IMPAcT Final Year Dissertation Write-up Fellowships in 13th to 16th century Islamicate Intellectual History

Applications are invited for Final Year Dissertation Write-up Fellowships in 13^th to 16^th century Islamicate Intellectual History as part of the ERC Project IMPAcT, to commence on 1 October 2014 for one year. Three grants are available for scholars who are in the process of completing a dissertation on a topic relevant for 13^th to 16^th century Islamicate intellectual history (Philosophy, Theology, Sufism, the whole range of the so-called occult sciences, political thought, legal theory, and adjacent areas). The Fellowship provides a stipend that is intended to permit full-time work on the dissertation, without reliance on part-time employment. Fellows will be expected to give a termly presentation on their research in progress at the IMPAcT workshops as part of a research team comprising Professor Judith Pfeiffer, three post-doctoral researchers, and three doctoral students (http://impact.orient.ox.ac.uk/).

Grant value: £23,997 pa.

Start date: 1 October 2014.

Closing date for applications is 12 noon on Wednesday 20 August 2014.