From: "Frank Conlon" <conlon@U.WASHINGTON.EDU>
To: <H-ASIA@H-NET.MSU.EDU>
Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2012 6:42 AM
Subject: H-ASIA: Positions Asia & Europe Exchanges, Norms & Social Order,
Univ. of Zurich, Doctoral Research Fellows (2-3)
> H-ASIA
> December 10, 2012
>
>
> Position(s): Asia and Europe Exchanges, Norms and Social Order, Doctoral
> Research Fellows (2-3) University Research Priority Program,
> University of Zurich
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> From: H-Net Job Guide:
>
> JOB GUIDE NO.: https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=46068
>
> University of Zurich, URPP Asia and Europe
>
> Research position at the doctoral level in research field 3 Norms and
> Social Order(s)
>
>
> Institution Type: College / University
> Location: Switzerland
> Position: Doctoral Fellow
>
> The University Research Priority Program (URPP) Asia and Europe of the
> University of Zurich explores exchanges and encounters between Asia and
> Europe that have taken and continue to take place in the areas of culture,
> law, religion and society. It promotes research by junior graduate
> scholars at both doctoral and post-doctoral levels within a structured and
> interdisciplinary research environment. The URPP consists of three
> research fields, i.e. Concepts and Taxonomies, Entangled Histories, and
> Norms and Social Order(s).
>
> We invite applications for
>
> 2-3 research positions at the doctoral level in research field 3 Norms and
> Social Order(s)
>
> Starting date: 1 September 2013
>
> Applicants should submit an original research project related to the
> following research projects:
>
> 1) Political Protest, Circulating Norms and the Political Economy of Land
> in South Asia
>
> This project looks into forms of protest against land grabbing and land
> colonization in South Asia. We start from the premise that the political
> economy of land in South Asia forms part of a specific mode of governing
> through a state of exception, in which different forms of property rights
> are contested and negotiated. The project will look into the formation of
> transnational networks (forms of protest) and the transnational
> circulation of norms, ideas and practices (between Asia and Europe) that
> are mobilized to legitimate political protest and uprising or, conversly,
> to justify territorial claims and related political and even military
> interventions by state and non-state actors alike.
>
> 2) Reconfiguring Citizenship in the Arab World
>
> Recent developments in the Arab world have renewed academic interest in
> types of contentious action and patterns of popular mobilization in the
> region. Since the events of the so-called Arab spring, challenging
> authoritarianism and opposing social inequalities in the name of justice,
> dignity and liberty have been effective devices for reclaiming political
> participation. The language of transnational human rights and civil rights
> has been of utmost importance in this context. However, current
> developments in several countries of the region point not only to the
> force of resistance of certain groups and centres of power, but also
> indicate the re-emergence of profound ideological cleavages inside as well
> as outside the state apparatus. What seems to be at stake is the
> relationship between subjects and the state in terms of political
> belonging as well as in terms of access to rights and resources. At the
> same time, the fact that mobilization has been fostered by a multitude of
> communicational tools ranging from personal networks and established
> organizations to new social media and from image politics to artistic
> forms of public expression raises questions as to the role of
> mediatization in political protest. Focusing on the changing course of
> protest and conflict, the project will be devoted to conflicting claims to
> citizenship and to the contested character of its institutionalization.
>
> Questions that could be addressed under this perspective are:
>
> - What is the role played by mediatization in shaping concepts and
> practices of citizenship?
>
> - How is public space used by different actors for the inclusion or
> exclusion of groups and their political demands?
>
> - What are the strategies employed by protesters and the
> authorities to visualize political protest?
>
> - How is citizenship politically and legally re-configured?
>
> According to the disciplinary background of the candidate and the thematic
> focus of the proposal, the PhD project will be assigned to legal studies
> or Islamic / Middle Eastern studies. Projects with a focus on gender are
> especially encouraged.
>
> Requirements: M.A. or equivalent academic degree qualifying the candidate
> to submit a PhD thesis in one of the following disciplines: Chinese
> studies, East Asian art history, Gender studies, general and comparative
> literature, geography, history, Indian studies, Islamic and Middle Eastern
> studies, Japanese studies, law, political science, social and cultural
> anthropology, study of religion, theology.
>
> Candidates are expected to enroll in the URPPs graduate program
> (Interdisciplinary Doctoral Program Asia and Europe), where discussions
> are conducted in German and/or English. Candidates should therefore have
> adequate knowledge of German or be ready to acquire the necessary language
> skills upon notice of election.
>
> Employment conditions: 50% PhD-position at the University of Zurich for
> the duration of three years at most. The salary is according to the
> Universitys regulations for PhD-students. PhD dissertations are to be
> submitted at the University of Zurich.
>
> We offer:a stimulating, demanding and competitive disciplinary and
> interdisciplinary research environment (4 faculties, 14 disciplines).
>
>
>
>
> Contact:
>
>
> Applicationsshould be submitted electronically in a single PDF-Document by
> 15 February 2013 according to the application guidelines published on our
> website (www.asienundeuropa.uzh.ch/aboutus/application.html). Please send
> them to the following email address:
>
> bewerbungen@asienundeuropa.uzh.ch
>
> Contact: Dr. Inge Ammering, URPP Asia and Europe, Executive Manager, Tel.:
> +41 44 634 07 38
>
>
>
> Website: http://www.asienundeuropa.uzh.ch
>
>
> Primary Category: Research and Methodology
>
> Secondary Categories: None
>
> Posting Date: 12/10/2012
>
> Closing Date 02/15/2013
>
>
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