{"id":237,"date":"2007-06-04T10:10:29","date_gmt":"2007-06-04T10:10:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.infobeasiswa.net\/archives\/2007\/06\/04\/post-doctoral-fellowships-2008-2009-in-jews-commerce-and-culture\/"},"modified":"2007-06-04T10:23:06","modified_gmt":"2007-06-04T10:23:06","slug":"post-doctoral-fellowships-2008-2009-in-jews-commerce-and-culture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.infobeasiswa.net\/archives\/2007\/06\/04\/post-doctoral-fellowships-2008-2009-in-jews-commerce-and-culture\/","title":{"rendered":"Post-Doctoral Fellowships 2008-2009 in Jews, Commerce, and Culture"},"content":{"rendered":"
University of Pennsylvania Fellowships Program. This fellowship year challenges scholars to reconsider the economic dimensions of the Jewish past and to integrate that knowledge within the emerging narratives of Jewish experience. Although the field has moved far beyond the need for apologetics, there is an abiding reluctance to engage the Jews\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 historic economic functions, which have long nourished anti-Semitic fantasies.
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CENTER FOR ADVANCED JUDAIC STUDIES Yet these functions formed the basis of Jewish global civilization: mercantile, transnational, and reliant upon money as a source of power. We will explore such topics as Jewish livelihoods, social structures, trade networks, and fiscal mechanisms, thus investigating anew the relationship between the material and cultural components of Jewish civilization. By bringing together scholars from across the humanities and social sciences, we seek to devise a fresh research agenda for exposing the shifting linkages between commerce and culture in Jewish life from medieval to modern times.<\/p>\n Proposals might address specific aspects of the following general questions:<\/p>\n The Center invites applications from scholars in the humanities and social sciences at all levels, as well as outstanding graduate students in the final stages of writing their dissertations. Stipend amounts are based on a fellow\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s academic standing and financial need with a maximum of $40,000 for the academic year. A contribution also may be made toward travel expenses. The application deadline is November 1, 2007. Awards will be announced by January 15, 2008.<\/p>\n This program is organized with the cooperation of the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania. <\/a><\/p>\n Click here for printable application<\/a> or here to fill out application online<\/a><\/p>\n To receive an application by mail, or for further information, write to:<\/p>\n Administrator, Fellowship Program University of Pennsylvania Fellowships Program. This fellowship year challenges scholars to reconsider the economic dimensions of the Jewish past and to integrate that knowledge within the emerging narratives of Jewish experience. Although the field has moved far beyond the need for apologetics, there is an abiding reluctance to engage the Jews\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 historic economic functions, which […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[58,38,30,72],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n
\nUniversity of Pennsylvania
\nPost-Doctoral Fellowships 2008-2009
\nJEWS, COMMERCE, AND CULTURE
\n Application Deadline: November 1, 2007<\/strong><\/p>\n\n
\nCenter for Advanced Judaic Studies
\n420 Walnut Street
\nPhiladelphia, PA 19106
\nTel: 215-238-1290; fax: 215-238-1540;
\nemail: allenshe@sas.upenn.edu<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"