The Avestan Digital Archive Online – a project from the University of Salamanca

http://www.avesta-archive.com/

 

The site has tools for textual analysis and criticism. All of the manuscripts can be read online. Also the site indexes major Avestan manuscripts fromm India, Iran and other parts of the world.

 

Self-Description:

"The Avestan Digital Archive (ADA) seeks to be a digital archive containing all Avestan manuscripts spread all over the world. The Avesta, the holy book of the Zoroastrian religion, was last edited at the end of the 90s of the 19th century by the German scholar K. F. Geldner. We claim that presently a new edition is needed. The main reasons are:

• In the last decades some manuscripts Geldner did not have access to have become available
  
• Geldner did not check by himself all the manuscripts used for his edition. For some of them he had access only to copies or collations by other colleagues. This was the source of several mistakes in his edition
  
• The methods of textual criticism have strongly changed since Geldner and many methodological decisions of Geldner seem today unacceptable. The most important one is undoubtedly that he does not record systematically all the variae lectiones (or a selection according to well established criteria), but only the variants he considered important for the establishment of a sure text
  
• Even when he checked the manuscript by himself and recorded the variae lectiones, he made mistakes more often than expected".
  

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Associate Research Fellowship Post-University of Exeter

College of Humanities   (Academic)
Associate Research Fellow for AHRC-funded project, Reconfiguring the 
Canon of Twentieth-Century Russian Poetry, 1991-2008 (Fixed term, 
full-time) (Ref. N2965)
This new full-time fixed term Associate Research Fellowship post is  available from 1 October 2010 until 30 September 2013.
The aim of the project, directed by Dr Katharine Hodgson as Principal Investigator, with Dr Alexandra Smith at the University of Edinburgh as Co-Investigator, is to explore the ways in which the contemporary Russian literary world has reshaped the canon of twentieth-century poetry. The project will assess the extent to which the canon as represented in print publications has changed in comparison to the canon of the late Soviet period, and analyze the contribution of Russian publishers, literary journals, and educational institutions to the process of canon formation. The post holder will investigate the role of educational institutions and publishers in the development of the post-Soviet canon and also contribute to project administration and, with appropriate training, manage the project website and bibliographical database. (See the application pack for full details)

The successful candidate will have a Ph.D. or equivalent research  experience and relevant publications in an aspect of Russian  literature of the twentieth century; native or near-native competence  in both Russian and English. The post offers the successful candidate a unique opportunity to participate in a major research project and in so doing to develop their careers, professional experience and training in research methods, skills and procedures. There will also be opportunity to engage in a limited amount of undergraduate teaching.
The starting salary will be circa £25,000 on Grade E. Application packs are available from http://www.admin.ex.ac.uk/personnel/jobs/N2965.pdf
e-mail hradmin@exeter.ac.uk ; quoting reference number N2965.
Completed applications should be forwarded to Jenny Hickman, SALL  Research Administrator either by e-mail (J.A.Hickman@ex.ac.uk) or by post to the following address Room 256, College of Humanities, Queen's  Building, The Queen's Drive, Exeter, Devon EX4 4QH.
The closing date for completed applications is 12 noon 8 September 2010. Interviews will be held in the week commencing 20 September 2010.
The University of Exeter is an equal opportunity employer and promotes diversity in its workforce and, whilst all applicants will be judged on merit alone, is particularly keen to consider applications from groups currently underrepresented in the workforce.

Please contact:   j.a.hickman@exeter.ac.uk
Source:
Alexandra Smith (PhD, University of London)
Reader in Russian Studies
Department of European Languages and Cultures
School of  Languages, Literatures and Cultures
The University of Edinburgh
David Hume Tower
George Square
Edinburgh EH8 9JX
UK
tel. +44-(0)131-6511381
fax: +44- (0)131 -651 -1482
e-mail: Alexandra.Smith@ed.ac.uk

GRANTS- CARTI Fellowships 2011, OSI/HESP

Source : Oleksandr Shtokvych <OShtokvych@osi.hu>

We are pleased to present the Call for Applications for the Junior and Senior Fellowships of the Central Asia and Caucasus Research and Training Initiative (CARTI) for 2011. As the updated title of the program suggests, we are extending the geography of this Fellowship to the countries of South Caucasus and from 2011 will be also offering support to PhD students and postdoctoral scholars in Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia, while remaining committed to the original program region comprising Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.

