2019/20 Chevening/OCIS-Abdullah Gul Fellowship Programme, Turkey
Announcement for 2019/20 Chevening/OCIS-Abdullah Gül Fellowship Programme in Turkey.
The Chevening Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies (OCIS) Fellowship is a collaboration between the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office and OCIS. Chevening/ OCIS -Abdullah Gül Fellowship is aimed at mid-career academics or professionals who are dedicated to the promotion of academic activities which encourage a more informed understanding of the culture and civilisation of Islam and contemporary Muslim societies. The Chevening OCIS Abdullah Gül Fellowship is only open to applicants from Turkey.
Both OCIS Fellowships offer financial support for individuals to undertake a period of independent, self-driven research at the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies.
About the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies
The Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies is a Recognized Independent Centre of the University of Oxford, established in 1985 and incorporated by the Royal Charter. Its Patron is HRH The Prince of Wales. The Centre encourages a better understanding of the culture and civilisation of Islam, and of all aspects of contemporary Muslim societies in their global context. At Oxford, it contributes to the multi-disciplinary study of the Muslim world. Beyond Oxford, its role is strengthened by strong international academic links and contacts. The Centre pursues its aims through teaching, research, and publication, attaching special importance to promoting sustained dialogue and collaboration within the global academic community.
The Centre moved in 2016 to a new purpose-built building close to the centre of Oxford, set around courtyards and gardens, and incorporating a library, auditorium, offices, teaching rooms, and a mosque. It maintains a range of programmes, including scholarships and fellowships, lectures and seminar series and organises regular national and international conferences.
The Centre has many years of experience, through its scholarship and fellowship programmes, of hosting visiting scholars and assisting them in making the most of all that the wider academic life of Oxford has to offer.
About the fellowship programme
Fellows will undertake a period of self-directed research focusing on their own project on the culture and civilisation of Islam and contemporary Muslim societies in a global context.
Fellows will benefit from meeting a multi-disciplinary group of scholars focusing on the Islamic world, and have the opportunity to develop contacts with relevant individuals, discuss issues relating to the Islamic world, including law, economics, politics, history, art, culture, religion, architecture, banking and finance. Fellows will contribute to the Centre’s objective to encourage and promote sustained dialogue and collaboration within the global academic community of the culture and civilisation of Islam and contemporary Muslim societies.
OCIS is a Recognized Independent Centre for the University of Oxford and provides a meeting point for the Western and Islamic worlds of learning.
The fellowship starts in October 2019 for a six-month period of independent, self-driven research at OCIS. Fellows will need to develop their own research-project to focus on during their fellowship prior to arriving in the UK.
What does this fellowship include?
- six month period of research at OCIS
- living expenses for the duration of the fellowship
- return economy airfare from their home country to the UK
- allowance package for research-related activities
Who is eligible?
To be eligible for a Chevening OCIS and OCIS Abdullah Gul Fellowship, you must:
- demonstrate the potential to rise to a position of leadership and influence
- demonstrate the personal, intellectual and interpersonal attributes reflecting this potential
- be a citizen of one of the above listed countries, who will return to your home country at the end of the period of fellowship
- hold a postgraduate (PG) level qualification (or equivalent professional training or experience in a relevant area) at the time of application
- have significant professional and/or academic research experience (5+ years)
- provide evidence of meeting at least the minimum English language abilities for Chevening Awards
- not hold dual nationality where one nationality is British (other than for nationals exempt from this requirement listed in the Chevening Guidance for Applicants).
- not be employees, employees’ relatives (or former employees who have left employment less than two years before) of Her Majesty’s Government including the FCO (including FCO posts), the British Council, DFID, MOD, BEIS, DIT and UKBA, the Association of Commonwealth Universities or OCIS or any of their wholly-owned subsidiaries
Applicants who have previously received financial benefit from an HMG funded scholarship or fellowship are eligible to apply after a period of five years following the completion of their first HMG funded award and are required to demonstrate their career progression from that point.
How to apply
Applications for both the Chevening OCIS and Chevening OCIS Abdullah Gül Fellowships are open between 6 August and 6 November 2018.
Applicants should be prepared to outline a short proposal on the area of academic research they would like to conduct at the time of application submission.
Only applicants from Turkey can apply for the Chevening OCIS Abdullah Gül Fellowship.
For further details:
Please see the Chevening Turkey web page
e-mail: Chevening.InTurkey@fco.gov.uk