The Ricci Institute for
Chinese-Western Cultural History at the University of San Francisco (USF) now
wishes to invite applicants for its Luce Post-doctoral Research Fellowships.
The fellowship is exclusively open to international students.

 The aim of the fellowship is to
offer recipients the unique opportunity to conduct research and to prepare
manuscripts for publication that focuses on archival, historiographical, and
methodological issues that are relevant to different areas of Christianity and
cultures in East Asia(China, Japan, and/or Korea).

 The Ricci Institutes, named after
the sinologist Matteo Ricci, our research and publication centres directed
towards the studies of Chinese ancient and modern culture as well as towards
the intercultural dialogue between the Chinese World and the others spiritual
traditions in the world. The Ricci Institute for Chinese-Western Cultural
History at the University of San Francisco, founded in 1984 Edward Malatesta,
S.J.

Scholarship
Description: 

• Application
  deadline: January 5, 2018
• Course
  Level:
  Fellowship is available to pursue post-doctoral research.
• Study
  Subject:
  Fellowship is awarded to conduct research and to prepare manuscripts for
  publication that focuses on archival, historiographical, and
  methodological issues that are relevant to different areas of Christianity
  and cultures in East Asia
• Scholarship
  Award:
  The stipend is up to $4,500/month.
• Nationality:
  International applicants are eligible to apply for the fellowship.
• Number
  of Scholarships: Number of fellowships is not given.
• Scholarship
  can be taken in China, Japan, and Korea

• Eligible
  Countries: International applicants are eligible to
  apply for the fellowship.
• Entrance
  Requirements: Applicants must be a post-doctoral level
  applicant, including Junior Faculty members and researchers (i.e. within
  five years of having received the PhD degree).
• English
  Language Requirements: Applicants must be fluent in
  English.

• Applicants
  should submit the following no later than January 5, 2018: (1) a most
  recent Curriculum Vitae; (2) a 5-10 page double-spaced statement with an
  outline of the proposed research and related activities, the contribution
  the scholar hopes to make in the relevant field(s), the tentative plan for
  the publication of the research results, and how the research is related
  to and enriched by resources available at the USF Ricci Institute; (3) a
  proposed budget and other funding sources, if any; (4) two up-to-date
  letters of recommendation.
• All
  required documents must be in English. Successful applications will be
  announced sometime in February 2018. All application documents should be
  submitted by email with the subject line: “2018 Summer Luce Post-doctoral
  Fellowship Application”. Letters of recommendation must be submitted
  directly from the recommenders either electronically to the e-mail address
  or by regular mail.

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