Please assist us in disseminating the information about the CARTI Program among potentially interested and qualified young scholars in the above countries, and encourage your colleagues in the region who are currently working on or have recently obtained their first doctoral degrees and who would benefit from such long-term academic support and collaboration to apply. Below is a brief introduction to the program, and attached are a full Call for Applications and a Guide for Applicants. Further details on the eligibility, format and priorities of the program, the nature of the supported projects, description of the awards and application guidelines are available at
www.soros.org/initiatives/hesp

The application deadline is 10 November 2010.

Please do not hesitate to contact the program office with any further inquiries and comments:

OSI / HESP Central Asia and Caucasus Research and Training Initiative
Okt?ber 6. u.12., Budapest 1051 Hungary
Telephone: +36 1 882 3854 ? Fax: +36 1 882 3112

Osi Central Asia and Caucasus Research and Training Initiative
2011 Junior and Senior Fellowships

The International Higher Education Support Program (HESP) is committed to the advancement of higher education in the humanities and social sciences throughout the region of South-East Europe and Eurasia. As part of HESP's effort to promote the internationalization of scholarship and development of indigenous capacities for independent and critical academic work in the region, the Central Asia and Caucasus Research and Training Initiative (CARTI) provides support and training for original research by young university-based academics in their home academic environment. The program targets the scholars in the early stages of their postgraduate training and recent graduates of doctoral programs in the post-Soviet countries of South Caucasus and Central Asia, Afghanistan and Mongolia. CARTI seeks to assist the motivated young academics who are in crucial early stages of their careers to gain critical competence with the foundational and current scholarship and active involvement in international intellectual exchange and debate in their subject areas. With the support of CARTI, the Fellows engage state-of-the-art resources, theories, methodologies and approaches to their research and teaching in the subjects and areas of importance to the academic and social development in the region. CARTI is committed to enrichment and innovation in higher education in the humanities and social sciences and emphasizes the significance of original and critical scholarly work in the development of university teaching and curricula.

CARTI Junior Fellowships support the individuals in early stages of their formal Doctoral studies (such as aspirantura) and focus on development of ideas and skills for high-quality research work. Junior Fellowships serve as medium for testing and challenging the theories, methods and assumptions in the core of the individual research
projects, while at the same time guiding and assisting the Fellows in the first independent large-scale research efforts. Senior Fellowships are offered to young scholars who have recently received their Doctoral (e.g. Candidate of Science) degrees. The Fellowships support the advancement or revision of their research agenda and development
of international research and teaching partnerships with special emphasis on presentation of scholarly work and translating/incorporating the outcomes and experience of research into teaching.
Through its mentoring scheme, CARTI helps to establish and supports active direct collaboration of Fellows with advanced International Scholars engaged in the studies and teaching in the similar subjects. The program offers training opportunities to help Fellows develop competence with foundational theories and methodologies in the
disciplines and thematic areas of their academic work and venues for peer feedback, discussion and collaboration on the regional and international levels.

The typical term of CARTI Fellowship support is 24 months. The support package covers the purchase of and access to research and teaching
materials and resources, equipment, funding for research activities, exchange visits between the Fellow and the International Scholar (including full funding for a Fellow's academic visit to the home university of the International Scholar for the duration of an
academic semester), development of teaching materials and a stipend.

All Applicants for CARTI Fellowships must be citizens and residents of the following countries: Afghanistan*, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan* and Uzbekistan.
*The requirement of formal registration with a Doctoral Program may be waived for applicants from Afghanistan and Turkmenistan. For further
information on the applicant eligibility for Afghanistan and Turkmenistan, interested individuals are encouraged to inquire directly with the program office at the contact information below.

Interested individuals are invited to complete the on-line Application Form and submit all supporting documents in electronic versions via
the OSI On-Line Application System: https://oas.soros.org/oas. Applications and supporting materials must be submitted to the
OSI/HESP office in Budapest no later than 10 November 2010 (5:00 p.m. Budapest time).

Oleksandr Shtokvych
Senior Program Manager
Higher Education Support Program
Open Society Institute

Oktober 6. u. 12, H-1051 Budapest, Hungary
Tel.: 36.1.235.6153
Fax: 36.1.411.4401
Email: oshtokvych@osi.hu
www.soros.org/initiatives/hesp