5 doctoral positions for Ph.D. projects (f/m/d)

The Max Weber Centre for Advanced Cultural and Social Studies (Max-Weber-Kolleg) at the University of Erfurt invites applications for up to:


5 doctoral positions for Ph.D. projects (f/m/d)
Pay category E 13 TV-L (65 %)

In the fields of Classics, Music Didactics, North American and Modern History, Early Christianity, Religious Studies and Sociology as well as related subjects within the framework of the International Graduate School (IGS) “Resonant Self–World Relations in Ancient and Modern Socio-Religious Practices” directed by Prof. Dr. Jörg Rüpke and Prof. Dr. Hartmut Rosa (Erfurt) and Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Spickermann and Prof. Dr. Irmtraud Fischer (Graz), funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) and the Austrian Research Foundation (FWF).

The positions are to be filled by 1 October 2022 for a period of 3 years.

The project is a cooperation between the Max-Weber-Kolleg at the University of Erfurt and the University of Graz. Participants are required to spend the second year of their participation in the programme at the cooperating university.

As an International Research Training Group, the programme’s primary language is English.

You can find more information about requirements and the application process on the website of the University of Erfurt.

Max-Weber-Kolleg provides support for doctoral preparation

As part of its study programme, the Max-Weber-Kolleg at the University of Erfurt offers intensive doctoral preparation for a period of six months.

The doctoral preparation is aimed at young female academics who have recently graduated with an excellent MA degree or are about to graduate with an MA degree and are aiming for an interdisciplinary doctorate in the context of the Weber research programme at the Max-Weber-Kolleg, which can be supervised by members of the Kolleg. Interested applicants can still apply until 30 April. Since the Max-Weber-Kolleg would like to support women in a special way, this call for applications is exclusively addressed to women. In addition, the Max-Weber-Kolleg also announces up to three of these scholarships for all applicants.

For information on requirements and application, please see the one the website of the Max-Weber-Kolleg.

Call for Papers: Listen to the Global South! Uncovering the Roles of Southern Actors in Writing Global Gender Norms

The M.S. Merian – R. Tagore International Centre of Advanced Studies “Metamorpho-ses of the Political” (ICAS:MP) is an Indo-German research collaboration of six Indian and German institutions funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). ICAS:MP combines the benefits of an open, interdisciplinary forum for intellectual exchange with the advantages of a cutting-edge research centre. Lo-cated in New Delhi, ICAS:MP critically intervenes in global debates in the social sci-ences and humanities. In the framework of its Thematic Module 5 “The Challenge of Gender”, we are organising the workshop “Listen to the Global South! Uncovering the Roles of Southern Actors in Writing Global Gender Norms” which will be held virtually on December 1st and 2nd, 2021.

Until 21.06.2021 you can submit papers that relate to the workshop theme and the broad topics. Here you can find more about the theme of the workshop, the submissions and formularities.

CALL FOR APPLICATION

Scientific Management (m/w/d) des Sonderbereichs SFB TRR 294 „Strukturwandel des Eigentums“ an der Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena.

Start: 01.08.2021 | Befristet: 31.12.2024 | Vollzeit (40h) | Bewerbungsfrist: 05.06.2021

Im Rahmen des SFB Transregio 294 “Strukturwandel des Eigentums” der Universitäten Jena und Erfurt ist an der Universität Jena an der Fakultät für Sozial- und Verhaltenswissenschaften, Institut für Soziologie ist zum 01.08.2021 eine Stelle als Wissenschaftliche Geschäftsführung (m/w/d) des Sonderbereichs SFB TRR 294 „Strukturwandel des Eigentums“ zu besetzen.

Der Sonderforschungsbereich verfolgt das Ziel, einen fundamentalen Strukturwandel der Formen und Einbettungen von Eigentum, der spätestens seit 1989 zu beobachten ist, zu untersuchen. Der Sonderforschungsbereich mit Schwerpunkt in der Soziologie umfasst insgesamt 23 internationale und interdisziplinäre Teilprojekte.

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Max-Weber-Kolleg offers support for doctoral preparation

The Max Weber Centre for Cultural and Social Studies at the University of Erfurt is once again offering young academics financial support for their doctoral preparation this year.

The programme is aimed at young female academics who have recently obtained an excellent Master’s degree or are about to do so and who wish to do an interdisciplinary doctorate in the context of the Weberian research programme at the Max-Weber-Kolleg, which can be supervised by members of the Kolleg.

