Tilburg University has a call for
applications for the Witteveen Memorial Fellowship in Law and Humanities. Here
the call:
Professor Willem Witteveen
(1952-2014) was an early representative of the interdisciplinary and contextual
approach to legal scholarship in the Netherlands. Whereas the emphasis of this
approach has often been on the social sciences, Professor Witteveen’s focus was
on intersections between law and the humanities. Professor Witteveen’s many
contributions to academia, politics and society combined rhetoric, literary
analysis, political philosophy and intellectual and cultural history. In his
teaching, Professor Witteveen embraced the classic Bildungsideal, and put
textual interpretation at the heart of his classes. He fostered an academic
environment that revolved around thinking and discussing.
After Professor Witteveen’s
untimely death in 2014, Tilburg University established the annual Witteveen
Memorial Fellowship in Law and Humanities in order to commemorate his life and
work. The fellowship aims to enable a junior scholar (PhD or postdoc level) to
develop her or his research in the field of law and humanities during a visit
to Tilburg. The fellowship seeks to promote research on the relations between
law and language, rhetoric, narrative, image, sound, and/or culture.
What the Witteveen Memorial
Fellowship in Law and Humanities offers
The Witteveen Memorial Fellow
will have office space and facilities at Tilburg Law School, as well as full
library access.
We offer reimbursement of travel
expenses and accommodation expenses (max. 5,250 Euro). The Witteveen Memorial
Fellowship does not constitute an employment relationship. For this reason,
Tilburg Law School will not pay salary and will not make social insurance
contributions or contributions to pension or unemployment insurance. Fellows
will need to find their own accommodation.
In principle, the Witteveen
Memorial Fellow in Law and Humanities will be at Tilburg Law School for the
duration of three months in the spring following the application deadline.
Candidates are welcome to propose a different period. In case the fellow will
visit for less than three months, the maximum amount to be reimbursed will be
proportionately lower. If the fellow’s visit will be longer, the total amount
to be reimbursed remains 5,250 Euro.
What is expected of the
Witteveen Memorial Fellow
During the period of the
fellowship the scholar will be present at Tilburg Law School, participate in
the academic life of both Tilburg Law School and the Tilburg School of
Humanities, and deliver a guest lecture to students. Any publications resulting
from the fellowship should mention the Witteveen Memorial Fellowship in Law and
Humanities explicitly.
Eligible Candidates
Scholars who are currently
working on a PhD dissertation (at least in the third or fourth year of their
PhD trajectory) or who obtained their PhD within the last five years are
eligible.
Application
Candidates are requested to
submit their application before 15 November 2019. Applications can only be
submitted online. Candidates must submit a cover letter, a CV including a list
of publications, a statement of intent (‘what do you plan to do during the
fellowship?’, ‘what is the end product?’) and one letter of recommendation.
In principle, the selection
committee will decide on the basis of the written application only. The extent
to which a candidate’s background is in law and humanities as well as evidence
of interaction between both disciplines in the candidate’s work is an important
selection criterion.
For questions, please contact Prof.
Vanessa Mak (substantive questions) and/or Jacoba de Jong (other questions).
They can both be reached at
frw.pz@tilburguniversity.edu.
Tilburg Law School
Tilburg Law School (TLS) staat voor kwaliteit,
met brede, internationale opleidingen en innovatief onderzoek. Het onderzoek
van Tilburg Law School vindt plaats in een organisatie waar ruimte is voor
diversiteit. De Tilburg Graduate Law School is verantwoordelijk voor de
opleiding en begeleiding van promovendi en onderzoeksmasterstudenten. De
inspirerende en open cultuur maakt het werken plezierig.
Sollicitatiecode
Tilburg University hanteert de NVP-sollicitatiecode van de Nederlandse Vereniging
voor Personeelsmanagement & Organisatieontwikkeling.
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