Scholarships Archive

Call for Applications: An Wang Postdoctoral Fellowship

Cambridge, MA
Deadline: 15th Jan 2020
The Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies at Harvard University is pleased to announce the 2020-2021 competition for the An Wang Postdoctoral Fellowships in Chinese Studies. This year the Fairbank Center is offering two fellowships to support postdoctoral participants in an interdisciplinary research group that will focus on issues of science and technology in the making of modern China. This research group will be led by Professors Susan Greenhalgh (Anthropology), Victor Seow (History of Science), Arunabh Ghosh (History), and Ya-Wen Lei (Sociology). A strong working knowledge of Chinese and English is required. Applicants must provide confirmation of successful

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Louis Frieberg Post-doctoral Fellowships

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Deadline: 4th Mar 2019
The Louis Frieberg Center for East Asian Studies offers post-doctoral fellowships for the 2019-2020 academic year. The post-docs are open to scholars in the humanities and social sciences specializing in East Asia, especially China, Japan, Korea and Mongolia.
Fellowships are granted for one academic year or one semester. The starting date of the visit should not be later than four years after receipt of the doctoral degree; the fellow must hold a valid doctoral degree no later than October 2019.
The fellowship consists of a monthly stipend (tax free) of $1,800, paid in Israeli currency and linked to the representative rate of exchange. Fellows are entitled to one airline ticket (economy class, up to $1,500) for a direct flight from their hometown to Israel and back.

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Funding available – Master’s degree in Chinese Studies

Funding available – Master’s degree in Chinese Studies

Deadline: 1st May 2019
Dublin, Ireland
Trinity College Dublin would like to share details of funding available for applicants to the taught Master’s degree in Chinese Studies.
A range of generous support is available for 2019/20 applicants to the M.Phil. in Chinese Studies. Exceptional candidates from a strong academic background will be considered for a full-time tuition waiver for either EU or non-EU fees (worth €8,832/€18,849) and a monthly stipend of €1,000. Additional scholarship

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Call For Expressions Of Interest: Cultural Heritage along the Silk Roads – Venice and Suzhou

Deadline: 5th Jul 2018
The Department of Asian and North African Studies is opening a call for expressions of interest for a post‐doctoral fellowship or a one‐year scholarship
for research regarding the concept of water in pre‐modern Chinese literature with a particular focus on the “water worlds” of Suzhou.
Project: Cultural Heritage along the Silk Roads – Venice and Suzhou
In 1979, Hua Guofeng 华国锋 visited Venice. During his visit, he and the mayor of Venice decided to twin Venice and Suzhou because of their commonalities. Both are

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AREA Ruhr doctoral programme, Up to four 3-year Doctoral Stipends Available

Bochum and Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Deadline: 15th Dec 2017
The Alliance for Research on East Asia (AREA) Ruhr, supported by the Mercator Research Center Ruhr (MERCUR), invites applications for up to four 3-year doctoral stipends for the winter term 18/19, to study Transnational Institution Building and Transnational Identities in East Asia.
The structured three-year doctoral programme on Transnational Institution Building and Transnational Identities in East Asia aims to advance knowledge on East Asian regional institution building, identity formation, and the interaction between both processes throughout history and today. By applying transnational and comparative approaches to the study of East Asia, the programme looks beyond national borders and seeks to unleash the potential of combining humanities and social sciences and to base research projects on interdisciplinary perspectives.

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Vacant Position: 3-year Studentship in Chinese Archaeology/Ceramic Analysis

London and Oxford, UK
Deadline: 21st Apr 2017
The British Museum and the School of Archaeology, University of Oxford, are pleased to invite applications for a funded doctoral studentship awarded under the Arts and Humanities Research Council’s Collaborative Doctoral Partnership Scheme. This 3-year studentship is for research in Archaeology on the topic ‘Ceramic Traditions of Early Northern China: Painted Pottery in Context’, starting in October 2017. The studentship will be awarded on the basis of academic merit. The successful applicant is expected to have obtained (by September 2017) a Masters Degree in

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PhD Scholarships: AHRC Midlands3Cities funding for UK/EU students – School of Contemporary Chinese Studies

Nottingham, UKDeadline: 14th Jan 2015 The Midlands3Cities doctoral training partnership is collaboration between the universities of Nottingham, Nottingham Trent, Leicester, De Montfort, Birmingham and Birmingham City. The DTP is in the second of five years, awarding 87 PhD Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) studentships for UK/EU applicants for 2015 entry. M3C provides research candidates […]

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Three Doctoral Positions and Two Doctoral Stipends

Duisburg-Essen, Germany Deadline: 1st Mar 2014 The DFG Research Training Group 1613 Risk and East Asia invites applications forThree Doctoral Positions and Two Doctoral StipendsThese positions are available from October 2014 for three years (subject to a satisfactory progress review after 12 months). Following a successful review in 2013, the Research Training Group Risk and […]