After the one-semester doctoral preparation, which also includes individualised mentoring, an exposé should be available that enables application to the doctoral programme of the Max-Weber-Kolleg. The doctoral preparation is oriented towards the individual needs of the participants and consists of mentoring in relation to the research question of the dissertation project and the research status, participation in selected colloquia and the opportunity to participate in seminars and in the qualification programme of the University of Erfurt (certificates are also issued for the latter). The admission procedure as a doctoral candidate to the Max-Weber-Kolleg remains unaffected.

For the participation in the doctoral preparation, the Max-Weber-Kolleg offers financial support for the duration of up to six months in the form of a scholarship, which is awarded according to the scholarship statutes of the University of Erfurt. The doctoral preparation usually starts at the beginning of the respective semester on 1 April (summer semester) or 1 October (winter semester). However, direct follow-up funding in the case of acceptance as a doctoral candidate from a doctoral scholarship can only be made possible if the full six months are not required for the preparation of the exposé and the application deadlines for acceptance as a doctoral candidate at the Kolleg are observed.

Since the Max-Weber-Kolleg would like to support women in a special way, this call for applications is exclusively addressed to women. For information on requirements and application, please refer to the call for applications (German only).

In addition, the Max Weber Kolleg announces up to three of these scholarships for all applicants. Please find all information in the following announcement (German only).

Call for application: PhD Position (m/f/d)

Max-Weber-Kolleg – at the Collaborative Research Centre (SFB) Transregio 294 “The Structural Transformation of Property”

Pay category E 13 TV-L (65 %)

At the Collaborative Research Centre (SFB) Transregio 294 “The Structural Transformation of Property”, which is hosted at the Universities of Jena and Erfurt, the following academic research position is advertised at the University of Erfurt, part of the project JRT02 “Clash or Convergence of Capitalism: Property Conflicts over Chinese Direct Investment in Germany and the EU“ (Project leader: PD Dr. Stefan Schmalz). The part-time position (26 hours per week) is available as soon as possible.


1 PhD Position (m/f/d)
(Pay category E 13 TV-L; 65 %)

Area of Responsibility

The project aims to analyze the expansion of Chinese corporations in the EU and Germany, in particular the conflicts arising from Chinese direct investment and the political responses to takeovers and increasing competition. The successful applicant will:

  • Participate in the research tasks as well as the preparation and realization of events of the interdisciplinary Collaborative Research Centre „The Structural Change of Property“
  • work on a PhD project on the internationalization of Chinese companies and Chinese direct investment in the EU and Germany
  • create a data set with Chinese company data on the internationalization of Chinese firms, thereby analyzing corporate networks using tools for social network analysis, from findings the researcher will prepare high quality publications along with the team
  • participate in an international research collaboration (primarily with Naná de Graaf, VU Amsterdam)

Please, find the complete call here.

Doctoral scholarships at the Max-Weber-Kolleg

The Max-Weber-Kolleg for Cultural and Social Studies at the University of Erfurt is once again awarding two doctoral scholarships.

The term starts on 1 October 2021, the scholarships are awarded for three years. The application deadline is 15 April 2021. For details, please see the call for applications.

Call for Applications – CEU Summer University 2021

CfA – Postgraduate summer course on “Urban governance and civic participation in words and stone. Urbanism in Central Europe 1200-1600” at Central European University (CEU) in Budapest, Hungary, July 19 – July 28, 2021

Application deadline: February 14, 2021

This course aims to examine the notion of civic participation through a critical lens and against a longer historical perspective.  It will seek its origins in political thought and explore its forms of expression in written and visual media. The geographical focus of study will be Central Europe which provides a rich wellspring of sources and a fascinating field for interdisciplinary research combining art history, social history, pragmatic literacy, and urban planning. This course will place a strong emphasis on the issues of preservation, protection, and the value of conceptual and built heritage for modern societies.

The aims and methods of this course are closely aligned with current scholarly trends. Cities and towns have been the subject of historical, archaeological and architectural investigations, as well as studies on political thought. These studies have generated debates on the creation and growth of towns; on the role of seigniorial power, civic initiatives and external forces in these processes; and on the role of migration, colonization and cultural transfer in the spread of urbanization – just to name a few. The contribution of this course to the ongoing debates will be to link closely the administrative and spatial/architectural aspects, and to place Central Europe centre stage in a broader comparative perspective

Accepted participants will have sight visits in Budapest and go on a 3-day fieldtrip to Prague (4 nights’ accommodation and travel will be covered for them).

