[URBANTH-L]FUNDING: Qatar Postdoctoral Fellowship (Georgetown Univ)

[Angela Jancius]

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GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY
Position:  Post Doctoral Fellowship
Deadline:  February 4, 2008

Center for Contemporary Arab Studies (CCAS) is pleased to announce the
annual Qatar Post-Doctoral Fellowship competition. The fellowship will
support a recent PhD working on the topic of US-Arab Relations, Arab
or Islamic Studies (broadly defined) for a period of one academic year
(September to May) so that the fellow can devote this time to
transforming his/her dissertation into a book manuscript for publication.
The fellow will receive a stipend of $40,000, plus fringe benefits. The
fellowship is not restricted based on discipline.

Applicants must have completed a PhD between January 1, 2006 and
July 1, 2008 from a university in the United States. The fellowship requires
residence at Georgetown University for the duration of the academic
year.  The fellow will be given library privileges at Georgetown
University and office space at CCAS and will participate fully in the
life of the Center and the university community.  During the fall term
the fellow will deliver a lecture at CCAS about his/her research.  In
the spring term, the fellow will teach a small seminar broadly related
to the subject of US-Arab relations, Arab or Islamic studies.  For
more information and an application form, please visit: http://
ccas.georgetown.edu/center-scholarships-qatar_f.cfm