Unveiling the Legacies and Musical Recipes Behind Uniquely Singaporean Traditional Drum Ensembles: A Look into the World of Nadi Singapura, Damaru Singapore, and Feng Drums National Institute of Education, Singapore in Singapore

PhD and MPhil research opportunities are available in the Department of Anthropology and Archaeology at the University of Bristol. The programme takes an international four-field approach, combining archaeology with evolutionary, social, and linguistic anthropology. Research themes include Ecologies, Liveable Futures, Turbulence and Transition, and Connections and Creativity. The department highlights strengths in fieldwork, excavation, radiocarbon dating, organic residue analysis, and collabora...

The Institute for the Cultural and Intellectual History of Asia (IKGA) at the Austrian Academy of Sciences is offering a full-time postdoctoral position in the ERC-funded project FOUNT, “The Narrative Foundations of Tibetan Buddhist Culture” . The project is based in Vienna, Austria, and the successful applicant is expected to take up residence in or near the city. The postdoc will contribute to research on the development of the Tibetan Buddhist cult of the bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara during the...

The University of Washington’s Stroum Center for Jewish Studies in the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies is inviting applications for up to two full-time Postdoctoral Scholar positions supported by the Hazel D. Cole Endowed Fellowship in Jewish Studies . This is a one-year in-residence fellowship running from September 16, 2027, through September 15, 2028 , with the opportunity for reappointment. The thematic scope is intentionally flexible, but the position is centered on Jewish ...

Vanderbilt University is offering a postdoctoral fellowship through the Collaborative Humanities Postdoctoral Program (A&S Dean’s Office) for recent PhDs in the humanities and humanistic social sciences who bring interdisciplinary approaches to important contemporary issues. Fellows will pursue an independent research project, design and teach undergraduate courses, build professional skills, and receive active faculty mentoring. Each fellow is placed in a home academic department or program, wi...

Classics MScR at the University of Edinburgh is a postgraduate research degree for students who want to complete a substantial supervised thesis in Classics and related fields. The programme welcomes applicants whose proposed project overlaps with the research interests of the School of History, Classics and Archaeology. Key areas include Homer and early Greek poetry, ancient philosophy, Greek drama, Hellenistic and Roman poetry, classical Greek and Hellenistic history, the ancient economy, arch...