Financial aid is available.

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Research Group „Religion and Urbanity“ awards scholarships

The research group „Religion and Urbanity. Mutual Transformations“ at the Max-Weber-Kolleg of the University of Erfurt will again award scholarships in 2021/22. The Max Weber College accepts applications until January 8, 2021.

The DFG-funded research group is headed by the historian Prof. Dr. Susanne Rau and the religious studies scholar Prof. Dr. Jörg Rüpke. It is concerned with the question of how religion and urbanity – cities and urban lifestyles – have shaped each other in the course of history. This will first be examined using individual cities or networks of cities from antiquity to the European modern period and contemporary India, and compared across continents and epochs. Is it possible to think one without the other?

The scholarships now being offered will be awarded for a period of three to six months to researchers working in the humanities, especially in (religious) history or in the fields of sociology and urban studies with a focus on historical and religious developments. For further information on scholarship requirements and modalities please refer to the Call for applications. Organisational questions can also be directed to Dr. Elisa Iori (elisa.iori(at)uni-erfurt.de).

Call for Applications

The Kollegforschungsgruppe (KFG, “Humanities Centre for Advanced Studies”) „Religion and Urbanity. Reciprocal Formations” at the Max-Weber-Kolleg of the University of Erfurt invites applications for

Scholarships for Doctoral Researchers

starting from January 2021 at the earliest. Scholarships are granted for a period of 12 months to either

  • spend a year at the Centre in the framework of a Cotutelle agreement of your non-German university with the Max-Weber-Kolleg  (that needs to be established on successful application) or
  • start a doctoral degree at the Max-Weber-Kolleg that should include a year spend abroad in a Cotutelle agreement with a foreign university (based on existing contacts of the applicant or supported by the KFG).

The scholarships are awarded to doctoral researchers working in the Humanities, especially in the fields of History or of History of Religion (or in the fields of Sociology and Urban Studies with a focus on historical and religious developments) on a topic related to the KFG. The KFG is financed by the German Research Foundation (FOR 2779) and directed by Prof. Dr. Susanne Rau and Prof. Dr. Jörg Rüpke.

Further information about the Max-Weber-Kolleg and the KFG are available at:

https://www.uni-erfurt.de/max-weber-kolleg and www.uni-erfurt.de/go/urbrel

Conditions

Scholarship holders will be provided with office space including work facilities. Working languages are English and German (the proficiency in one of them attested on level C1 by the time of application).

The earliest possible date for the start of the scholarships is 1st January 2021. The scholarships are endowed with 1,400 EUR (and family allowances if applicable) per month.

The Max-Weber-Kolleg offers a structured study programme and is going to provide you with library access, access to licensed electronic media at the University Library and interlibrary loan. Photocopying and scanning will be offered free of charge. As a member of the KFG you can ask for financial support for research trips related to your project. In addition, we can also offer you the opportunity to participate in training courses for young scientists, which are open to members or associates of the university.

Eligibility

To be eligible for a doctoral scholarship, the candidate must propose a research project for a PhD thesis to be conducted within the framework of the KFG. In the case of (a) you must already be admitted to a doctoral programme at a university abroad that is willing to enter a Cotutelle agreement.

Doctoral researchers are required to participate actively in the interdisciplinary and intercultural life of the Centre and the Max-Weber-Kolleg and to contribute to the weekly colloquia of the KFG.

Application/Deadline

Please submit your application with

  • an outline of the dissertation project you would like to pursue addressing the KFG´s research focus (3,000-4,000 words) with a stringent discussion of your a) research questions, b) the state of research on the topic, c) the methodological approach and the leading hypotheses as well as d) a working schedule with a projected date of completion and publications of results.
  • a statement of how you imagine to profit from and contribute to the interdisciplinary environment of the KFG and the Max-Weber-Kolleg
  • a curriculum vitae
  • copies of your last university degrees
  • a letter of recommendation by a university lecturer

as a combined pdf-file (maximum of 5 MB, publications may be presented in separate files) until 30 September 2020 to mwk.bewerbungen@uni-erfurt.de.

Informal enquiries may be made to Dr. Elisa Iori (elisa.iori@uni-erfurt.de).

The University of Erfurt is an equal opportunity employer and certified as family friendly. It encourages the application of female candidates. Handicapped persons will be prioritized if their suitability, ability, and specific qualification is equal.

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

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