The Karlgren-Eisenstadt Fellowship Programme
About the Programme
In addition to being a national resource for all social and human sciences, the Swedish Collegium for
Advanced
Study (SCAS) maintains a long-term commitment to research that is of crucial importance
to understanding the cultural multiplicity
of the world. In that context,
the Collegium pursues a pro-
gramme with a focus on transformative
periods in global history, with special
emphasis on China,
namely the Karlgren-Eisenstadt Programme.
The programme is carried out with the financial
support
of Riksbankens Jubileumsfond (RJ).
A core component of the programme is a series of workshops and master classes
with a
focus on
comparative aspects of history and civilization. The aim is not so much to demonstrate
results
already
achieved but rather to examine and probe avenues of future research and elucidate hitherto-unexplored
or hitherto-unexpected paths of inquiry. The workshops are coordinated by Björn Wittrock, SCAS,
and
Michael J. Puett, Walter C. Klein Professor of Chinese History and Chair of the
Committee on the Study
of
Religion at Harvard University.
It is no longer possible to apply for this programme.