TWO DOCTORAL RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS IN EAST ASIAN RELIGIONS

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Two Doctoral Research Fellowships (SKO 1017) in East Asian religions are available at the Department of Culture, Religion, Asian and Middle Eastern Studies (IKOS), University of Oslo.

Two fully funded PhD positions are available in the project “Maritime Goddesses: Transnational Connections, Blue Environments, and Ritual Care in East- and Southeast Asia” (MARGO), funded by the European Research Council (ERC). MARGO studies some of the most popular deities in the world and the ways in which people relate to them: Guanyin, Mazu, Benzaiten, and several other goddesses to whom people pray for protection and support. These goddesses are often associated with bodies of water (seas, oceans, rivers, and deltas). They can move, change shape, and transcend political and ontological boundaries. Although these goddesses are central to the ritual lives of billions of people, there has been little research on the ways in which people relate to them in everyday ...