*CFA: Post docs, PhD and Visiting PhD fellowships, History of the Mongol Empire, HUJI 2016-17* Deadline:* March 15th 2016* The European Research Council (ERC) project *Mobility, Empire and Cross-Cultural Contacts in Mongol Eurasia* at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem is offering Post-Docs, PhDs and Visiting PhD's fellowships beginning in October 2016-17 for outstanding candidates fluent in Chinese, Arabic and Persian (at least one of the above) and with a sound knowledge of the history of the Mongol Empire. For details about the fellowships (eligibility, value etc.) please visit http://mongol.huji.ac.il/fellowships-and-funding-opportunities Interested individuals are requested to send 1 copy of the following documents as well as an electronic version (in one file): · Curriculum vitae (including language proficiency) · Transcript of grades · Abstract of the PhD dissertation · Letters of evaluation of the PhD dissertation (if available) · A document describing the research program (up to 500 words) · A writing sample: PhD chapter or a paper that has been accepted for publication. · Two letters of recommendation *to be sent directly to the project's coordinator* at ercmongol@gmail.com *and* jeniay@savion.huji.ac.il Please send materials in hard copy to: Professor Michal Biran Institute of Asian and African Studies The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Mt. Scopus, 91905 Israel and electronically *in one file* to: ercmongol@gmail.com and jeniay@savion.huji.ac.il *by March 15, 2016* For more info about the project visit http://mongol.huji.ac.il/ or contact Michal Biran at biranm@huji.ac.il