The Universities of Heidelberg, Basel and Sydney announce the International Research Award in Global History, to be awarded for the second time in 2016. The successful applicant will receive up to €10,000 towards the organization of an international symposium on a topic of his/her choice at one of the participating institutions.
Candidates need to be in the early stage of their postdoctoral career in History (2-7 years after their PhD). Applicants should submit a cover letter explaining their interest in the award (max. 2 pages), an academic CV and their proposal for the award symposium (detailing the topic, a tentative list of participants and a preliminary budget, max. 5 pages). It is possible for two candidates to submit a joint proposal.
Submission
Please submit your application electronically to susanne.hohler@zegk.uni-heidelberg.de (as one PDF file) by 15 October2015.
Call for Applications in PDF format
Foto: Telegraph Connections, 1891 Stielers Hand-Atlas, Plate No. 5, Weltkarte in Mercators Projection (Source: Wikimedia)