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Max Weber Foundation – German Humanities Institutes Abroad (MWS): Travel Grants China

Deadline: 12th Oct 2018
Since 2018, the Max Weber Foundation – German Humanities Institutes Abroad (MWS) – awards travel grants once a year (for three years to begin with), with the support of the Fritz Thyssen Foundation. The grants will be awarded to scientists from sinology or related subjects, whose professional qualification phase is concerned with Chinese history, language or culture in the broadest sense and for whose research a stay in China is indispensable. Every year, two travel grants will be

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3 PhD positions: Elites, networks, and power in modern urban China (1830-1949). Historical “big data” in modern Chinese history

Aix-en-Provence / Marseille, France
Deadline: 30th Jun 2019
Proposal summary: This project proposes a step-change in the study of modern China reliant upon scalable data-rich history. It will deliver precise historical information at an unprecedented scale from heretofore untapped sources – as well as reshaping the analysis of existing sources – to create a new dimension in the study of the transformation of elites in modern China. It will deploy

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Tenure-track position as Assistant Professor in the field of Chinese History

UNC Charlotte, USA
Preliminary deadline: 26th Nov 2017
The Department of History at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte invites applications
for a tenure-track position as Assistant Professor in the field of Chinese History to begin August
2018. Applicants are required to have a Ph.D. in History or a related field at the time of
appointment, show evidence of a strong potential for professional development as a scholar and
teacher, and demonstrate a commitment to promoting diversity as a value in the department and
college. A research and teaching focus on Chinese History is required; the time period and
thematic specialization are open.
This position will have its tenure home in the History Department, a department in the College of
Liberal Arts and Sciences. The History Department employs

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