.

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• 30 nov 2013

  Agen

  Scholarship, prize and job offer - Sociology

  Research and lecturing post in criminology at the École nationale d'administration pénitentiaire (Enap)

  One year replacement contract

  L’École nationale d’administration pénitentiaire (ENAP), implantée à Agen, recrute une ou un enseignant chercheur en criminologie, par voie contractuelle (CDD) pour un contrat de remplacement d’un an.

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• 15 jan 2014

  Giverny

  Scholarship, prize and job offer - America

  Terra Summer Residency Fellowships

  2014 Terra Foundation Academic Awards, Fellowships & Grants

  These eight-week residential fellowships provide the opportunity to pursue individual work and research in a community of peers while being mentored by senior artists and scholars. Ten fellowships are awarded annually to doctoral students at an advanced stage of research and writing on pre-1980 American art and visual culture and to artists with a master’s degree.

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• 15 jan 2014

  Washington

  Scholarship, prize and job offer - America

  Smithsonian American Art Museum Fellowship Opportunities

  The Smithsonian American Art Museum and its Renwick Gallery invite applications for research fellowships in art and visual culture of the United States. A variety of predoctoral, postdoctoral, and senior fellowships are available. Fellowships are residential and support independent and dissertation research. The stipend for a one-year fellowship is $30,000 for predoctoral fellows or $45,000 for senior and postdoctoral fellows, plus generous research and travel allowances. The standard term of residency is twelve months, but terms as short as three months will be considered; stipends are prorated for periods of less than twelve months.

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• 14 mar 2014

  Paris

  Scholarship, prize and job offer - Sociology

  Happiness as an issue in culture and society (2014)

  Call for applications for a humanities and social sciences prize at the Observatoire du Bonheur

  Portant un regard pluridisciplinaire sur la société et ses évolutions, l’Observatoire du bonheur a vocation à observer les phénomènes sociaux et à agréger les connaissances autour des représentations du bonheur. Mener des recherches historiques, quantitatives, philosophiques et anthropologiques, traverser les savoirs, les goûts, les émotions qui font notre époque, nourrir une réflexion plus complète mais aussi plus ouverte, telles sont les missions de l’Observatoire.

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• 27 jan 2014

  Scholarship, prize and job offer - Thought

  Erasmus Mundus EuroPhilosophie

  European commission grants

  Le Master Erasmus Mundus « Philosophies allemande et française dans l’espace européen » (EuroPhilosophie) offre aux étudiants du monde entier un parcours de formation de deux ans de haut niveau spécialisé dans les domaines de la philosophie allemande et de la philosophie française et de leur interaction au sein de l’espace intellectuel et culturel européen.

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• 31 jan 2014

  Scholarship, prize and job offer - Sociology

  Student life as seen by students

  The National Observatory of Student Life launches its 23rd award

  Pour la 23^e année consécutive, l'OVE lance son concours national « La vie étudiante vue par les étudiants ». Ce concours est destiné à encourager les recherches sur les conditions de vie des étudiants menées par les étudiants eux-mêmes. Il s'adresse aux étudiants de master (M1 et M2) et de doctorat de toutes disciplines, ayant soutenu avec succès un mémoire ou une thèse dont l'objet porte sur les conditions de vie des étudiants, quel que soit l'aspect étudié.

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• 16 déc 2013

  14 mar 2014

  15 déc 2014

  Chicago

  Scholarship, prize and job offer - America

  Academic Program Grants

  2014 Terra Foundation Academic Awards, Fellowships & Grants

  These grants provide support for symposia, colloquia, and scholarly convenings on American art that take place in Chicago or outside the United States; or that take place within the United States and examine American art within an international context and/or include a significant number of international participants.

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• 04 nov 2013

  Aarhus

  Scholarship, prize and job offer - Information

  Projekt manager for Digital Humanities lab Denmark (DIGHUMLAB)

  The Digital Humanities Lab Denmark (DIGHUMLAB) research infrastructure is looking for a visionary, dynamic and competent project manager to head the national research infrastructure DIGHUMLAB (set up in accordance with the national roadmap for research infrastructure: http://fivu.dk/en/publications/2011/danish-roadmap-for-research-infrastructure-2011/

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• 09 déc 2013

  Bucharest

  Scholarship, prize and job offer - Sociology

  New Europe College International Fellowships

  Bucharest, Romania – 2014-15

  New Europe College – Institute for Advanced Study in Bucharest, Romania – announces the competition for Fellowships for the academic year 2014-15. The program targets young international researchers/academics working in the fields of humanities, social studies, and economics.

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• 19 nov 2013

  Scholarship, prize and job offer - Sociology

  The analysis of social media and their socio-economic impacts

  SMC Research Awards

  Le Social Media Club, avec le soutien de la Région Ile-de-France et en partenariat avec le Celsa-Paris Sorbonne, organise les SMC Research Awards, un concours pour récompenser les travaux de jeunes chercheurs en SHS prenant pour objet l’analyse et la compréhension des « médias sociaux » en ligne. Les candidats doivent transmettre leur texte avant le 19 novembre. Un jury composé d’universitaires et de professionnels du numérique sélectionnera les meilleurs articles et récompensera leurs auteurs d''un prix de 2.000 € chacun, ainsi que du titre de « chercheur invité » au sein d’une entreprise partenaire du Social Media Club (pour y présenter ses travaux ou pour une collaboration plus poussée autour de l'utilisation d'outils et de données, selon les besoins et envies de chaque partie). 

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• 26 oct 2013

  Scholarship, prize and job offer - Europe

  Study grant at the Comité d'histoire de l'électricité et de l'énergie 2013-2014

  Depuis 2001, le Comité d’histoire de l’électricité a pour mission de conduire et de susciter des recherches scientifiques, d'étudier et de valoriser le patrimoine matériel et immatériel, de partager et de communiquer les savoirs sur l'histoire de l’électricité. 

  En 2013, le Comité a élargi son champ d'intervention pour devenir le Comité d'histoire de l'électricité et de l'énergie. Il poursuit ses actions de soutien dans le domaine de l’histoire et du patrimoine de l’électricité et de l'énergie et contribue à sa diffusion auprès de tous les publics. 

  Le Comité d'histoire de l'électricité et de l'énergie soutient les travaux d'étudiants en sciences humaines sur l’électricité et l'énergie à travers un programme sélectif de bourses d'études annuelles comprises entre 1500 et 3000 euros. 

   

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