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9 Promotionsstipendien: Manuscript Cultures – Interkonfessionalität in der Frühen Neuzeit – China in Deutschland, Deutschland in China 1830 – 1950

Deadline: 31st Jan 2014 mit einer Laufzeit von maximal 3 Jahren (2 + 1 bzw. 3 x 1) zu vergeben, davon je 3 Promotionsstipendien in den Graduiertenkollegs Manuscript Cultures Interkonfessionalität in der Frühen Neuzeit  China in Deutschland, Deutschland in China 1830 – 1950 Voraussetzung für die Bewerbung ist einabgeschlossenes Hochschulstudium in einem der jeweils beteiligten […]

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Doctoral Scholarships: AHRC Funding for UK/EU Arts and Humanities Research Students

Nottingham, UKDeadline: 9th Jan 2014 The Midlands3Cities Doctoral Training Partnership will be awarding 410 PhD studentships over a five year period to excellent research students in the arts and humanities. The DTP, a collaboration between the universities of Nottingham, Nottingham Trent, Leicester, De Montfort, Birmingham and Birmingham City, provides research candidates with cross-institutional mentoring, expert […]

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10 Doctoral-Positions at the Graduate School for Ancient Studies

Deadline: 6th Jan 2014Munich, Germany Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU) in Munich is one of the leading European universities with a tradition reaching back more than 500 years. The university has established the Graduate School “Distant Worlds: Munich Graduate School for Ancient Studies” which is funded by the German Excellence Initiative. The Graduate School is an interdisciplinary research […]

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The Swire Scholarship in Chinese History at SOAS, University of London

Deadline: 31st Jan 2014 There is one scholarship available for research applicants whose proposed research topic is on Chinese History with a focus on the intensifying encounter – economic or otherwise – between China and the West during the second half of the nineteenth century/early twentieth century. For applicants classified as Overseas for fee purpose, […]

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12 Ph.D. Stipends/Fellowships

Berlin, GermanyDeadline: 15th Jan 2014 The Graduate School of East Asian Studies invites applications for 12 Ph.D. Stipends/Fellowships. In addition, up to three doctoral candidates per year will be admitted with funding from other sources. We seek candidates with strong academic abilities and a Master’s degree in either East Asian Studies (Chinese Studies, Japanese Studies, […]

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Doctoral / post-doctoral Scholarships: “Literary Studies”

Berlin, GermanyDeadline: 6th Jan 2014 The Friedrich Schlegel Graduate School of Literary Studies is the only graduate school focusing solely on literary studies to have been repeatedly successful in the German “Excellence Initiative”. It has as its aim the supervision of exceptional dissertation projects in the field of Literary Studies, examining European, American, Arabic and […]

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Two doctoral scholarships: “China in Deutschland, Deutschland in China 1830-1950”

Hamburg, GermanyDeadline: 31st Oct 2013 Das Asien-Afrika-Institut und das Historische Seminar an der Fakultät für Geisteswissenschaften der Universität Hamburg vergeben im Rahmen eines Ph.D.-Programmes zwei Promotionsstipendien. Die Dauer der Förderung beträgt drei Jahre. Ein einjähriger Aufenthalt in Shanghai ist Teil des Programms.Die Stipendien haben eine Höhe von 1.300 Euro pro Monat. Das Ph.D.-Programm wird Teil […]

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PhD programme: Regional and/or Rising Powers

Hamburg, GermanyDeadline: 1st Oct 2013 The GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies jointly with the University of Hamburg seek to hire two Doctoral Students. The successful candidates will join either the GIGA Doctoral Programme or the Graduate School of the Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences at the University of Hamburg. They will […]

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Hong Kong PhD Fellowships

Hong Kong, ChinaDeadline: 1st Dec 2013 The CEFC would like to draw the attention of prospective PhD candidates to this attractive scheme funded by the Hong Kong government to bring foreign research students to Hong Kong. The CEFC may be able to help interested French and EU candidates identify and contact relevant supervisors. It is […]

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Second Call: Phd Scholarships in EUAP Hong Kong

Hong Kong, China Deadline: 15th Aug 2013 International Research Scholarship (PhD Scholarship) – The European Union Academic Programme Hong Kong (EUAP) is inviting applications for a PhD Scholarship in the fields of European Union Studies / EU Relations with China / East Asia. The EUAP is a consortium of four universities in Hong Kong, co-financed […]

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Full-time doctoral or post-doctoral scholarship on The history of mathematics in relation to astral sciences — ancient and medieval Indian sources

Paris, France Deadline: 21st Jun 2013 European Research Council (ERC) project “Mathematical Sciences in the Ancient World (SAW): New Theoretical Approaches to the Sources and Socio-Political Issues of the Present Day” Karine Chemla (Principal Investigator) Agathe Keller & Christine Proust (Co-directors) The European Research Council Project “Mathematical Sciences in the Ancient World (SAW)” is calling […]

