Wednesday 7 December 2016

Openings for up to 3 Junior Fellowships for Young Female Researchers/Postdoctoral Scholars at the Max Weber Center, Erfurt

The Max Weber Center for Advanced Cultural and Social Studies at the University of Erfurt invites applications for: up to 3 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 April 2017 or 1 September/1 October 2017 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 languages that are relevant for the project
• 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 here.

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 18 December 2016 to:
University of Erfurt
• Max-Weber-Kolleg
• diana.pueschel@uni-erfurt.de
Direct informal enquiries may be made to Dr. Bettina Hollstein (bettina.hollstein@unierfurt.de). The University of Erfurt does not refund any costs incurred in the application process.

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