The Center for Advanced Study "RomanIslam Center for Comparative Empire and Transcultural Studies" at the University of Hamburg, funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG), invites applications for Resident fellowships (Post Doc) (starting 2022,  duration between 1 and 12 months). 

The Center for Advanced Study brings together scholars from a wide range of disciplines working on Romanization and Islamication in Late Antiquity with a focus but not exclusively on the  Iberian  Peninsula and North Africa during the first millennium CE. The overall aim of the Center is to explore new approaches to Romanization and Islamication in this period and to set the scholarly debate in the field on a new footing. 

The third year theme is ‘Transforming Cities’, i.e. it will be dedicated to the imperial culture’s imprints on society, social structures, and economic relations, and its effects on urban organization. Research will focus on the transformation of urban structures against the background of changes in empires and concepts of religion. 

Fellowships are available for scholars at all stages of their academic career who have completed their doctoral degree and established an independent research profile. Applicants should be engaged in a research project in any relevant discipline that is related to the Center’s interests in Romanization and Islamication in the period and area in question. The Center also welcomes applications from scholars working on  comparative empire  and transcultural studies in a broader historical (or contemporary) perspective whose research has a strong focus on theoretical and methodological issues.   
 
Fellows are required to reside in Hamburg, where they pursue their own research project while also  participating in the colloquia held at the Center.