Wednesday 7 December 2016

Opnenings for up to 4 Scholarships for Guest Doctoral Students (1,100 Euros/month) 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 4 Scholarships for Guest Doctoral Students (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 2017 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 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 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 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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