The PhD Programme "Migration and Transnational Networks" at the European University Viadrina in Frankfurt Oder offers 3 fellowships for qualitative empirical research on economic, social, cultural, religious or political aspects of labor migration. The case studies should relate to one or several of the following questions: (1) Structure and agency in transnational spaces, i.e. in economic or political organizations, social networks, family and kinship relations, religious communities spanning two or more nations; (2) power and exploitation in transnational spaces; (3) the configurations of the national and the transnational, (4) identities and there shifts. Read more ...The programme will begin in May 2004. Applications from graduate students from Germany and from abroad are welcomed. Admission requirement is a university degree in anthropology/ sociology/cultural studies or related disciplines. Applicants should submit: - a curriculum vitae with a detailed description of your academic profile, - authenticated copies of all relevant school-leaving/university entrance certificates and university degree certificates, - one reference from a university teacher providing information about the applicant's academic qualification, - an outline of the dissertation project of about 15 pages giving details about (1) the theoretical orientation (2) the working hypothesis; (3) the field of research; (4) field access; (5) pre-studies (6) research schedule. - a questionaire concerning personal data. Further information is available online. It is expected that the fellows participate regularly in the discussions of the study group and the PhD colloquia. Scholarships are granted for two years with a possible extension for an additional half year. Scholarships include basic funds, an overhead and child care supplements and are awarded on the basis of DFG-guidelines. Applications are to be sent by 30. April 2004 (application period has been extended) in printed version to Prof. Werner Schiffauer; Lehrstuhl Vergleichende Kultur- und Sozialanthropologie, Europa Universität Viadrina, Postfach 1786 D-15207 Frankfurt/Oder and by e-mail.

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