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Full-time doctoral or post-doctoral scholarship Ancient mathematics in secondary schools: issues, current practices and new perspectives

Paris, France Deadline: 21st Jun 2013 European Research Council (ERC) project “Mathematical Sciences in the Ancient World (SAW): New Theoretical Approaches to the Sources and Socio-Political Issues of the Present Day” Karine Chemla (Principal Investigator) Agathe Keller & Christine Proust (Co-directors) The European Research Council Project “Mathematical Sciences in the Ancient World (SAW)” is calling […]

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Full-time doctoral or post-doctoral scholarship Mathematical practices in the context of astral sciences in ancient China

Paris, France Deadline: 21st Jun 2013 European Research Council (ERC) Advanced Research project “Mathematical Sciences in the Ancient World (SAW): New Theoretical Approaches to the Sources and Socio-Political Issues of the Present Day” Karine Chemla (Principal Investigator) Agathe Keller & Christine Proust (Co-directors) The European Research Council Project “Mathematical Sciences in the Ancient World (SAW)” […]

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PhD Scholarship in Global History

Salzburg, Austria Deadline: 22nd May 2013 Applications are invited for a 48 months (4 years) doctoral scholarship to be undertaken in the field of Global History with a research focus on the history of cross-cultural relations, knowledge and science transfer, or commercial/economic exchange relations to be carried out at the Department of History, Salzburg University, […]

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PhD studentship: Deconstruction and construction of national traditions and science in China (DEKONTRAV)

Charles University, Prague The Institute of East Asian Studies at Charles University, Prague, announces a three year PhD studentship associated with the research project Deconstruction and construction of national traditions and science in China (DEKONTRAV). The studentship will be tenable from the academic year 2013–14. Science and the scientific spirit were important attributes of modernity […]

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Doctoral Scholarship

Deadline: 1st Feb 2013
Heidelberg, Germany

Heidelberg University invites applications for 1 PhD Scholarships within the research group “Transcultural Justice: Legal Flows and the Emergence of International Justice within the East Asian War Crimes Trials, 1946-1954” The research group is situated within the Cluster “Asia and Europe in a Global Context,” funded by the German Federal Excellence

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8 Doctoral Scholarships

Heidelberg, Germany.
Deadline: 15th Mar 2013.

The Graduate Programme for Transcultural Studies at the Cluster of Excellence, "Asia and Europe" welcomes applications for eight doctoral scholarships. The programme offers a monthly scholarship of 1.200 Euro. It further supports scholarship holders in framing their research through advanced courses and individual supervision and mentoring. The scholarships start in the winter term 2013/14 and are granted for two years with the possibility of an extension

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ESRC Doctoral Training Centre Studentships 2013

Deadline: 1st Feb 2013
University of Nottingham, UK

The School of Contemporary Chinese Studies supported by the University of Nottingham ESRC Doctoral Training Centre (DTC) invites applications for PhD studentships in 2013 (both 1+3 and +3 awards) within Language Based Area Studies. The School is recognised as one of the leading centres in the UK in the provision of high quality, discipline-based research

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CEFC PhD Scholarship 2013

Deadline: 1st Jan 2013

The Scientific Board of ‘Pôle Asie’ research institutes attached to the French Foreign Ministry will award a ninth months, non-renewable PhD scholarship. The scholarship comprises a monthly stipend of 1625 Euros, round-trip air travel from Europe to Hong Kong or Taiwan (when applicable), transportation of luggage up to 200 Euros and repatriation insurance in certain health problems. Applicants must be citizens of a member State of the European Union

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2 PhD Scholarships

Heidelberg University, Germany
Preliminary Deadline: 1st Nov 2012

Heidelberg University invites applications for 2 PhD Scholarships within the research group “Towards a Global History of Concepts.” The research group is situated within the Cluster “Asia and Europe in a Global Context,” funded by the German Federal Excellence Initiative, and aims to develop new ways of reconstructing conceptual migrations and entanglements in transcultural perspective. Brief outlines of the group’s objectives and subprojects

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Call for applications: PhD scholarships based in a French CNRS unit with international mobility to a CNRS research center abroad

Deadline: 27th July 2012

Le Centre d’Etude Français sur la Chine contemporaine (CEFC) invite les doctorants travaillant en sciences humaines et sociales sur la Chine Contemporaine à prendre connaissance de l’appel à proposition pour contrats doctoraux de 36 mois avec mobilité internationale lancé par l’Institut des Sciences Humaines et Sociales du CNRS.

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Expired: PhD Studentships at the University of Loughborough

Deadline: Expired The Department of Politics, History and International Relations at Loughborough University invites applications for two fully-funded PhD studentships for 3 years (UK or EU fee status). The studentship is available for PhDs commencing in October 2011. Details here

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