Fili’s world

Israel might seem at first as a strange place to consider conducting East Asian research in, but this year a new East-Asian Louis Frieberg Center is being setup at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem-Israel and the new center is offering fellowships.

About the new Louis Frieberg Center for East Asian Studies -

The Center has set to itself the ambitious goal of establishing the Hebrew University as a national and a world-renowned hub of East Asian Studies. The Center, through its activities, will aim to pool together scholars from different departments and faculties within the Hebrew University, from the Israeli scholarly community, and from abroad and will catalyze high level interdisciplinary research, focusing on history of East Asia, its cultures, and its traditional and contemporary societies and political structures.

About the fellowship offered to international scholars -

The Louis Frieberg Center for East Asian Studies offers post-doctoral fellowships for the year 2007-2008. The post-docs are open to scholars in the humanities and social sciences specializing in East Asia, especially China, Japan and Korea. Fellowships are granted for one year or one term with the possibility of extension for an additional year. 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 April 2007.

The fellowship consists of a monthly stipend (tax free) of $1,250 and a housing allowance of $100. Payments are made once in three months in Israeli Shekels and are linked to the “representative rate of exchange.” Fellows are entitled to one airline ticket (economy class) for a direct flight from their home town to Israel and back.

The fellows are expected to teach one or two courses in the Hebrew University (for additional payment, according to the Hebrew University regulations). The ability to teach a course in Hebrew is welcome, but is not a prerequisite for attaining the fellowship. The fellows are also expected to actively participate in the life and activities of the Louis Frieberg Center for East Asian Studies. The fellows will present their research at the department seminar of the East Asian Studies Department, and possibly at other relevant forums. Any work outside the Hebrew University would be allowed only after specific approval by the Frieberg Center.

Since I’m currently looking for interesting PhD oppurtunities in east-Asia, and have a difficult time in finding offered fellowships I thought I might do my share in promoting the ones offered by my university. If you know of any interesting Business-Administration/Cross-Cultural Psychology scholarships offered at east-Asia, especially in China or Taiwan (but also Korea, Japan and Singapore), then I’m very interested.