16 Graduate Scholarships in Asian and European Transcultural Studies

The Graduate School of the Cluster of Excellence "Asia and Europe in a
Global Context. Shifting Asymmetries in Cultural Flows" at the University of
Heidelberg offers sixteen full graduate scholarships (ranging from 1000 to
1400 per month, depending on family allowance). The scholarships are
available from 2008 to both home/EU and overseas students (up to the age of
thirty). Eight scholarships are reserved for students from Asia.

Applicants are required to have graduated at a Master level or its
equivalents by the time of their application. Students are expected to
actively participate the Graduate School's programme.

Applications will be evaluated on the basis of academic qualifications, a
research proposal related to one of the Cluster's research areas, letters of
reference, and other professional experience. For information on the
Cluster's research areas, see www.vjc.uni-hd.de.

Deadline for applications is May 1st 2008. For further information and
electronic submission see Graduate School for Transcultural Studies,
http://www.vjc.uni-hd.de/jobs.htm. Please note that electronic submission is
mandatory.