Two postdoctoral fellowships

Lund University is the largest university in Sweden with education and research within technology, natural science, law, social science, economy, medicine, humanities, theology, art, music and theatre.The university has around 39 000 students and 5 500 employees mainly in Lund, Malmö and Helsingborg.The university is one of 14 universities within the Öresund University and co-operates with hundreds of universities and research centres all over the world.Two postdoctoral fellowships, duration two years commencing 1 September, 2008 and ending on 31 August, 2010 placed at The Centre for East and South-East Asian Studies. Reference number: PA 2008/1298 Starting date: 1 September 2008 In this call for applications, one of the two positions will be awarded for research focusing on contemporary Japan, and the other position for research focusing on contemporary China.Candidates must have already received their doctoral grade, or be in the situation that they will receive their doctoral grade in the immediate future, before 1 July 2008, i.e.2 months prior to the commencement of the fellowships.Application forms may be found on our website http://www.ace.lu.se/upload/Syd_och_sydostasienstudier/pdf/postdoc_2008_2010_applform.pdf.The PDF-file should be titled "ACE postdoc" and the applicant's name.Envelopes should be clearly marked "Application for Postdoctoral Fellowship".The application must state the reference number above.Applications should be written in English.Candidates should submit in the original set: .application form . research proposal (see §10 below) . curriculum vitae (see §11 below) . doctoral grade certificate . an abstract of doctoral dissertation (maximum four A-4 pages) . two letters of recommendation (these may be sent separately) Please see the complete advertisment on www.lu.se/jobb, click on "Postdoc".