The Faculty of Humanities, University of Oslo, has recently announced two  doctoral fellowships in East and South Asian language-based area studies.

Deadline: September 1

Two PhD positions are available within East Asian or South Asian language based area studies. The topic of the applicant’s PhD project should be related to geographical areas in Asia relevant for research at the Department of Culture Studies and Oriental Languages (IKOS) (China, Japan, Korea, Tibet, Nepal, India, Bangladesh). It is also required that the project is thematically relevant to current research at the Department. The applicant must document relevant language competence and the project should be based on sources in Asian language(s).

The appointment is for a period of 3 years and the doctoral thesis is expected to be completed within the given time frame.

The person appointed will be affiliated with the Faculty’s organized research training. The academic work must result in a doctoral thesis that will be defended at the Faculty with a view to obtaining the degree of PhD. The successful candidate is expected to join the existing research milieu or network and contribute to its developement.

The Faculty offers one PhD programme in Humanities. Read more about the PhD-programme here.

Qualifications 

• A Master degree or equivalent. The master degree or equivalent has to be achieved by the time of application.

See more: http://uio.easycruit.com/vacancy/770047/61723?iso=gb