Fellowships at CNWS
The CNWS (Leiden University Research School of Asian, African, and Amerindian Studies) offers fellowships from 1 September 1999 for a maximum period of four years, to enable students to write a PhD thesis in the field of Asian, African, or Amerindian Studies. The project should fall within the context of one of the sixteen CNWS research clusters. The project should be supervised by a professor attached to the CNWS, or otherwise involved in the work of the Research School.The applicant should have passed his or her MA examinations (preferably no longer than three years ago), or be exempted, before he/she is admitted. Applications should be accompanied by a research proposal which explains the importance of the project; the names of the promotor and other supervisors; the sources and materials needed; the methods to be applied; the successive stages of the project; the form of publication intended; and a budget of the costs that will be incurred. The application should also include a CV, MA papers and any publications of the applicant; and a letter of the promotor in which he or she expresses his/her willingness to supervise the project.
Applications should be submitted in three-fold, before May 1, 1999, and be sent to:
Afdeling Personeelszaken
Faculteit der Letteren
Cleveringaplaats 1
PO Box 9515
2300 RA Leiden
For further information, please contact Dr W.J. Vogelsang,
CNWS, tel. +31-71-5272210 / 5272171