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RESILIENCE call for applications for TNA Fellowships 2025-2026: ITSERR consortium joins RESILIENCE as new TNA host

RESILIENCE, the European cross-disciplinary research infrastructure serving the study of religion, launches its fourth call for applications for Transnational Access Fellowships. The call will be open October 15 to December 1, 2024.The ITSERR consortium is joining RESILIENCE as TNA host for the first time. ITSERR (Italian Strengthening of the ESFRI RI RESILIENCE) is an interdisciplinary and distributed Research Infrastructure for Religious Studies.

The five Italian research centers which constitute the ITSERR consortium are listed below:

• Institute of Information Science and Technologies “Alessandro Faedo” (ISTI-CNR) in Pisa, affiliated to the National Research Council (CNR),
• Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia (UniMORE),
• Università di Napoli “l’Orientale” (UniOr),
• Università degli Studi di Palermo (UniPa),
• Università di Torino (UniTo).

Access and Benefits

Through the TNA fellowships users will gain direct, fast, and effective access, both physical and virtual, to the collections of leading research institutions and universities in Europe, guided by experts in the field. In addition, a TNA stay guarantees faster access to resources, which means more effective use of research time. Each host institution offers a place to work and support in navigating physical and digital collections, while also providing locally tailored travel and accommodation tips, as well as additional benefits for the TNA user unique to the institution. Crucially, the TNA user will enjoy expert guidance provided by senior scholars from the host institution, incorporating valuable networking opportunities to the research visit.

TNA Hosts

TNA Hosts are RESILIENCE’s coordinator FSCIRE (Bologna, IT), Archivio Generale Arcivescovile di Bologna, AAB (IT), Bar-Ilan University (Ramat Gan, IL), Bektashi World Center (Tirana, AL), CIRCSE (Milan, IT), J.A. Comenius Museum (Uherský Brod, CZ), KU Leuven (BE), New Georgian University (Poti, GE), “Saint Epifanios” Cultural Academy (Agia Napa, CY), Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski” (BG), Theological University of Apeldoorn (NL), University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Theology (SI), University of Münster (DE), University of Sarajevo (BIH), and Volos Academy for Theological Studies (GR)

In addition, scholars can apply for a research stay at one of the five Italian institutions participating in the ITSERR consortium, which specializes in the intersection of Digital Humanities and Religious Studies. The research stays are fully funded by the ITSERR project.

Call for Applications

The call for applications is open from October 15 to December 1, 2024. Scholars at all career levels can apply for a short research visit to the host of their choice and on the conditions of that host during the academic year 2025-2026. Go here to read the call and to learn more about the offerings of the various host institutions.