Call for Applications: Two NOMIS Fellowships
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Since 2005, eikones has served as a center for graduate and postgraduate research on images. The center is dedicated to the interdisciplinary study of images as instruments of human knowledge and cultural practices. It investigates the functions and effects of images throughout history and in our contemporary society from analytical and empirical perspectives.
The fellowships will allow outstanding scholars and scientists to pursue their research free from teaching and administrative obligations. Fellows receive a generous salary, travel funds, conference funds, and access to excellent academic infrastructure. Applications will be selected based on scholarly achievement and promise, and relevance to the topic of images as models. Preference will be given to excellent young scholars with innovative approaches. Fellows are expected to be in residence at eikones in Basel and to participate in select institutional events.
Application Requisites
- Applicants must possess a doctoral degree.
- Applicants must have previously have published either a monograph (e.g. their dissertation) OR three articles in journals or collected volumes.
- Applicants from all academic fields whose research relates to images as models are invited to apply.
- Applications may be submitted in either German or English.
Application Materials
1. Cover letter
2. CV
3. Contact details for two references (no letters)
4. Copy of doctoral diploma
5. Project description (2-3 pages plus references)
6. Published writing sample (circa 20 pages)
Please submit applications by August 11, 2024 using the online portal provided by the University of Basel. Please upload two files only: all materials listed above (1.-6.) in A SINGLE PDF FILE via the field "resume" as well as an extra cover letter (1.) via the field "cover letter". Applications that do not conform to this format or received after this date will not receive consideration. Inquiries should be sent to Write an email. Short-listed candidates will be contacted for interviews.
4000 Basel
Lieu de travail
4000 Basel