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The University of Sofia offers transnational access for foreign researchers in the field of religious studies as part of the European research infrastructure RESILIENCE

RESILIENCE, the European Research Infrastructure for Religious Studies, is proud to offer its first service to the Religious Studies community: the Transnational Access (TNA) Program. Users of this program will gain direct, fast, and effective access to the collections of seven leading research institutions and universities in Europe, guided by experts in the field.

Transnational Access is the first service offered by RESILIENCE to the Religious Studies community. Users of this program will gain direct and effective access, both physical and virtual, to the unique collections and expertise of seven leading research institutions and universities in Europe. In addition, for the user, a TNA stay means faster access to resources, which means more effective use of research time. Each host institution also offers a place to work, help in navigating physical and digital collections, provides locally tailored travel and accommodation tips, as well as additional benefits 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.

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TNA Hosts

 

Current TNA hosts are RESILIENCE’s coordinator FSCIRE (IT), KU Leuven (BE), the Theological University of Apeldoorn (NL), the University of Sarajevo (BIH), Volos Academy for Theological Studies (GR), Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Muenster (DE), and University of Sofiа St. Kliment Ohridski (BG). In the future, other institutions may also become a TNA host.

 

 

 

Call for Applications

 

The current call for applications is open from May 16 to July 1, 2022. 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 2022-2023. Go here to read the call.

 

‘With its historical religious diversity, Bulgaria is an attractive center for researchers in the field of religious studies. Providing access to its libraries, archives and manuscript collections, Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski ”not only expands its partner network, but also contributes to the deepening of knowledge in this field’, has said Maria Totomanova-Paneva from the Center for Slavic-Byzantine Studies "Prof. Ivan Duychev ”at Sofia University“ St. Kliment Ohridski ”, which is also the TNA coordinator for the Bulgarian side.

 

 

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About

 

RESILIENCE is a unique, interdisciplinary and invigorating research infrastructure for Religious Studies, building a high-performance platform, supplying evolving tools and big data to scholars from all the scientific disciplines crossing religions in their diachronical and synchronical variety. RESILIENCE recently entered the ESFRI Roadmap 2021 and has received funding from the European Commission for its Preparatory Phase (2022-2026).

 

 

 

ESFRI

 

ESFRI is the European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures. It is a strategic instrument to develop the scientific integration of Europe and to strengthen its international outreach. The ESFRI Roadmap is a key instrument through which the ESFRI Forum establishes long term European strategic planning for the development of Research Infrastructures.

 

RESILIENCE TNA Call for Applications

 

More detailed information on the first RESILIENCE TNA Call for Applications can be found here: https://www.resilience-ri.eu/cfa-tna/

 

 

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RESILIENCE Partners

 

● Albanian University UFO (AL)

 

● Bar-Ilan University (IL)

 

● École Pratique des Hautes Études (FR)

 

● Fondazione per le Scienze Religiose (IT)

 

● Institut für Angewandte Informatik (DE)

 

● KU Leuven (BE)

 

● Leibniz Institute of European History (DE)

 

● University of Sofiа St. Kliment Ohridski (BG)

 

● Theological University of Apeldoorn (NL)

 

● University of Sarajevo (BIH)

 

● Uniwersytet Warszawski (PL)

 

● Volos Academy for Theological Studies (GR)

 

● Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Muenster (DE)

 

 

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