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For the project "Archivum Alevicum: Ethnohistory of Alevi Communities in Anatolia, 16th–20th Century" at the Saxon Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Leipzig, the following positions are advertised:

Historian as Research associate (m/f/d): https://www.saw-leipzig.de/de/ausschreibungen/stellenausschreibungen/aral-researcher01_engl.pdf/view

Anthropologist as Research associate (m/f/d): https://www.saw-leipzig.de/de/ausschreibungen/stellenausschreibungen/aral-researcher02_engl.pdf/view

Research Software Engineer (m/f/d): https://www.saw-leipzig.de/de/ausschreibungen/stellenausschreibungen/aral-researcher03_engl.pdf/view

Doctoral position Digital Humanities (m/f/d): https://www.saw-leipzig.de/de/ausschreibungen/stellenausschreibungen/aral-dh-doct04_engl.pdf/view

The project will reconstruct the only scarcely explored ethnohistory of the Alevis in Anatolia, focusing on the period from the 16th to the 20th century. It will examine settlement dynamics and the processes of community-building among Alevi groups, as well as their complex relationships with the state, Sunni Muslims, and non-Muslims. Combining a range of methods based on previously unconnected sources—including Ottoman archives, Alevi manuscripts, oral traditions, and material culture—a comprehensive virtual research environment will be developed. This environment will enable the reconstruction of the development of Alevi communities within the context of Ottoman social and religious history from the Early Modern Period to the Modern Era.