Junior Fellowships for Young Female Researchers/Postdoctoral Scholars — Max Weber Center, University of Erfurt

Posted January 25, 2015

In Funding & Opportunities, Uncategorized

The Max Weber Center for Advanced Cultural and Social Studies at the University of Erfurt invites applications for:

Junior Fellowships for Young Female Researchers/Postdoctoral Scholars

for research projects in the fields of Sociology, Religious Studies, History, Philosophy or Theology within the framework of the Kolleg Research Group “Religious Individualisation in Historical Perspective” directed by Prof. Dr. Martin Mulsow and Prof. Dr. Jörg Rüpke. The fellowships start either on 1 September or 1 October 2015 and are granted for up to 10 months. Financial arrangements take into account the individual situation of the awardees of the fellowships and are based on the principle “no loss, no gain”.

Requirements

Position at another university

Excellent academic degree

Relevant PhD Thesis

Outstanding Academic Record

Knowledge of German (at least reading skills), English and other relevant languages

Cooperation within the interdisciplinary context of the Max Weber Center and in particular

the Kolleg Research Group

Further information about the Max Weber Center and the Kolleg Research Group available at: www.uni-erfurt.de/maxwe and www.uni-erfurt.de/fileadmin/public- docs/Max-Weber-Kolleg/6-pdfs/kfg/kfg-research-program-2014_17-eng.pdf.

Application/Deadline

Please submit your application with CV, copies of your last university degrees, a copy of your PhD thesis and up to three articles, list of publications, and an outline of the research project you would like to pursue (5-10 pages) with a stringent discussion of your research questions, the state of research on the topic, the methodological approach and the leading hypotheses as well as a working schedule and projected date of completion as pdf-files (maximum of 10 MB) by 31 January 2015 to:

University of Erfurt • Max-Weber-Kolleg • diana.pueschel@uni-erfurt.de

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Doctoral Scholarships (1,100 Euros/month)

for PhD projects in the fields of Sociology, Religious Studies, History, Philosophy or Theology within the framework of the Kolleg Research Group “Religious Individualisation in Historical Perspective” directed by Prof. Dr. Martin Mulsow and Prof. Dr. Jörg Rüpke. The scholarships start on 1 April and 1 October 2015 and are granted for either 6 or 12 months.

Requirements

Knowledge of German (at least reading skills, if necessary participation in a German Language Course), English and other relevant languages

Acceptance for the position of doctoral candidate at another university and secured funding of the PhD project from another source

Cooperation within in the interdisciplinary context of the Max Weber Center and in particular the Kolleg Research Group

Application/Deadline

Please submit your application with CV, copies of your final school and university degrees, a copy of your MA or diploma thesis, one letter of recommendation and an outline of the PhD project you would like to pursue (max. 5 pages) with a stringent discussion of your research questions, the state of research on the topic, the methodological approach and the leading hypotheses as well as a working schedule and projected date of completion as pdf-files (maximum of 10 MB) by 31 January 2015 to:

University of Erfurt • Max-Weber-Kolleg • diana.pueschel@uni-erfurt.de

Direct informal enquiries maay be made to Dr. Bettina Hollstein (bettina.hollstein@uni- erfurt.de).

The University of Erfurt does not refund any costs incurred in the application process.

Jörg Rüpke

Max-Weber-Kolleg
Universität Erfurt
www.uni-erfurt.de/maxwe