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Call for Applications: Postdoctoral Fellowship, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, 4 Sep
September 4, 2020
Postdoctoral Fellowship focusing on Ottoman Turkish, Arabic and Persian Sources on Religion in the Ottoman Empire, 15th-18th centuries at Boğaziçi University, Istanbul
Starting date: October 01, 2020
Application deadline: September 4, 2020
Duration: 11 months
The advertised postdoctoral fellowship is a position associated with the ERC project entitled The Fashioning of a Sunni Orthodoxy and the Entangled Histories of Confession Building in the Ottoman Empire, 15th-17th Centuries (OTTOCONFESSION) hosted by the Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies at Central European University and carried out in cooperation with Boğaziçi University (for details on the project see https://cems.ceu.edu/ottoconfession). The fellow will have an academic affiliation with Boğaziçi University and will be expected to reside in Turkey for the duration of the fellowship.
The primary responsibility of the postdoctoral fellow will be the preparation of a Sourcebook, which is one of the key deliverables of the project. The said sourcebook comprises English translations of selected texts on creedal matters, religious worship and interreligious and interconfessional polemics that were written in the Ottoman Empire (as well as the rival Safavid Empire) between the 15th and 18th centuries. The work on the sourcebook can go jointly with the postdoctoral fellow’s own research as long as that research falls under the broad rubric of the OTTOCONFESSION project.
Duties and responsibilities:
The successful candidate will be expected to carry out the following tasks:
– translate selected primary sources from Ottoman Turkish, Arabic and/or Persian into English
– edit translations that have already been completed by other members of the OTTOCONFESSION research team
– prepare brief introductions, providing bibliographical information and historical context for each source
– edit entries that have already been written by other members of the research team
– work towards publications that fall under the purview of the OTTOCONFESSION project
Application Requirements:
-The applicant must have a PhD degree in history, Islamic Studies, or a related field.
-The applicant must have native or near-native fluency in English and an excellent command of Ottoman Turkish and at least one other Middle Eastern language (Persian or Arabic). Proficiency in all three languages would be ideal.
-Prior experience in translating primary sources is strongly desired.
What we offer:
The postdoc researcher will be enrolled on a full-time basis. The salary will be competitive and will cover social security premiums (SGK).
How to apply:
Please send your:
-application cover letter
-curriculum vitae
-writing sample, preferably a translation (up to 50 pages)
-names of two recommenders
by September 4, 2020 to derint@boun.edu.tr. Please note that the procedure will include interviews. Candidates will be informed of the decision promptly after the deadline.
Informal enquiries can be directed to Dr. Derin Terzioglu at derint@boun.edu.tr with cc: to Dr. Tijana Krstic (PI) at krstic@ceu.edu
